#1 The American Story

The Discovery of the Americas

Betsy Maestro
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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 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
Genres: HistoryPicture BooksAmerican HistoryNonfictionSchoolChildrensGeographyHistoricalPrehistory
48 Pages

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