Arlene B. HirschfelderReseñas

A Portrait of Native America Today

This is an interesting overview of the cultures that were in what is now the United States before it was the United States and where they are today, and a kid-appropriate but honest look at the ways in which European explorers, settlers, and traders and later the U.S. government exploited and mistreated native peoples. It's also how my son knew about the history of the Cleveland Indians' name before his Ohio Nana did.

We didn't do any of the activities (we're not very crafty), but they look pretty good.

Carvalho, a Baltimore Jews of Sephardic ancestry, was a tenderfoot when he joined an expedition led by the explorer, John Charles Fremont. This well-researched biography gives a stirring account of his adventure.