N-F journey - Someone Left Out

              Thanks to Alyson Beecher's Non-Fiction Picture Book Challenge at Kidlit Frenzy, those who link up share fabulous non-fiction picture books. I am grateful for all that I've learned through reading non-fiction picture books. 





        As Deborah Hopkinson says in a further note in the back matter, she learned about Matthew Henson late in life, just as I did. The wonderful part is that authors like Deborah Hopkinson are researching and writing biographies to tell us about people and events in history that have been previously ignored.       
        Matthew Henson had a tough life but was smart and tough himself as you will see from his story. He was orphaned at thirteen, set out on his own and landed in the Baltimore Harbor. There he was fortunate to be taken on as a cabin boy by a captain who liked him and then educated him. Matthew Henson obviously was smart, learns all he can, but after a few years moves on. Amazingly, he was working at a store when he met Robert Peary. Peary immediately liked Matthew and asked him to join him on his next expedition to Greenland. Their partnership and adventure began!