Any other suggestions? Do any of you know of any really excellent books for children that are set in Indonesia, the Philippines, Fiji, Samoa, or any of the other 30,000 islands of Polynesia, Melanesia or Micronesia?
2 thoughts on “Week 6 of World Geography: South Pacific Islands”
I’m no help on the book front….Love Father Goose though, great movie.
My son, Tom, enjoyed a Henty book called Among Malay Pirates years ago. Would Swiss Family Robinson count? The Bounty trilogy is good, and several of my children enjoyed those. Maybe Tales of the South Pacific by Michener, and Typee by Melville?
We’ve checked out Foods of the Philippines and liked it. I Married Adventure by Osa Johnson covers some of the South Pacific. And these may be totally off the page but popped into my head:
The Mysterious Island – Jules Verne
The Coral Island – Ballantyne
Treasure Island – Stevenson
Pippi in the South Seas – Lindgren
I’m no help on the book front….Love Father Goose though, great movie.
My son, Tom, enjoyed a Henty book called Among Malay Pirates years ago. Would Swiss Family Robinson count? The Bounty trilogy is good, and several of my children enjoyed those. Maybe Tales of the South Pacific by Michener, and Typee by Melville?
We’ve checked out Foods of the Philippines and liked it. I Married Adventure by Osa Johnson covers some of the South Pacific. And these may be totally off the page but popped into my head:
The Mysterious Island – Jules Verne
The Coral Island – Ballantyne
Treasure Island – Stevenson
Pippi in the South Seas – Lindgren