Let's Read About Christopher Columbus, by Kimberly Weinberger, is an engaging biographical kid's book read aloud for preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school ages (and adults still young at heart), for Columbus Day.
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00:00Let's read about Christopher Columbus.
00:29Christopher Columbus was born in Italy more than 500 years ago.
00:47Columbus lived near the sea in a city called Genoa.
00:50He loved to watch ships come and go.
00:53He wished he could sail away on them.
00:59As a child, Columbus worked with his father making cloth.
01:03But the young boy dreamed only of a life at sea.
01:10Columbus's dream came true when he turned 14 years old.
01:14He got a job as a helper on a ship.
01:17Soon he was a real sailor.
01:24Columbus loved his new life.
01:26He took many trips.
01:27He saw many cities.
01:29He heard people speak of rich, faraway places.
01:33And what was the most wonderful place of all?
01:36The Indies!
01:41The Indies was a land filled with gold and spices.
01:45But getting there was very hard.
01:47The mountains and deserts in between were dangerous.
01:51So Columbus had a better idea.
01:57Everyone knew the Indies lay across the land far to the east, but only Columbus thought
02:02he could get there by sailing west.
02:05He would do what no one thought was possible.
02:08He would cross the great western ocean.
02:15King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain agreed to pay for Columbus's trip.
02:21People in other countries thought Columbus was crazy.
02:24They were sure he would never make it all the way across the ocean.
02:28Columbus promised to bring riches back to Spain.
02:32He set sail on August 3, 1492.
02:40Columbus took three ships, the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria.
02:45He brought about 100 men with him.
02:48They sailed across the lonely ocean for weeks and weeks.
02:56Columbus's men were scared and tired.
02:59Would they ever reach land?
03:02Yes, on October 12, 1492, they saw it, a bright green island.
03:08They had reached the Indies at last!
03:11Or had they?
03:16Lonely people welcomed Columbus to their land.
03:20These natives had never seen people with skin so white.
03:24They had never seen men wear so much clothing.
03:27They thought Columbus must have fallen from the sky.
03:35Columbus called the natives Indians.
03:37He gave them small bells that jingled.
03:40They gave him fruit, thread, and parrots.
03:43But where's the gold?
03:45Columbus wondered.
03:50Columbus placed the flag of Spain on the island.
03:53He thought the land now belonged to that country.
03:57He did not ask the natives if this was okay.
04:03Today we know that Columbus made a mistake.
04:06He did not find a path to the Indies.
04:09He found the New World.
04:11Of course, it wasn't new to the people who lived there.
04:14We now call these lands North America and South America.
04:22Columbus never did find all the gold he wanted, but we remember him today as a brave sailor
04:28and we honor him for his mistake.
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