This isn't your 'In fourteen hundred ninety-two' nursery rhyme. It's a heavy, gorgeous, and necessary gut-punch of a picture book.

Jane Yolen and David Shannon don't pull their punches here. By telling the story of Columbus's arrival from the perspective of a young Taino boy, they turn a 'discovery' into an 'encounter'—and eventually, a tragedy.

It’s the kind of book that stays with you. If you’re looking for a bedtime story to make everyone feel warm and fuzzy, this isn't it. But if you want a book that actually makes your kid think about the world and whose voices we usually listen to, this is a must-own.