Books with author David J. West

This dynamic series takes readers into the thrilling and frightening world of prehistoric Earth. This volume, focused on the time period before dinosaurs lived, is filled with lush, vivid illustrations that portray the ocean life and the gigantic insects that roamed the earth at that time, accompanied by a lively and informative narrative. Special features include timelines, labeled illustrations, and scaled illustrations.

Winter Flight is historical fiction, based on real events. Wilfrid “Wop” May was born in Carberry, Manitoba, in 1896. During World War One, he joined the Canadian Army and served with the Royal Air Force, where he fought the Red Baron and lived to tell about it. He emerged as an Air Ace with 13 victories and the Distinguished Flying Cross medal. After the war, he spent some time barnstorming before he started a bush pilot airline with his brother Court, also an avid flyer. Wop May held Canadian Pilot’s License No. 49, issued on July 7th, 1919, and Commercial Air Pilot’s Certificate No. 7, May 7th, 1920. In recognition of his daring medical flight, he received the 1929 McKee Trophy, a Canadian award given for “Advancement of Aviation.”In 1932, Wop May helped the Royal Canadian Mounted Police track down a killer in the Northwest Territories, the “Mad Trapper of Rat River,” Albert Johnson. Wop flew supplies to the police during the man-hunt, was on the scene during the final shootout, and airlifted a wounded policeman to hospital.During World War Two, Wop May served as a civilian with the United States Army Air Force and the Royal Canadian Air Force. He supervised an Air Observer’s School and organized air rescue crews that saved the lives of many Canadian and American flyers. He was awarded the United States’ Medal of Freedom with Bronze Palm, for his wartime contribution. Wop May died in 1952, while hiking near the Timpanogos Caves in Utah, an active outdoorsman to the end.

An Eskimo boy in the Arctic encounters a group of survivors from the lost Franklin Expedition, which set out in 1845 to discover a sea route through the frozen North.Taking pity on the strangers, who are so obviously unable to survive in the harsh northern climate, Ooblooria gives the men food and points them on their way south.He knows something is "not right" with these men. But he doesn't know they are the handful of survivors of Franklin's two Royal Navy ships, Terror and Erebus.Ooblooria gets into trouble for helping the strangers. He is called to the council of elders to be judged for what he has done. This is the first encounter with white men for this group of Inuit, so no wonder they were alarmed.Many years later, explorers under Captain M'Clintock come to the area looking for clues to the fate of Admiral Sir John Franklin and his two crews of 134 men.They find Ooblooria he tells them what he knows about the missing men.There is an historical bonus for the reader. The true historical story of the tragic Franklin expedition is included.Both the story and the history were first published in very different form in Boy's Life, the magazine of the Boy Scouts. As well, the original works were accessed for many children's educational and literary data banks. If some reader thinks the story sounds familiar, it was also licensed for Educational Testing in the USA.This is suitable for children reading at the middle grade school level, and as a chapter book it proves interesting to advanced readers.

Learn all about submarines from the first submarines to submersibles and modern submarines.Have you ever wondered where the crew all sit inside a tank, or what a jet engine looks like behind the turbine blades? Well these six books will help you find out just that! Find out something amazing about each vehicle and then turn the page to see it sliced in two where its innermost secrets will be revealed. Simple text and large labels and captions will make the bite-sized pieces of information appeal to a wide range of reading abilities, and the artwork is both friendly and accessible. What's Inside - perfect for inquisitive, machine-mad readers who love the details of how vehicles work. Suitable for readers aged 8+.

The Golden Age is over. An army of evil is coming. Heroes are in short supply…It is the last days of the great Nephite nation and their civilization teeters on the brink of devastating war. Their blood-enemies and rival nation, the Lamanites, have sworn their destruction. As the conflict unfolds upon this ancient American landscape, courageous heroes fight to defend their people against ruthless forces of evil. Amaron and his Ten Scouts, Zelph the White Lamanite, and Anathoth the Lamanite general all must face the Gadianton Master Akish-Antum, as he orchestrates the greatest terror the land has ever known.…In a world at war, who will rise to become the heroes of the fallen? To save the noble few, conspiracies and assassins blades won’t stop the Heroes from leaving a swath of righteous carnage in their wake…Heroes of the Fallen is an action-packed historical fantasy in the vein of classic pulp fiction and thrilling adventure epics. If you like sword battles, larger-than-life characters, and witty humor, then you’ll love David J. West’s gripping tale. Read Heroes of the Fallen and journey to an Ancient America that might have been!

Prehistoric monsters show up in the weirdest places! Welcome to the world of Dinosaurs On My Street, where life goes on as normal except that... dinosaurs roam the city streets. This colorful book about dinosaurs is for young readers. And what child doesn't enjoy dinosaurs? Each book uses amazing computer artwork to place the dinosaurs in a modern city environment of buildings, cars, trucks, fire engines, parks and construction sites. Dogs and people of all sizes and ages are in awe of the huge creatures. The dinosaur illustrations are accurate in relative size, shape and color. Readers get a real sense of how enormous dinosaurs were -- bigger than buildings with tails as long as a city block and jaws that could swallow a car in one gulp. Simple descriptive text is in big clear letters for young readers. A pronunciation guide helps with the dinosaurs' tongue-twisting names and a picture compares each dinosaur's height with that of a child. The colorful full-page drawings, however, are the main attraction. Thirty scenes of street settings with lots of action and people in the familiar activities of day-to-day life will engage all dinosaur fans. Dinosaurs On My Street is a fun face-to-face meeting with the giants of prehistory as they overrun our city streets.

Prehistoric monsters show up in the weirdest places! Welcome to the world of Dinosaurs On My Street, where life goes on as normal except that... dinosaurs roam the city streets. This colorful book about dinosaurs is for young readers. And what child doesn't enjoy dinosaurs? Each book uses amazing computer artwork to place the dinosaurs in a modern city environment of buildings, cars, trucks, fire engines, parks and construction sites. Dogs and people of all sizes and ages are in awe of the huge creatures. The dinosaur illustrations are accurate in relative size, shape and color. Readers get a real sense of how enormous dinosaurs were -- bigger than buildings with tails as long as a city block and jaws that could swallow a car in one gulp. Simple descriptive text is in big clear letters for young readers. A pronunciation guide helps with the dinosaurs' tongue-twisting names and a picture compares each dinosaur's height with that of a child. The colorful full-page drawings, however, are the main attraction. Thirty scenes of street settings with lots of action and people in the familiar activities of day-to-day life will engage all dinosaur fans. Dinosaurs On My Street is a fun face-to-face meeting with the giants of prehistory as they overrun our city streets.

The sauropod group of dinosaurs included the largest animals ever to walk the Earth. Sauropods were plant eaters with very long necks. The giant Brachiosaurus likely ate more than 400 pounds of plants a day. The enormous Omeisauruss neck made up more than half of the length of its entire body. Sauropods also had long tails, sometimes with dangerous spikes on them. Scientists believe the lengthy Diplodocus and other sauropods used their long tails as weapons against predators. Inside, readers will learn about these and many others long-neck herbivores.