11th April Submarine Day

In 1969, a bill to the US Senate designated 11th April as Submarine Day. The observance celebrates the first modern submarine purchased by the United States Navy, the Holland VI. It was designed by Irish-American inventor John Phillip Holland and sold for $150,000 at the time. 

Every so often I get a student ask about submarine books and while the library doesn't have a lot there is enough to answer this request.

• Submarines Up Close  by Andra Selin Abramson

This is a big book and it is old, but it is so very popular. It answers everyones questions and has large pictures.

• Submarines  by Alex Frith Discover the history of submarines, including submarines used in war, and for rescue and exploration, in this exciting, fact-packed book. Combines historical accounts retold as comics, with detailed cutaway diagrams and photos. 

• What's Inside Submarines by David West

Learn all about submarines from the first submarines to submersibles and modern submarines.

• Papa's Mechanical Fish  by Candace Fleming and Boris Kulikov

is based on the real-life inventor Lodner Phillips who creates a submarine that can take his family for a trip to the bottom of Lake Michigan.

• Flying Deep  by Michelle Cosollito and Nicole Wong

Climb aboard Alvin, the famous deep-sea submersible credited with helping to find the Titanic, and take a trip two miles down to the bottom of the ocean.

Now that we have dealt with facts, here's some stories