The Great Adventures of Christopher Columbus : A Pop-up Book - Hardcover

Jean Fritz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399221131 ISBN 13: 9780399221132

Publisher: Putnam & Grosset, 1992

Synopsis

Three-dimensional scenes, pull tabs, hidden doors, and fold-out panels recreate the remarkable adventures of Christopher Columbus's journey for children who know the story, as well as those hearing it for the first time.

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About the Author

Acclaimed biographer, Jean Fritz, was born in China where she lived until the age of thirteen. She tells her story in Homesick, My Own Story, a Newbery Honor Book.      Ms Fritz is the author of forty-five books for children and young people. Many center on historical American figures, gaining her a reputation as the premier author of biographies for children and young people.      Among the prestigious awards Ms. Fritz has garnered are: a medal from the National Endowment for the Humanities, a May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture, a Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, an American Book Award, a Christopher Award, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Non-Fiction Award, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and many ALA Notable Books of the Year, School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, and ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice Awards.   

From School Library Journal

Grade 2-4-- This collaborative work deserves consideration in spite of being a pop-up. The readable text, printed on fold-over extensions to each page, provides a good brief summary of the reasons Columbus attempted his voyage, a short description of his cargo, the journey, landfall, and his return to Spain. Fritz does not delve into any of the darker aspects of the explorations or their aftermath, but presents the trip as the ``great adventure.'' DePaola's illustrations include a view of the Orient, the royal Spanish court, the ocean voyage and landing, the shipwreck of the Santa Maria, and Columbus's triumphant procession through Barcelona. The paintings are done in deep pastel shades that evoke both the splendor of the court and the natural richness of the New World. The people have the flat, serious-looking faces characteristic of much of the artist's work. Diaz's paper engineering, which is less complicated than that of some of the genre, will provide enough movement to satisfy most readers as they make the ships bob through the waves and Columbus bow to Ferdinand and Isabella. Shorter than Fritz's Where Do You Think You're Going, Christopher Columbus? (Putnam, 1981), this title is well suited to reading aloud and perfect for classroom use if not for circulation. --Jean H. Zimmerman, Willett School, South River, NJ
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About this edition

• Publisher: Putnam & Grosset
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0399221131
• ISBN 13: 9780399221132
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 12
• Illustrator: Tomie DePaola