Three ships for Columbus
Eve Spencer, Alex Haley, Thomas Sperling
- Reading
- Read together and pause at the voyage’s challenges and destination. Invite your child to distinguish what the book says Columbus encountered from what they would still like to find out.
- Themes
- An exploratory voyage: The book focuses on Columbus’s first voyage, including difficulties he faced and what he found at the journey’s end. The book is framed as an account of a historical journey, with attention to its challenges and destination.
- Worth knowing
- The book describes difficulties Columbus faced on his first voyage; you could read together and talk about the challenges of the journey.