Peter Sis 1991
Another wonderful feature of this book is the page that provides some thought provoking questions about the pictures and why they were drawn the way they were.
Other books about Christopher Columbus:
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Monday, October 8, 2012
Follow the Dream
Another book about Christopher Columbus before "Columbus Day" comes to an end.
This one by Peter Sis has really interesting illustrations. They are full of details and symbolism that compliments the story of Columbus' life. Sis writes in the beginning that he was inspired to make this book because he grew up behind the Iron Curtain and he liked the idea that the "wall" of fear didn't hold Columbus back.
Another wonderful feature of this book is the page that provides some thought provoking questions about the pictures and why they were drawn the way they were.
Another wonderful feature of this book is the page that provides some thought provoking questions about the pictures and why they were drawn the way they were.
Columbus
Today was cold and grey and I loved it. It was just the sort of day to put on My Room in the Trees and sit at the kitchen table cutting up apples for applesauce.
Charlotte came home from school talking about Columbus Day. I'll take a break from Halloween books to share this beautiful one by the D'Aulaires. We read part of it at naptime.
It's nice to learn history this way, told in a story with beautiful pictures that capture the spirit of adventure and determination that Columbus had. Madeleine hates Christopher Columbus (because he was cruel to the natives and began sending them back to Europe as slaves.) I think he was deeply religious but had plenty of flaws and failings. And while Leif Ericson may have beat him to North America, there's no doubt that his voyages changed the world.
Charlotte came home from school talking about Columbus Day. I'll take a break from Halloween books to share this beautiful one by the D'Aulaires. We read part of it at naptime.
Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire 1955
It's nice to learn history this way, told in a story with beautiful pictures that capture the spirit of adventure and determination that Columbus had. Madeleine hates Christopher Columbus (because he was cruel to the natives and began sending them back to Europe as slaves.) I think he was deeply religious but had plenty of flaws and failings. And while Leif Ericson may have beat him to North America, there's no doubt that his voyages changed the world.
There once was a boy
who loved the salty sea.
He would be a seaman when he grew up.
He would not be a weaver like his father,
who sat all day
in a dark, little shop
weaving yarn into cloth.
A ship would be his shuttle,
the waves his warp,
the wide bounding sea his loom.
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