You Wouldn't Want to Sail with Christopher Columbus cover

You Wouldn't Want to Sail with Christopher Columbus

by Fiona MacDonald

Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would require to launch a voyage of discovery, what shipboard life would be like, and what the rewards would be using the voyages of Columbus as an example. This revised edition combines humorous cartoons and facts to depict what it was like to sail with Christopher Columbus.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?