trisharog Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I am looking for a reading list for ancients for 2nd and 3rd grade. Anyone want to share? Thanks Trisha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Here are some I used with a younger child. You don't mention reading levels, so I'm not sure if these, mostly picture books, will be right for you or not.... Me and My Family Tree, Sweeney Archaeologists Dig for Clues, Duke I can be an Archaeologist, Pickering It’s Disgusting and We Ate It! Solheim How People First Lived, Jaspersohn Mik’s Mammoth, Gerrard One Small Bead, Baylor The First Dog, Brett Who Were the First People? Usborne Living in Prehistoric Times Usborne Ancient Egyptians and Their Neighbors, Broida The Golden Sandal, Hickox The Three Princes: A Tale from the Middle East, Kimmel Arabian Nights: Three Tales, Lattimore Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs, Rumford Flash, Old Dog of Egypt Growing up in Ancient Egypt The Nile River, Meister Egyptian Myths, Morley Growing up in Ancient Egypt, David Ancient Egypt (Ms. Frizzle’s Adventures), Cole Mummies Made in Egypt, Aliki I am the Mummy Heb-Nefert, Bunting Look Inside: An Egyptian Tomb, Moses Macaulay Pyramid Video Kids Discover: Pyramids Theseus and the Minotaur, Hutton Greek Myths, McCaughrean Atlantis: The Legend of a Lost City, Balit Rama and the Demon King Monkey Bridge Just So Stories Jataka Tales Gilgamesh books, all three by Zemen The Rules, Marty Kelley The Tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Kimmel Abu Ali: Three Tales of the Middle East, Van Woerkom Hatshepsut, His Majesty Herself Tut’s Mummy, Lost and Found The Prince Who Knew His Fate Tutankamun: The Life and Death of the Pharaoh Tut, Tut Remains to be Seen: Exploring Ancient Egypt Mysterious People From Greece Black Ships Before Troy Myths and Civilization of Ancient Greeks In Search of Ancient Troy Pegasus, the Flying Horse Fiona Macdonald has several titles available on Greece, as does John Malam The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War, Little The Trojan Horse, Hutton Trojan Horse: The World’s Greatest Adventure, DK reader Greek Gods and Goddesses, McCaughrean The Robber Baby: Stories from Greek Myths, Rockwell Hercules, Burleigh Medusa, Lattimore The Illustrated Book of Myths: Tales and Legends of the World, Philip Dance, Sing Remember: A Celebration of Jewish Holidays Exodus from Egypt, Auld Exodus, Wildsmith Israel (Countries of the World), Fisher Eyewitness: Bible Lands Moses, Fisher The Passover Journey: A Seder Companion, Goldin Exodus, Chaikin The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor, Yeoman Ancient Egyptians and Their Neighbors: An Activity Guide DK’s Great Wonders of the Ancient World The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Cox and Morris They Lived Like this in Ancient Britain Ancient China, J. Simpson The Story About Ping, Flack Tikki Tikki Tembo, Mosel Books on the orient by Demi from library Opossum and the Great Firemaker Nature Company Native Americans The Wanderings of Odysseus, Sutcliff The First Olympic Games, Richards I Wonder Why Greeks Built Temples and Other Questions About Ancient Greece, McDonald The Original Olympics, Ross Galileo and the Stargazers, Weiss (audio) The Persian Empire, Zinert The Persian Empire: World History Series, Nardo Esther’s Story, Wolkstein Hannibal and His 37 Elephants Odyssey, McCaughrean Olympians, Fisher Pomegranate Seeds, Geringer DK Eyewitness Ancient Greece Paper through the Ages, Cosner Spend a Day in Ancient Greece! Projects and Activities that bring the Past to Life Ancient Greece! 40 Hands on Activities The Aesop for Children, Winter Cupid and Psyche, Craft Apollo and Daphne, Barber Perseus, Hutton Greek Myths, McCaughrean Alexander the Great: The Greatest Ruler of the Ancient World Alexander the Great: The Legend of a Warrior King Archimedes Takes a Bath Eratosthenes: The Librarian who Measured the Earth Long is a Dragon Ancient China, Williams The Incredible Story of China’s Buried Warriors The Great Wall of China, Mann (also one by Fisher) Growing up in Aztec Times You Wouldn’t Want to be an Aztec Sacrifice! Anasazi, Fisher Who Were the First North Americans? Usborne The Two Mountains: An Aztec Legend Jabuti the Tortoise Thirteen Moons on Turtle’s Back Dancing Drum: A Cherokee Legend Ka-Ha-Si and the Loon: An Eskimo Legend Why Spider Spins Tales The Hunterman and the Crocodile Misoso: Once Upon a Time Tales from Africa The King’s Drum and Other Stories, Courlander The Prince Who Ran Away The Prince Who Became a Beggar The Cat who Went to Heaven One Grain of Rice Buddha, Demi Prince Siddhartha: The Story of Buddha My Friend’s Beliefs: A Young Readers Guide to World Religions Buddha Stories, Demi What do we Know About the Celts? Names Upon the Harp Myths and Civilization of the Ancient Celts English Fairy Tales, Steel The Celts, Martell Myths and Civilization of the Ancient Romans Gladiator, Watkins The Roman Colosseum, Mann City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction The Roman Colosseum, Nardo Classic Myths to Read Aloud, Russell Androcles and the Lion, Nolan The Roman Twins, Gerrard The Roman Army, Wilkes A Roman Fort, MacDonald The Romans, Hicks Cleopatra, Stanley “Julius Caesar†from Tales from Shakespeare, Williams Cleopatra: The Queen of Dreams The Parables of Jesus, dePaola The Miracles of Jesus, dePaola Behold the Trees Israel in Pictures, Feinstein Shabbat, Nerlove Journeys with Elijah, Diamond Miriam’s Cup, Manushkin I Wonder Why Romans Wore Togas? Ancient Rome, Simpson Celtic Fairy Tales, Jacobs Bronze Bow Wendy Becket’s Book of Saints Jesus’ Special Friends, the 12 Apostles A Pirate’s Life for Me, Thompson The Legionary Book on Ancient Japanese, Odjik The Biggest Frog in Australia Exploration into Australia Wandering Girl The Flying Emu and other Australian Stories The Giant Devil Dingo Tales Told to Kabbarli: Aboriginal Legends Waltzing Matilda Kon-Tiki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiramisu Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 That's all I can say. Thank you for your response. I've been watching this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeindeed Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Great list. Thanks for sharing.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 http://www.veritaspress.com is a good place to get ideas on ancients for those levels. Also, check out http://www.abookintime.com Woolybear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narrow Gate Academy Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 I haven't finished planning out our year yet, but here are some of the titles I've picked so far... Mesopotamia: Life in Ancient Mesopotamia by Mehta-Jones Gilgamesh the King by Zeman The Revenge of Ishtar by Zeman The Last Quest of Gilgamesh by Zeman Egypt: Ancient Egypt by Cohen (best picture book of Egyptian history I've seen) Life in Ancient Egypt by Challen Egypt in Spectacular Cross Section by Biesty See Through Mummies by Malam Tut's Mummy Lost and Found by Donnelly Egyptian Diary by Platt Casting the Gods Adrift by McCaughrean Ancient Egyptian Art by Hodges Pyramids by Millard Ancient Greece Famous Men of Greece Life in Ancient Greece by Peppas Ancient Rome Famous Men of Rome Life in Ancient Rome by Mehta-Jones Detectives in Togas Mystery of the Roman Ransom Other: Life in the Ancient Indus River Valley by Richardson Life in Ancient China by Challen The Great Wall by Mann HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisharog Posted July 5, 2009 Author Share Posted July 5, 2009 Wow! Thanks so much! Trisha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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