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Best Books About the Exploration of the Americas
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Little discoverers venture into the unknown and beyond with exciting and informative nonfiction books about America.
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0618663916?ie=UTF8&tag=parentscocom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0618663916
Amazon
13.00
by Russell Freedman
Historian Russell Freeman explores the various claims to the "discovery" of the American continents. Everyone knows the story of Columbus, but what about the Chinese explorer, Zheng He? Discover all the possibilities and challenge your kids to discuss the competing theories.
Historian Russell Freeman explores the various claims to the "discovery" of the American continents. Everyone knows the story of Columbus, but what about the Chinese explorer, Zheng He? Discover all the possibilities and challenge your kids to discuss the competing theories.
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0531126323?ie=UTF8&tag=parentscocom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0531126323
Amazon
22.00
by Christine Taylor-Butler
Why did explorers came to the Americas? See if you and the kids can figure out what their lives were like in their homelands and what compelled them to take on t treacherous journeys into the unknown. You'll learn as much as your kids about these complex issues.
Why did explorers came to the Americas? See if you and the kids can figure out what their lives were like in their homelands and what compelled them to take on t treacherous journeys into the unknown. You'll learn as much as your kids about these complex issues.
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Penguin
18.00
written and illustrated by Hudson Talbott
Take a very personal look at the river that played a part in colonization of America. The double-page spread paintings and symbolic detail tell the story in a timeline fashion, helping kids examine the development of the shoreline over the years.
Take a very personal look at the river that played a part in colonization of America. The double-page spread paintings and symbolic detail tell the story in a timeline fashion, helping kids examine the development of the shoreline over the years.
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/141695046X?ie=UTF8&tag=parentscocom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=141695046X
Amazon
12.00
written and illustrated by Brian Floca
This book captures the journey of the three astronauts who manned Apollo 11, giving your kids a "you-are-there" feeling as from countdown through blast-off and beyond, on the journey to the moon.
This book captures the journey of the three astronauts who manned Apollo 11, giving your kids a "you-are-there" feeling as from countdown through blast-off and beyond, on the journey to the moon.
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076272580X?ie=UTF8&tag=parentscocom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=076272580X
Amazon
10.00
by Joyce Badgley Hunsaker
In this fictionalized account, Sacagawea leads Lewis and Clark in their explorations with her knowledge of the land and of various Native American. With her baby strapped to a cradleboard, she faced all the hardships of the journey with triumphant girl power!
In this fictionalized account, Sacagawea leads Lewis and Clark in their explorations with her knowledge of the land and of various Native American. With her baby strapped to a cradleboard, she faced all the hardships of the journey with triumphant girl power!
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1556523742?ie=UTF8&tag=parentscocom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1556523742
Amazon
12.00
by Janis Herbert
This comprehensive overview of the adventurous journey of Lewis and Clark includes 21 activities that families can do together to enhance learning by submerging children in the historic world as they identify and preserve plants, make Great Plains Stew or sew up moccasins.
This comprehensive overview of the adventurous journey of Lewis and Clark includes 21 activities that families can do together to enhance learning by submerging children in the historic world as they identify and preserve plants, make Great Plains Stew or sew up moccasins.
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0688115128?ie=UTF8&tag=parentscocom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0688115128
Amazon
7.00
by Betsy Maestro
Thousands of years ago small groups of nomadic peoples walked across the "bridge" between Asia and North America. These Stone Age hunters were the first settlers of the New World and kids can learn about them with drawings of archeological finds showing the similarity between the peoples of the old world and new.
Thousands of years ago small groups of nomadic peoples walked across the "bridge" between Asia and North America. These Stone Age hunters were the first settlers of the New World and kids can learn about them with drawings of archeological finds showing the similarity between the peoples of the old world and new.
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0792271890?ie=UTF8&tag=parentscocom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0792271890
Amazon
11.00
by Ann Rossi
Learn about Native Americans and the cultural differences among them, as seen by the European settlers.
Learn about Native Americans and the cultural differences among them, as seen by the European settlers.
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0152168109?ie=UTF8&tag=parentscocom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0152168109
Amazon
3.00
by Robert Burliegh
In the early 1900s, women "of a certain class" were expected to stay in the home and take care of the house and children. Tell that to Amelia Earhart, who overcame convention by flying solo across the Atlantic Ocean ... and becoming an American hero in the process!
In the early 1900s, women "of a certain class" were expected to stay in the home and take care of the house and children. Tell that to Amelia Earhart, who overcame convention by flying solo across the Atlantic Ocean ... and becoming an American hero in the process!
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1561454737?ie=UTF8&tag=parentscocom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1561454737
Amazon
14.00
by Deborah Hopkinson
Read the true story of the African American who traveled side by side with Robert E. Peary to explore the North Pole. Henson traveled to Greenland and became part of the Inuit community. They taught him their language, how to build and run a dogsled, and how to survive in the unrelenting cold.
Read the true story of the African American who traveled side by side with Robert E. Peary to explore the North Pole. Henson traveled to Greenland and became part of the Inuit community. They taught him their language, how to build and run a dogsled, and how to survive in the unrelenting cold.
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