New Netherland: The Dutch Settle the Hudson Valley

by Karen Bush Gibson

Describes how the region of New Netherland was discovered and settled by the Dutch in the seventeenth century.

48 pages, Library Binding

First published July 30, 2006

About the author

Karen Bush Gibson (also known as K.B. Gibson and Karen Gibson) has been writing, well, forever. She has written a little bit of everything, but got her start writing articles and features for magazines. Karen began writing children's nonfiction in 2001 with Capstone and loves bringing nonfiction to life for kids. Since then, she has worked with several publishers, including Chicago Review Press and Nomad Press. Karen has more than 30 books published (stopped counting at 30) and stays so busy that she's having trouble returning to her other love, mystery writing. "A Class on Murder" was released in 2012.

Reviews

[Matt Trimble · Rating 4 out of 5]

Rating it 4 stars because it wasn't as in depth as I thought it would be, however, those were my own expectations. Very good synopsis of how the Dutch came to settle in America and a good insight into how profound their business dealings in the world were at that time. I think I'll keep it for when my son gets older; it seems to be aimed at the middle school aged crowd.