How to Be a Samurai

by Nel Yomtov

Overview

Journey back in time to the Land of the Rising Sun—Japan—and become a samurai! Learn about the armor, weapons, and traditions of these legendary warriors and find out if you have what it takes to become one of Japan's fiercest fighters! This engaging nonfiction takes readers along on the training, adventures, and dangers of a long-ago samurai, with tons of facts, sidebars, historic images, and a quiz at the end to test their knowledge.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798875226854
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	08/01/2025
Series:	How-To History
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	7 - 8 Years

About the Author

Nel Yomtov is an award-winning author of children's nonfiction books and graphic novels. He specializes in writing about history, current events, biography, architecture, and military history. He has written numerous graphic novels for Capstone, including the recent School Strike for Climate, Journeying to New Worlds: A Max Axiom Super Scientist Adventure, and Cher Ami: Heroic Carrier Pigeon of World War I. In 2020 he self-published Baseball 100, an illustrated book featuring the 100 greatest players in baseball history. Nel lives in the New York City area.

Interviews

A new approach to history topics, allowing readers to put themselves in the boots of figures from history;