School Library Journal North America.
VERDICT A lot of great and updated information may not be enough to warrant spending money on a book that might not hold up to the daily wear and tear of circulation..
The foldout pages make it a bit unwieldy and difficult to hold.
It might be fun to lay it out and let students walk around and read the various bits of information, but it may not last long as a circulating book.
The thick pages are actually one long piece that unfolds into one eight-foot long page.
An important thing to know about this book is that it isn't really a book.
The illustrations offer a bit of cohesion by having four different color schemes to represent the different areas of the continent.
Along with the plethora of information, there are many detailed illustrations for readers to explore.
Albee doesn't glorify Christopher Columbus's "discovery" and actually describes what truly happened to the Indigenous people when the Europeans started to colonize the continent.
Each spread contains many important historical events from all over the continent.
Notably, this title covers a lot of information. "
Along with the plethora of information, there are many detailed illustrations for readers to explore."
Gr 3-8-Using a large time line format, this unique book tells the history of North America over the past 13,000 years.
School Library Journal North America
