Full name: The Discovery of the Americas: From Prehistory Through the Age of Columbus

Author: Betsy Maestro Year: 1991 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Children, Picture books, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780688115128 0688115128

From the crossing of the Bering Land Bridge over 20,000 years ago to the arrival of the Europeans, this classic picture book paints the early discoveries of America in grand strokes. The text is useful for both the classroom and at home as it combines beautiful landscape illustrations with factual features: maps, timelines, chronological tables, and easy-to-use appendixes. "The dazzlingly clean and accurate prose and the exhilarating beauty of the pictures combine for an extraordinary achievement in both history and art."--School Library Journal "The Maestros do a real service here in presenting the more familiar explorers in the context of all the migrations that have populated the Western Hemisphere.... An outstanding introduction."--Kirkus Reviews Supports the Common Core State Standards Similar books: A Short History of the United States by Robert V. Remini That's Not in My American History Book by Thomas Ayres Legends, Lies, and Cherished Myths of American History by Richard Shenkman The Cycles of American History by Arthur Meier Schlesinger Unsolved Mysteries of American History by Paul Aron A New World by Arthur J. Quinn The European Discovery of America: The Northern Voyages by Samuel Eliot Morison The Course of Empire by Bernard DeVoto A Nation Rising by Kenneth C. Davis If You Lived 100 Years Ago by Ann McGovern The Way to the Western Sea by David Lavender The incredible journey of Lewis and Clark by Rhoda Blumberg The Race to the New World by Douglas Hunter Lewis & Clark by Dayton Duncan The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History by Thomas E. Woods Jr. The Titanic by Judy Donnelly Ancient China by Arthur Cotterell Joan of Arc by Diane Stanley Good Queen Bess by Diane Stanley Can't You Make Them Behave, King George? by Jean Fritz