Columbus

Tells a balanced view of an important man. The pictures are dreadful, but the text is excellent. The text is simple and easy to read and follow, but dense with information. I haven't yet decided if I would pay full price for it. I wish the illustrations were better.

Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire's retelling of Christopher Columbus' journey across the Atlantic Ocean provides a slightly watered down version of his tales. Along with giving a detailed account of his troubled and significant sea voyages, the authors utilize a colored and shaded pencil style to add to the lush and exotic sight of the unfamiliar environment.

This story tells us about Christopher Columbus and his mission in finding the new world. the book starts out by telling us about Columbus’s earlier life as a boy and how much he liked hearing the sailors talk about their adventures. Columbus was interested in the fact that in faraway lands it was being said that the world is not flat but round. Whenever Columbus brought up the subject others would laugh at him, so he decided to keep his thoughts to himself. As Columbus got older he dreamed of discovering the new land that was always talked about, so he gathered men, a ship, and a king to be his patron. The book goes on to tell the story of Christopher Columbus and all of his discoveries throughout his journey. I think this book goes show more into great detail about the life of Christopher Columbus. I think this would be an excellent book for a student to use on a research project of Columbus because of all the information provided. The illustrations were also very nicely drawn and expressed, very educational good read. show less

This book tells all about the adventures that Christopher Columbus went through. While everyone else thought you could fall of the world if you went too far because it was flat like a square, he thought that the world was round and you could go where ever you wanted to.

The story of the voyage of Christopher Columbus.

JB