With her trademark clarity, Gail Gibbons presents information about shipwrecks, including famous shipwrecks from history and their (re)discovery. ( )

Media: pencil drawings with color. This is a good example of an informational book because it gives practical information about what happens when people discover treasure. It gives all sorts of information about how the process goes, but it tells it at first in story form, which is why I like the book.

This book talks about the many searches for treasure that took place in history. USES: teach about history of sunken treasure. GENRE: informational. MEDIA: watercolor and ink.

Reading Level: Primary
Genre: Nonfiction - Informational

Summary: Sunken Treasure is about treasure hunting on the ocean floor for the 17th century ship Nuestra Senora de Atocha. Ships that have sunk, even long ago, still hold their valuables under layers of sand and divers will search down there using metal detectors to find where they are and uncover parts of history.

This narrative story about the sinking and subsequent search for the Spanish galleon Atocha couples lively descriptions with appropriately detailed illustrations. Gibbons takes readers through the history of the galleon’s last voyage, as well as Mel Fisher’s attempts to find the galleon and its treasures. Stuffed with information about the sinking of the ship and methods of discovering a sunken ship, young readers will enjoy this little-known piece of history. ( )