The Columbus Story Author:Alice Dalgliesh, Leo Politi (Illustrator) An eager boy with the wind blowing through his red hair, his blue eyes fixed on far horizons -- that is how the author and Leo Politi give us young Christopher Columbus. — The story and pictures in this book -- planned for reading aloud -- follow the highlights of the great adventure from the time a boy runs down a street in Genoa to the sea, thr... more »ough study and work, the voyage, discovery, to the triumphant start of the second voyage. The Admiral's own words with very slight changes are used as refrains in this carefully worked out historical story.« less