Before Columbus

By Muriel Batherman

Book Overview

In simple words and glowing pictures Muriel Batherman tells about the first discoverers of America -- the hunters, basket makers, and farmers -- who arrived many years before Columbus. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395300886
• ISBN13: 9780395300886
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Simple with a Great Message

As a child, I remember reading books about the United States that began with "Columbus' discovery of America." I am very happy to see a book for children that talks about the "first discoverers of North America" (8). The drawings are very simple and the text is good and clear. The story is divided up into four parts: The First People, Early Basketmakers (1-450 A.D.), Late Basketmakers (450-750 A.D.), The Pueblos (750-1300 A.D.). This small book could lead to some very good conversation about Native Americans and using archeology as a tool in learning more about America and its past.