32 pgs. illus. 2002. Upper elementary, middle school.

Stories included in this book: The Lost Colony as told by a young colonist; Old Christmas as still celebrated in Rodanthe; The Portrait of Theodesia Burr; The Devil's Hoofprints still indented in the soil of Bath, NC's oldest town; The Enormous Sand Dune at Nags Head; The Treasure of Blackbeard the Pirate; Mother Vineyard; The Wild Ponies of the Outer Banks; Elizabeth II and how the school children of NC helped build her; The Wright Brothers, and the fun they had at Kitty Hawk; The Queen's English still spoken today; Algonkian Indian words to know; and The 400th Anniversary Celebration.

Curriculum Applications: 4th & 8th Grade Social Studies - colonization

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