Before Columbus: The Leif Eriksson Expedition: A True Adventure

by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

Book Overview

Five hundred years before Columbus, a young Viking named Leif Eriksson crossed the Atlantic and became the first known European to set foot in North America. The tale of the crossing and the brief... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375813470
• ISBN13: 9780375813474
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

An exciting saga of the Lief Eriksson expedition

Before Columbus is an exciting saga of the Lief Eriksson expedition five hundred years before Columbus provides kids in grades 3-5 with an excellent saga which reads like fiction but includes all known facts about his incredible journey. New audiences will appreciate this vivid retelling of what Lief might have experienced on his Viking expedition.