Mann, Charles C. Before Columbus: The Americas of 1491. Simon & Schuster/Atheneum. 2009. Well before the arrival of Columbus, there were highly advanced civilizations in the Americas. More native people died from their germs than at the hands of the Europeans. For commentary about the book visit NPR's "All Things Considered" at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4805434. Looking for more information about the book, visit http://www.charlesmann.org/Book-index.htm.
Murphy , Jim. Truce: The Day the Soldiers Stopped Fighting. Scholastic. 2009.Bored and miserable after months in the trenches along Europe’s Western Front during WWI, German and Allied soldiers brought fighting to a halt to celebrate Christmas together in 1914. *A good companion picture book would be, The Enemy: a book about peace. By Davide Cali and Serge Bloch (2007) Random House. Visit Jim's website at http://jimmurphybooks.com/truce.htm.
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