Encuentro
Published: 1996
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This book was published in 1996 by Perfection Learning .
David Shannon has written and illustrated numerous award-winning books for children. His picture books include the best-sellers No, David! and David Goes To School which received numerous starred reviews. Jane Yolen has written almost three hundred books, many of them awardwinners. She lives in St. Andrews, Scotland, and Hatfield, Massachusetts. ALMA FLOR ADA is retired Professor of Education at the University of San Francisco. She is a well-known author of children's and professional books for teachers and with Isabel Campoy is the co-owner of Del Sol Books, a publishing company that specializes in Spanish language translations and materials for children.
This book features the following character:
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was an explorer and navigator who travelled across the Alantic Ocean. He sought a west sea passage to the East Indies in hopes of creating new trade routes. His expeditions were the first known European contact with the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.