Christopher Newport: Jamestown Explorer
Journey to the new world with a privateer! Christopher Newport made history when he founded the first British colony in America. This biography takes young readers through Newport’s exciting adventures on the high seas as a privateer-full of sword fights, pirates, exotic foods, and shipwrecks-to his landing in Jamestown.
- About the author: Sharon K. Solomon is a retired elementary-reading specialist with more than thirty-five years of educational experience. She began writing children’s books as a teacher and has continued to write a variety of children’s works. Also the author of Pelican’s Cathy Williams, Buffalo Soldier and Christopher Newport: Jamestown Explorer, Solomon is an active member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. She resides in Lansdowne, Virginia, where she is a member of a local writing critique group.
