This picture book account introduces young readers to the voyage of the Kon-Tiki and how Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl proved that ancient Peruvians could, in fact, have reached the Polynesian Islands in a wooden raft. Quotes from Heyerdahl's writing and interesting back matter make this a fine introduction to this exciting story.

'The Impossible Voyage of Kon-Tiki' by Deborah Kogan Ray takes the story about the famous expedition and boils it down to a middle grade reader in brilliant fashion. If the other reviews I've read are to be believed, this hasn't been done before and it's about time.

Thor Heyerdahl took a 5,000 mile journey on a raft from South America to prove a theory about migration. It was certainly dangerous and just the kind of thing I would have loved to learn about in 5th grade. The story is told here in text and pictures with each new page of text headed up by a quote from Thor Heyerdahl. There are also some nice end notes for further study. The kind of things Thor did after the journey and a short bio about him.

It's a concise version of the story, but well condensed and not overwhelming for younger readers. The pictures are colorful enough. I like the current map at the beginning of the book showing the journey. Even though I know the story, I found it to be a well done version of it for younger readers.

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Fascinating. I love that this theory is now accessible for children.

Really interesting story about a little-known theory and voyage.