"The Monitor: The Iron Warship That Changed the World" by Larry Day explores the groundbreaking design and impact of the USS Monitor during the American Civil War. This ironclad warship, with its innovative technology, marked a pivotal shift in naval warfare, challenging wooden ships and redefining maritime combat. The narrative details the Monitor's development, its historic confrontation with the CSS Virginia at the Battle of Hampton Roads, and its legacy in naval history. Through vivid storytelling, Day illustrates the Monitor's role in shaping modern naval engineering and its influence on military strategies in conflicts to come. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].

This book is part of a book series called Station Stop .

This book has been graded for interest at 7-9 years.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published in 2003 by Turtleback Books .

Larry Day is the award-winning illustrator of over twenty-five picture books, both fiction and nonfiction. He was born and raised in Gibson City, Illinois, where he flunked high school art before becoming a storyboard artist and picture book illustrator. Day currently lives in Illinois with his wife, author Miriam Busch. A former educator, Gare Thompson has written bestselling classroom programs as well as numerous children's books. His specialty is historical fiction. Thompson lives in Massachusetts.