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Christopher Columbus and the Age of Exploration for Kids
Christopher Columbus and the Age of Exploration for Kids

Christopher Columbus and the Age of Exploration for Kids

With 21 Activities

For Kids series

JUVENILE NONFICTION

160 Pages, 11 x 8.5

Formats: Trade Paper, EPUB, Mobipocket, PDF

Trade Paper, $16.95 (CA $18.95) (US $16.95)

Publication Date: October 2013

ISBN 9781613746745

Rights: WOR

Chicago Review Press (Oct 2013)

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Overview

Taking a comprehensive, nuanced, and inclusive approach to Christopher Columbus, this illuminating biography with activities for young readers places him in the context of the explorations that came before, during, and after his lifetime. It portrays the “Admiral of the Ocean Seas” neither as hero nor heel, but as a flawed and complex man whose significance is undeniably monumental. Providing kids, parents, and teachers with a fuller picture of the seafaring life and the dangers and thrills of exploration, author Ronald Reis details all four of Columbus’s voyages to the New World, not just his first, and describes the year that Columbus spent stranded on the island of Jamaica without hope of rescue. A full chapter is devoted to painting a more complete and complex portrait of the indigenous peoples of the New World and another to the consequences of Columbus’s voyages—the exchange of diseases, ideas, crops, and populations between the New World and the Old. Engaging cross-curricular activities, such as taking nautical measurements, simulating a hurricane, making an ancient globe, and conducting silent trade, elucidate nautical concepts introduced and the times in which Columbus lived.

Reviews

"This book...offer[s] a straightforward glimpse into the life and times of Columbus with a narrative that does not shy away from more unsettling aspects of his life...Reis puts the explorer in context with a thorough look at motivations for exploration and scientific beliefs of the time." —Booklist

"[Christopher Columbus and the Age of Exploration for Kids] marks an important part of our history with fascinating details, fun history and beautiful art and maps...This book is great for elementary kids, and little ones will enjoy the pictures and activities." —Kristen Kemp, Parents.com

"A brilliantly illustrated and well laid out account...I highly recommend it!" —Luxury Reading

Author Biography

Ronald A. Reis is the technology department chair at Los Angeles Valley College. He has a bachelor’s degree in applied technology and a master’s degree in the social sciences and has taught at the middle school, high school, and community college level. He is the author of several young adult nonfiction books, including African Americans and the Civil War, Buffalo Bill Cody, and The World Trade Organization. Buffalo Bill Cody won the 2011 Spur Award for the best juvenile nonfiction biography about the West, from the Western Writers of America. He lives in Calabasas, California.