Ernest Shackleton (20% off!)

Writer Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara admits that as a young a girl, she used to read books under the covers with a flashlight once her mother had turned the light off. So it's no surprise that she's authored the amazing series of books, Little People, Big Dreams, which tell about the lives of outstanding people from designers and artists to scientist who went on to achieve incredible things. One of her newer profiles for young audiences is that of Ernest Shackelton, the fearless Antarctic explorer. Readers will learn how he always aspired to become an explorer and never gave up his his own courageous expeditions to reach the South Pole.  Ages 5-8; hardcover; 32 pages.