Just in time for the bicentennial of their exciting

journey (celebrated from 2003-2006), Lewis and Clark

for Kids (for readers ages 9 and up) tells the story of a great American adventure set against the background of a vast, unspoiled wilderness. It takes readers from the Louisiana Purchase and Jefferson’s vision of an exploratory mission across North America to the Corps of Discovery’s triumphant return.

Kids will join the Corps of Discovery in learning about the customs of Plains and Pacific Coast tribes, and the natural history of animals such as the buffalo, prairie dog, and bighorn sheep. Informative sidebars like “Identification, Please” (on the Linnaean system of classification), “On the Contrary (about Lakota visionaries, who do everything backwards), and Thick Coats and Long Naps (describing how animals adapt to cold) add to the adventure. So do nineteenth-century paintings, a glossary of terms, listings of Lewis and Clark events and resources, and related web sites.