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Who Really Discovered America?

WHO REALLY DISCOVERED AMERICA?

Stephen Krensky

For Grades 4-6, Krensky provides an overview of the settlement and exploration of North America, beginning with Asian nomads who followed game across the Bering Strait 40,000 years ago and continuing through Columbus, Cabot, and Vespucci. Theories and evidence of other discoveries are presented, including Asian seafarers in South America, Viking explorations to present Newfoundland, and the European explorations. Details of life in various time periods reveal the motivations for travel, such as the search for food, wealth and new trade routes;. A light-handed writing style and spacious format make the information widely accessible.

Hastings House

ISBN: 0-8038-9306-X

Hardbound, $12.95

Good Education

GOOD EDUCATION

The Virtues of Learning

by Ivor Pritchard

No child, parent, or teacher escapes moral education. Parents' and teachers' real choices are about how, not whether, they will participate. One way or another, children pick up their ideas about right and wrong from parents, teachers, and each other. This book is designed to improve current efforts in this area by drawing people's attention to their own practice of moral education, and by offering reasons for adopting a particular educational approach.

Written by an internationally recognized expert in the field of educational research, this book is concise and accessible — a must for parents, teachers and all educators.

Hastings House

ISBN: 0-9639596-6-2

Hardbound, $24.95