The Jamestown Colony (We the People (Compass Point Books Hardcover)) [Library Binding]

Brendan January (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: We the People (Compass Point Books Hardcover)

An account of the first permanent English settlement in North America, with all its tragedies and disasters, established in 1607 in Jamestown, Virginia.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-6-These series titles are simple in appearance and format, with large type and lots of white space. Profusely illustrated with full-color and black-and-white reproductions, maps, and photographs, the texts are quite readable, sometimes engagingly so, providing a good introductory overview of the historical sites or event being treated. Unfortunately, many of the quotes are unattributed and the picture captions fail to acknowledge which selections are artists' renderings. The primary weakness in these accounts, however, is in the omission of the Native American perspective on the Jamestown settlers or the Lewis and Clark expedition. The failure to acknowledge that the story of the past is not the same for the different peoples involved is a missed opportunity and poor historiography.
Nancy Collins-Warner, Neill Public Library, Pullman, WA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Compass Point Books is a publisher of children’s books and digital products. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Library Binding: 48 pages
• Publisher: Compass Point Books (August 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0756500435
• ISBN-13: 978-0756500436
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,345,737 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Jamestown colony, April 21, 2001

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This review is from: The Jamestown Colony (We the People (Compass Point Books Hardcover)) (Library Binding)

The history of Jamestown colony is not a happy one, The choice of location, the lies told to the native americans and the colonists unwillingness to farm lead to big problems. Still John Smith seemed to finally turn them around and solve some of the problems. At least he tried to and with the help of Pocahontas things began to improve. It did not stay that way unfortunately. Here is a good book to start your studies of the colonists and their struggles with the elements and their own attitudes.