(4) 4-6 Connect: Discovering the New World series. In text and accompanying illustrations, both volumes in the curriculum-connection series cover much of the same cursory information about early North American explorers during the Age of Exploration, beginning with Christopher Columbus in 1492. With a running timeline format, Chronology skims through European explorers' paths up to 1700; Story tackles a different explorer with each chapter. Critical thinking questions are appended. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Discovering the New World titles: The Story of North America's First Explorers and A Chronology of North American Exploration.

Reviewer: Kristy Pasquariello

(4) 4-6 Connect: Discovering the New World series. In a forced fictional tie-in to a nonfiction series, this novel imagines the experience of thirteen-year-old Samuel de la Loire, an aristocratic French boy. Sam stows away on one of explorer Jacques Cartier's ships as it travels to the New World. Cocky at first, Sam soon learns the harsh realities of life as a sailor, explorer, and settler. "Making Connections" questions are appended. Glos.

Reviewer: Kristy Pasquariello

(4) 4-6 Connect: Discovering the New World series. This book in the curriculum-connection series discusses the interaction between European explorers and the American Indian nations they encountered in the "New World." Brief chapters describe relationships between Columbus and the Taino, Cartier and the Huron, Champlain and the Algonquin, among others. This limited introduction glosses over some aspects of the subject. Critical thinking questions are appended. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Kristy Pasquariello

(4) 4-6 Connect: Discovering the New World series. In text and accompanying illustrations, both volumes in the curriculum-connection series cover much of the same cursory information about early North American explorers during the Age of Exploration, beginning with Christopher Columbus in 1492. With a running timeline format, Chronology skims through European explorers' paths up to 1700; Story tackles a different explorer with each chapter. Critical thinking questions are appended. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers the following Discovering the New World titles: The Story of North America's First Explorers and A Chronology of North American Exploration.

Reviewer: Kristy Pasquariello