Explore with Jacques Cartier (Travel with the Great Explorers) - Softcover

Powell, Marie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0778714322 ISBN 13: 9780778714323

Publisher: Crabtree Classics, 2014

Synopsis

Describes Cartier's expeditions in Canada, discussing his navigation of the St. Lawrence River, the settlement of what is now Montreal, the unusual plant and animal life encountered by the explorer, and his interaction with the native peoples.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

Gr 2-4-This flawed, poorly designed series introduces the earliest world explorers and their varied destinations. Their stories are told through sound bites of narrative and interspersed frantically with pullouts. Some pages are composed entirely of sidebars. These books may be designed for readers influenced by social media, but they neglect narrative entirely, and kids will struggle to find a central textual thread amid the blasts of information competing for their attention. The series does a disservice to the historical images by including tiny versions, clustered too closely together, and there's often a disconnect between text and images. The authors don't always let readers come to their own conclusions. For example, Ferdinand Magellan is labeled as "pig headed" without any explanatory anecdotes or examples. Give these titles a pass.α(c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

About this edition

• Publisher: Crabtree Classics
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0778714322
• ISBN 13: 9780778714323
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32