Contact:
Angel Oberoi, President and Founder
www.gossamerbooks.com
A Gold Mine for all: New Educational Graphic Novel from Gossamer Books
LLC.
Gossamer Books LLC announces the release of their educational graphic
novel, "Gold Mine! The California Gold Rush Story" (ISBN:
0-9742502-3-6) in March 2005. The novel follows Charlie and Alice, two
idealistic young 49ers, and their faithful mule Nugget who journey west
to the new land of op****tunity and discover that striking gold may not
be as easy as they thought. With a vast majority of librarians
acknowledging the role of graphic novel genre in inspiring a love of
reading in grade-schoolers and adults alike, this novel is a step
forward in that direction.
"Gold Mine! The California Gold Rush Story", written by critically
acclaimed author Ginger Turner, illustrates Charlie and Alice's
journey to the west in search of a gold mine and their encounters with
some of the most colorful and inspiring figures in California history
who come together in a sequence of humorous and surprising twists.
Meanwhile, as the California wilderness is transformed, so is Charlie,
when he discovers that the greatest secret to success might be sitting
right under his nose.
Based on real personal accounts and diaries, Gold Mine's beautifully
hand-drawn frames show the history of Gold Rush-from the first
discovery of gold, to the state constitutional convention, to the
boisterous life of the vigilant mining towns-through the eyes of the
men and women who lived it.
The educational graphic novel is carefully mapped to the U.S.
Department of Education's national standards for teaching U.S.
History. It is painstakingly researched to create an accurate account
of the events and incidents as they occurred in history to generate
interest of grade-schoolers in key historical themes specified by
national and state educational guidelines. It can be a useful resource
for librarians and K-12 educational levels.
Gossamer Books has also released highly interactive and educative
lesson plans based on "Gold Mine! The California Gold Rush Story"
that can be downloaded free of cost from their official website
http://www.gossamerbooks.com
Angel Oberoi, President, and founder of Gossamer Books LLC commented,
"This is a continuing endeavor on the part of Gossamer Books to provide
grade schoolers with historically accurate version of US history
through beautifully drawn illustrations in the graphic novel format. It
will inspire kids to be creative and interested in reading. The
librarian and the teachers will find the graphic novel to be a very
useful addition to their libraries and classroom supplements. We also
provide highly interactive lesson plans based on this educational
graphic novel that can be used in the classrooms."
Publishers Weekly in its review of this graphic novel recognized
Gossamer Book's effort for taking "historical events and facts and
turns them into entertaining tales."
The novel can be ordered from Baker & Taylor, BWI, and Brodart.
About Gossamer Books LLC
A small privately-held publisher of high quality graphic novels,
Gossamer Books is passionate about the im****tance of history. Founded
in 2003, in Belmont, CA, Gossamer Books LLC promotes an entertaining
approach towards teaching US history to upper elementary and middle
school students. Each book is carefully mapped to local and US
Department of Education's national standards for teaching American
history, and is painstakingly researched to create an accurate account
of the hard****ps and triumphs of the era.
http://www.gossamerbooks.com
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