Christopher Columbus: The Life of a Master Navigator & Explorer by David West & Jackie Gaff
This book was a graphic novel about Columbus's life. It managed to capture the attention of Mr. Dramatic, who doesn't enjoy reading as much as his younger brother.
Sea Clocks: The Story of Longitude by Louise Borden
A wonderfully illustrated book that narrates the solving of the dilemma of direction that people faced when navigating the open seas.
Exploring the New World by Melody Herr
This book captivated my oldest from the first page! He read the entire thing in two days (which is quite an accomplishment for a previous vehement hater of reading)!! A great "choose your own adventure" book that manages to tell both sides of the story: the explorers and the natives.
In Their Own Words: Christopher Columbus by Peter & Connie Roop
I was quite surprised how much Mr. Dramatic liked this book! It pieces together Columbus's life from his own journal entries.
Eyewitness Visual Dictionary of Sailing Ships
Chock-full of illustrations and pictures of ships from all eras! Mr. Independent pored over this for hours and then copied some of the illustrations.
Follow the Dream by Peter Sis
A very simple book about Columbus as a boy and his aspirations to become a great sailor. Wonderful illustrations!
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Those all look like good reads! We have read the Beautiful Feet book on Christopher Columbus & enjoyed that. Plus my daughter received a very cool pop-up book (not little kiddish, but very informative!) a few years ago about Columbus and his ships and we both learned quite a bit from it!
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