Pat in MI Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 I am looking for some books to read aloud to my 4th grader. What were your 5 or 6 favorite books from that period? I think we would enjoy more of historical fiction type, but if you could list what you and your children really enjoyed. Thanks so much! Blessings, Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Gilgamesh (Geraldine McCaughrean) The Lion in the Gateway (Mary Renault) Tales of the Trojan War (Kandouri) The Golden Fleece Favorite Greek Myths (Mary Pope Osborne) also great: Famous Men of Greece Famous Men of Rome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat in MI Posted September 11, 2010 Author Share Posted September 11, 2010 Thank you Regentrude. blessings, Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 Coolidge's The Trojan War is not perfect, but the writing gripped my son, aged 6. What we have really enjoyed, over and over, are the Naxos recordings of The Wanderings of Odysseus, The Tale of Troy, Greek Myths, More Greek Myths, Arabian Tales, Norse Myths. The readings are superb, my son and I listen while we color or build things (or he does it and I cook!). http://www.amazon.com/Tales-Greek-Legends-Junior-Classics/dp/9626344121/ref=pd_sim_b_2 Look at the "other things people bought" area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori D. Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 We have boys, who love those boy-coming-of-age stories that involve battles: The Golden Goblet (McGraw) -- hist. fict. God King (Williamson) -- hist. fict. Shadow Warrior (Norton) -- hist. fict. Hittite Warrior (Williamson) -- hist. fict. Archimedes and the Door to Science (bendick) -- biography Galen and the Gateway to Medicine (Bendick) -- biography Detectives in Togas (Winterfield) -- hist. fict. Eagle of the Ninth (Sutcliff) -- hist. fict. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen+4dc Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 We have boys, who love those boy-coming-of-age stories that involve battles: The Golden Goblet (McGraw) -- hist. fict. Hittite Warrior (Williamson) -- hist. fict. Archimedes and the Door to Science (bendick) -- biography Detectives in Togas (Winterfield) -- hist. fict. . :iagree: We also enjoyed The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBP Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 (edited) We enjoyed a lot of the ones mentioned already, but I haven't seen The Cat of Bubastes by G.A. Henty on anyone's list - we loved that one! And yes, yes, yes to The Bronze Bow. Fabulous read. We're doing Sutcliff's The Eagle of the Ninth right now, and my boy is definitely enjoying it more than my girl. SBP Edited September 12, 2010 by SBP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABQmom Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 We loved Detectives in Togas, The Bronze Bow, and Julius Caesar (A Childhood of World Figures book) when we did ancients four years ago. We are to the ancients again, and are reading The Golden Goblet--the kids are really into it, and I am enjoying reading it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 (edited) I loved Mara, Daughter of the Nile enough from my childhood that I kept my copy. We have just started ancients again for logic stage, so I'm looking forward to reading it with my daughter. I also remember reading The Bronze Bow and Shadow Hawk (I was a big fan of Andre Norton at that stage). Ludmilla Zeman's Gilgamesh trilogy is good (as is Tony Garone's Gilgamesh concept album http://www.garone.net/tony/gilgamesh.html---my daughter has loved it for years). We have any number of versions of the Classical myths (particularly Greek). We tried the Henty books (Jim Weiss audio version) but just couldn't get into them. Edited September 12, 2010 by KarenNC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
learninearnin Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 We really enjoyed the Tales from the Odyssey by Mary Pope Osborne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyforlatin Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Coolidge's The Trojan War is not perfect, but the writing gripped my son, aged 6. What we have really enjoyed, over and over, are the Naxos recordings of The Wanderings of Odysseus, The Tale of Troy, Greek Myths, More Greek Myths, Arabian Tales, Norse Myths. The readings are superb, my son and I listen while we color or build things (or he does it and I cook!). http://www.amazon.com/Tales-Greek-Legends-Junior-Classics/dp/9626344121/ref=pd_sim_b_2 Look at the "other things people bought" area. Are these recordings read from books like Rosemary Sutcliffe's or Mary Pope Osborne's? We're trying to find all audiobooks of the tale of Odysseus and maybe even a few Greek myths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Are these recordings read from books like Rosemary Sutcliffe's or Mary Pope Osborne's? We're trying to find all audiobooks of the tale of Odysseus and maybe even a few Greek myths. This is not a retelling for children, but you may want to keep your eyes open for the cd of Derek Jacobi performing the Iliad (Robert Fagle translation). It is a bit abridged, but fabulous to hear it. Once the kids have heard the story, it would be cool to play some of this to give them a flavor of the beauty of the cadence and language (even in translation). Ian McKellan has also done the Odyssey. A bit out of this period :), but well worth hearing when you get there next year, is the performance of Beowulf in the original Anglo-Saxon by Bnejamin Bagby http://www.amazon.com/Iliad-Homer/dp/1565119312 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JadeOrchidSong Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Loved Detectives in Togas and its sequel (The Roman Ransom?). Also, Black Ships Before Troy. It's not set in Ancient times, but my sons are LOVING the Percy Jackson series, too. :) My sons love Detectives in Togas. It is good to know that there is a sequel and I requested it from my library just now. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOrchidSong Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 We really enjoyed the Tales from the Odyssey by Mary Pope Osborne. We LOVED to listen to the CDs of this series. They ar FABULOUS with a British narrator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Many of the ones people mentioned... I did a blog post about them at the end of last year. 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...
rhrice3 Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 THe following were my kids favorite from the time they were elementary age through high school. I must admit, too, that they were books I LOVED reading to my kids as well. Hittite Warrior - big favorite The God King Archimedes and the Door of Science The Golden Goblet - big hit Detective in Togas and sequel - little ones really love Ides of April and Beyond the Desert Gate The Cat of Bubastes - my son and I loved - GA Henty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 Are these recordings read from books like Rosemary Sutcliffe's or Mary Pope Osborne's? We're trying to find all audiobooks of the tale of Odysseus and maybe even a few Greek myths. For some reason, I've only run into the author, Benedict Flynn, in Naxos recordings: http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ABenedict%20Flynn&field-author=Benedict%20Flynn&page=1 I don't know when these were written, but they are very good, every bit as good as MPO's Odyssey. So far, Troy, of the ancients, is the most complex, and my son didn't really "love" it until he was 7, but the others he listened to K and 1st, over and over. He also listened to MPO's O, but as he matured, he listens only to the Naxos recordings, now. And sometimes Trumpet of the Swan. Late in gr 2 he started comprehending the Naxos recording of Robin Hood (after seeing the Errol Flynn movie). I mention them here every chance I get, but I'd not bumped into anyone else who has posted on them. We only have the Arabian Nights on tape, so to listen, my son has to sit in the garage, which he will do, just to hear it. His other tastes are David Attenborough, (the old) Jason and the Argonauts, the 1950's Ulysses with Kirk Douglas, Mysterious Island, Hemo the Magnificent and an audio reading of Island of the Blue Dolphin, plus the Vox music masters. Just an idea of what kind of child these might appeal to. They are not twaddle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2boys030507 Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 We really enjoyed Boy of the Pyramids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonkelley Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 We really liked : The Lost Queen of Egypt - Morrison. It is out of print, but we got it from ILL. The Children's Homer Stories from Herodotus - Downey. Out of print, but at our library. We liked listening to the Cat of Bubastes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodland_Mom Posted September 12, 2010 Share Posted September 12, 2010 We loved: Pyramid (David Macullay) The Hitite Warrior Detectives in Togas Roman Mysteries Black Ships Before Troy Cleopatra (diane Stanley) The Bronze Bow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat in MI Posted September 12, 2010 Author Share Posted September 12, 2010 Thank you, Thank you everyone!!! What an awesome list to choose from. Oh boy now to narrow it down. :) Blessings, Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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