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Title: Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus? by Jean Fritz, Margot Tomes ISBN: 0-698-11580-5 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: September, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (3 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: "Where Are You Going, Heinrich Himmler?"
Comment: It's hard to imagine something lower or more morally contemptible than books of this kind. Columbus was guilty of the genocide of eight million Native people. Imagine "Where Are You Going Heinrich Himmler?" or "Where Are You Going Adolf Eichmann?" for comparison. His vaunted "discovery" was no such thing. Native people were already there. Polynesians, Inuit, Phoenicians, and Africans had already made the same voyage, and unlike old Chris did not slaughter millions once they got here.
For very young children, I would simply mention that Columbus was a very cruel man and leave it at that. It is simply impossible to tell them the truth at such a young age without giving them nightmares. But for heaven's sake, DONT whitewash or glorify a butcher like Columbus. Once they are in their teens, tell you children the TRUTH with such wonderful books as Loewen's Lies My Teacher Told Me or Takaki's A Different Mirror. Our kids deserve truth, not lies, in order for them to better deal with the legacy of genocide.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Fun Book to Stimulate Interest in History
Comment: This is a fun book that should help your youngster develop an interest in American History. It is easy to read an has great illustratiions. You will not be disappointed with this purchase. Look for others by the same author.
Rating: 4
Summary: Very informative with interesting illustrations
Comment: Nicely done. Jean Fritz relates to children of "all ages". A necessary compliment alongside the more encyclopedic versions.
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Title: Who's That Stepping on Plymouth Rock by Jean Fritz, J. B. Handelsman ISBN: 069811681X Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Can't You Make Them Behave, King George by Jean Fritz, Tomie De Paola, Tomie dePaola ISBN: 0698114027 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Shh! We're Writing the Constitution by Jean Fritz, Tomie dePaola, Tomie dePaola ISBN: 0698116240 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: March, 1998 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? (Paperstar) by Jean Fritz, Margot Tomes ISBN: 0698113721 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: May, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Will You Sign Here, John Hancock by Jean Fritz, Trina Schart Hyman, Margot Tomes ISBN: 069811440X Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: March, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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