Columbus Day

A Picture Book of Christopher Columbus

By David A. Adler

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A good choice for sharing out loud with a class of younger students. Includes the critical facts of his life, a map of the first voyage and a list of important dates. Part of the Picture Book Biography series.
Also available in a Spanish-language edition, Un Libro Ilustrado Sobre Cristobal Colon.

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Christopher Columbus

By Susan Bivin Aller

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This short book (47 pages) follows Columbus' life, from his beginnings as a boy who loved the sea through his adventures in the West Indies to his ultimate fame as the Admiral of the Ocean Seas. Part of the History Maker Bios series.
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Christopher Columbus

By Peter and Connie Roop

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Diary selections throughout this biography let Columbus tell his story in his own words. 128 pages. Includes maps.

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Christopher Columbus: On the Green Sea of Darkness

By Gardner Soule

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There's lots of fascinating detail here about Columbus' voyage, especially his discovery of the plants and animals that were new to his world. The book includes an index, reproductions of older maps, and footnotes which makes it a good choice for research papers.

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Columbus and the World around Him

By Milton Meltzer

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This different view of Columbus shows a man whose ambition for fame and wealth, as well as his wish to convert the New World people to his own faith, drove him beyond the edge of his known world. This book, unlike many others, tells of the consequences to the native peoples as they met their doom under the Spanish conquest that followed as well as their ultimate influence on their conquerors. A well-researched biography that draws on primary sources and includes maps.

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Columbus Day

By Cass R. Sandak

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Learn why and how Columbus Day is celebrated, and read about the highlights the life and voyages of the famous explorer. Part of a series of books on celebrating the holidays.
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Columbus Day

By Vicki Liestman

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A look at Columbus' life and his role as both an explorer and an invader of the West Indies. Beginning readers writing their first reports may find this book and the others in the Carolrhoda on My Own Books series meet their needs perfectly. However, it does not include maps of the voyages.

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Columbus Day

By Dennis Brindell Fradin

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Learn about Columbus' famous explorations and how we came to have the holiday known as Columbus Day. Includes drawings and photographs.

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Encounter

By Jane Yolen

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What did the Taino people of present-day San Salvador think when they first encountered Columbus? Jane Yolen, a gifted writer, has imagined how a young native boy would have felt as a customary feast in the strangers' honor ends in his kidnapping. There is no record of how the Taino reacted to Columbus, but this fictionalized history gives another perspective to the legend of the explorer.

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I Sailed with Columbus

By Miriam Schlein

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In this fictionalized history, Julio, a twelve-year-old ship's boy, keeps a diary of his time aboard the Santa Maria. He learns to navigate by the stars, measure with knots, and sing songs to pass the time on the long voyage and is there at the Santa Maria's wreck.

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