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by Jane Yolen and David Shannon
When Christopher Columbus landed on the island of San Salvador in 1492, what he... read more
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- Grade
- 1-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Picture Book
Year Published 1992
Word Count 1,329
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 620L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 6313, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- History
- Subject Headings
- Discovery and exploration
- Taino Indians--Juvenile fiction
- West Indies
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Exploration & Discovery
- Spanish language materials
- Spanish
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - General
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- First contact with Europeans
- Taino Indians--Fiction
- Columbus, Christopher--Fiction
- Columbus, Christopher
- Indians of the West Indies
- Taino Indians
- Indians of the West Indies--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Native American
- Lists With This Book
- Mentor Texts: Metaphors
- Sample: Bookworms Grade 4 Classroom Libr
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Jane Yolen
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Historical Fiction Multi-Leveled Lesson
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About the Authors 7
Audio Name Pronunciation with Jane Yolen
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Author Interviews 21
On her first poem with Jane Yolen
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On the risk of losing cultural history with Jane Yolen
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On boy-centered folktales with Jane Yolen
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On the essence of writing fiction with Jane Yolen
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