A look at the controversy surrounding the celebration of Columbus's invasion of the "new world" argues that expeditions such as his had negative and positive effects and helps young readers gain a understanding of the responsibilities of future explorers. Reprint. AB.
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Grade 1-3-- This informative, easy-to-read book presents some basic facts about Columbus's life and voyages, explains the origins of the holiday, and attempts to deal with the man's role as invader as well as explorer. Liestman tells, in clear but simple terms, why 15th-century Europeans wanted a sea route to Eastern Asia, gives a few details about Columbus's voyage, and relates how, after landing, Columbus and his men saw the friendly Indians as potential slaves and behaved accordingly. She explains that Columbus's men began to lose respect for him (but does not mention that he fell out of favor in Spain as well), and then shifts, rather abruptly, to his death in 1506. She concludes with a plea to remember the Native Americans who died as a result of his voyage and "that when we explore, we must be good to the life we meet along the way." The writing is occasionally choppy, but Liestman has made one of the few attempts to deal objectively with Columbus for this audience. Hanson's watercolors provide appropriate illustrations; there is no map of the voyages. The book is free of the fictionalization that mars Robert Young's Let's Celebrate Christopher Columbus (Silver Press, 1991) and is an excellent choice for beginning readers' reports and classroom discussion. --Jean H. Zimmerman, Willett School, South River, NJ
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Five hundred years ago, the people who lived in Europe were just beginning to learn about the rest of the world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Christopher Columbus, Native Americans New!
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Five hundred years ago, the people who lived in Europe were just beginning to learn about the rest of the world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Christopher Columbus, Native Americans New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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