124. If You Sailed on the Titanic

If You Sailed on the Titanic. Denise Lewis Patrick. Illustrated by Winona Nelson. 2023. [January] 80 pages. [Source: Library] [Nonfiction, Children's and Middle Grade]

First sentence: If you had set sail on the Titanic, you would have been looking forward to an amazing experience on the largest ocean liner ever built. You may have been a wealthy traveler who was used to grand hotels and excellent meals. You might have been a young sailor, excited about crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time. Or, you and your family might have been leaving the life you knew behind, hoping to find a wonderful new home in America. Whatever your dreams might have been, everything would have changed in the middle of one dark night when the unexpected happened to the "unsinkable" Titanic.

Premise/plot: This "If You...." title asks and answers twenty-five questions regarding the Titanic. Each "chapter" is a question and answer. Just a few pages--text and illustration. Questions like....

"What was daily life like for passengers on the Titanic?"
"Were there animals on the ship?"
"Who rescued the survivors?"
"Can people visit the wreckage?"
"Are the Titanic movies true?"

My thoughts: I enjoyed reading this one. I loved the organization and layout. I found the illustrations helpful and engaging. I thought the questions were good, for the most part. Obviously, this one was written and published before the loss of the submersible Titan. But there is a chapter about tourists being able to pay loads of money to go down in a submersible to view the Titanic themselves.

 

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