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Encounter (Voyager books)
by Jane Yolen

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Author: Jane Yolen
Illustrator: David Shannon
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1996-09-20
ISBN: 015201389X
Number of pages: 32
Publisher: Sandpiper

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Book Review: Brave New World
Summary: 5 Stars

For the first few years in school, children learn about Columbus the hero. You get the ships and the voyage and the alleged discovery. When I taught third grade I would read this book around Columbus day and it was shock and awe with the kids. The thought that Columbus might not have been such a hero created dead silence around my room. Some felt duped by their second and first grade teachers. A conversation really begins to take hold about information and where it comes from and what you should or should not just assume to be true. It is higher level thinking at its best. After reading this book and having the discussions that followed, many of my students began asking many more questions about the other side of every argument. What a valuable lesson! For many of my students it was a brave new world.

Chris Bowen
Author of, Our Kids: Building Relationships in the Classroom

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