helena Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 I'm looking for a 9yo and an 11yo. We like everything from picture books to more advanced books that need to be read aloud. Which books are not to be missed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 My kids are younger, but here's the blog post I did about our favorites from Ancient History last year - most are good for older kids too, though I suspect I'll have different favorites when we revisit the topic in a few years... http://farrarwilliams.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/our-ten-favorite-books-with-story-of-the-world/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 The Golden Goblet Detectives in Togas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kareni Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 http://farrarwilliams.wordpress.com/2010/05/26/our-ten-favorite-books-with-story-of-the-world/ I enjoyed your blog Farrar! Regards, Kareni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skadi Posted August 3, 2010 Share Posted August 3, 2010 Zeus: King of the Gods by George O'Connor (first in a series of graphic novels) Charlotte Craft books (lovely illustrated stories of Greek myth) Gilgamesh the King by Ludmila Zeman (trilogy) (1300 BC) Black Ships Before Troy: Story of the Iliad by Rosemary Sutcliff (800 BC) The Wanderings of Odysseus by Rosemary Sutcliff (800 BC) The Ancient Greece of Odysseus by Peter Connolly (800 BC) Herodotus and the Road to History by Jeanne Bendick (484 BC) Aristotle and Scientific Thought by Steve Parker (335 BC) Alexander the Great by John Gunther (336 BC) The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky (200 BC) City: Story of Roman Planning & Construction by David Macaulay (200 BC) Archimedes and the Door of Science by Jeanne Bendick (200 BC) Cleopatra by Diane Stanley (51 BC) In Search of a Homeland: Story of the Aeneid by Penelope Lively (29 BC) Detectives in Togas by Henry Winterfield Mystery of the Roman Ransom by Henry Winterfield The Trouble with Wishes by Diane Stanley (story of Pygmalion) (8) Augustus Caesar's World by Genevieve Foster (14) Bodies from Ash: Life & Death in Ancient Pompeii by James Deem (79) Roman Mysteries #1: Thieves of Ostia by Carolina Lawrence (series) (100) Galen and the Gateway to Medicine by Jeanne Bendick (150) The Golden Ass of Lucius Apuleius by M.D. Usher The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff (200) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted August 3, 2010 Author Share Posted August 3, 2010 Thanks for the recs! I'm making a library and shopping list this week. :bigear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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