Zelda Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Would anyone be willing to share a list of recommended reading for SOTW2 the 6 - 9 yo crowd that you may have compiled? Any "can't miss" books? Any guidance is appreciated. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Medieval reading list for grammar stage: These are in order by the SOTW spreads. Literature and reading follow the history list in a separate post: Gladiator, Richard Watkins (good) I Wonder Why Romans Wore Togas and other Questions about Ancient Rome, Fiona MacDonald The Celts, Hazel Martell Life in the Middle Ages, The Church, Kathryn Hinds The Story of Writing and Printing, Anita Ganeri BBC Factfinders: The Anglo-Saxons, Rowena Loverance Greenleaf Famous Men of the Middle Ages (used this book all year to read about various famous personalities) The Byzantine Empire, James Corrick The King Who was and Will Be: The World of King Arthur and his Knights, Keven Corssley-Holland The Byzantine Empire In the Heart of the Village: The World of the Indian Banyan Tree, Barbara Bash Usborne book of World Religions (re: Islam) Ramadan, Susan Douglass The Story of Religion, Maestro Islam, World of Beliefs, Neil Morris Mohammad, Demi The Arabs in the Golden Age, Mokhtar Moktefi The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient China, Leonard Everett Fisher Science in Ancient China, George Beshore Heroines: Great Women through the Ages, Rebecca Hazell (re: Lady Murasaki Shikibu) Japan the Culture, Bobbie Kalman Look into the Past: The Japanese, Clare Doran Destination Australia, Grupper (good) An Adventure in New Zealand, The Cousteau Society Look what Came from France, Miles Harvey Count Your Way through the Arab World, Jim Haskins Alphabet Art, Loenard Fisher Children of the World: Spain, Mary Lee Knowlton Ten Kings and the Worlds they Ruled, Milton Meltzer (re: Charlemagne) Charlemagne and the Early Middle Ages, Miriam Greenblatt Eirc the Red and Leif the Lucky, Barbara Schiller The Grandchildren of the Vikings, Matti Pitkanen Growing up in Viking Times, Dominic Tweddle Who were the Vikings? Usborne The Battle of Hastings, William Lace The Tower of London, Leonard E. Fisher The Middle Ages, Jane Shuter Knights, Philip Steele Castle at War, Andrew Langley (DK) A Medieval Feast, Aliki In the Time of Knights, Shelley Tanaka St. Francis, Brian Wildsmith A Samurai Castle, Fiona Macdonald Saladin Noble Prince of Islam, Diane Stanley Great Events that Changed the World, Brian Delf (read about the Crusades) Heriones.... read about Eleanor of Acquitane Lives of Extraordinary Women, Kathleen Krull (Eleanor) The Story of Britain: Magna Carta, C. Walter Hodges Blessed are You: Traditional Everyday Hebrew Prayers, Michelle Edwards Dance, Sing, Remember: A Celebration of Jewish HOlidays, Leslie Kimmelman The Golden City, Jerusalem's 3000 Year History, Neil Waldman Masada, Neil Waldman (fabulous!) Milk and Honey, A Year of Jewish Holidays, Jane Yolen Chingis Khan, Demi From Ten Kings.... read about Kublai Khan The Silk Route: 7000 Miles of History, John S. Major Ancient China, Robert Nicholson Marco Polo and the Wonders of the East, Hal Marcovitz Plague, Katie Roden Kids in the Middle Ages, Lisa Wroble Life During the Black Death, John Dunn Joan of Arc, Angela Bull (DK) Women in Medieval Times, Fiona Macdonald The Middle Ages, Jane Shuter Lives of Extraordinary Women, Kathleen Krull (re: Isabel of Spain) Ten Queens... Milton Meltzer (Isabel) Isabella of Castille: Queen on Horseback, Joann Burch Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta, James Rumford Sundiata: Lion King of Mali, David Wisniewski Mansa Musa, Khephra Burns From Ten Kings.... read about Mansa Musa Sacred River, Ted Lewin From Great Events that Changed the World, Delf, read about the Moghul Empire Where do you think You're Going, Christopher Columbus? Jean Fritz A Long and Uncertain Journey, the 27,000-mile Voyage of Vasco da Gama, Joan Goodman Who Really Discovered America? Stephen Krensky The Story of Amerigo Vespucci: Forgotten Voyager, Ann Alper The Great Adventure of Christopher Columbus, a pop-up book, Jean Fritz Exploring the World, Magellan, Michael Burgan Growing up in Aztec Times, Marion Wood The Aztecs, Peter Chrisp Hands of the Maya, Villagers at Work and Play, Rachel Crandell The Incas, Tim Wood From Great Events that Changed the World.... read about the decline of the Aztecs Lives of Extraordinary Women.... read about Nzingha Atlas of Exploration Cortes: Conqueror of Mexico, William Jacobs The Middle Passage, Tom Feelings (difficult subject) King Henry VIII, Robert Green Luther the Leader, Virgil Robinson A Medieval Cathedral, Fiona Macdonald Journey through History: The Renaissance, Carme Peris Breaking into Print, Stephen Krensky Gutenberg, Leonard Fisher How a Book is Made, Aliki Watched Getting to Know the Worlds Greatest Artists: Rembrandt and Da Vinci Lives of the Artists, Kathleen Krull Leonardo da Vinci, Diane STanley Michelangelo, Diane Stanley Introducing Michelangelo, Robin Richmond Leonardo da Vinci, NOrman Marshall Science in the Renaissance, Brendan January Galileo, Fisher From Ten Queens.... read about Elizabeth I To Be a Princess Good Queen Bess, Diane Stanley Bard of Avon, Diane Stanley A Child's Portrait of Shakespeare, Lois Burdett Sir Walter Raleigh, Artuhur M. Schlesinger, Jr. John Cabot and the Rediscovery of North America, Charles Shields Famous Explorers: Jacques Cartier, Jeff Donaldson-Forbes Fast Forward Shipwreck, Claire Aston See Inside a Galleon, Jonathan Rutland Exploring the World: Cartier, Jean Blashfield Inside Story a 16th Century Galleon, Richard Humble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 Literature: Roman Myths, Geraldine McCaughrean Rome Antics, David Macaulay The Roman Twins, Roy Gerrard Beowulf the Warrior, Ian Serraillier Celtic Myths, Sam McBratney The Holy Twins, Benedict and Scholastica, Kathleen Norris The Last Snake in Ireland: a story about St. Patrick, Sheila Macgill-Callahan Across a Dark and Wild Seak, Don Brown (re: Columba) The Man Who Loved Books, Jean Fritz (re: Columba) Otto of the Silver Hand, Howard Pyle Favorite Medieval Tales, Mary Pope Osborne (used this book several times during year) The Baker's Dozen: a Saint Nicholas Tale, Aaron Shepard The Legend of Saint Nicholas, Demi Young Arthur, Robert San Souci Lancelot, Hudson Talbott The King's Chessboard, David Birch The Very Hungry Lion, Gita Wolf The Wizard Punchkin, Joanna Troughton The Hundredth Name, Oppenheim The Three Princes: a tale from the Middle East, Kimmel An Arabian Tale: Hosni the Dreamer, Ehud Ben-Ezer (good) Ali, Child of the Desert, Jonathan London (good) The Tale of Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, Eric Kimmel (good) The Tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Eric Kimmel Sinbad the Sailor, Stephanie Laslett Cat and Rat: the Legend of the Chinese Zodiac, Ed Young Lord of the Cranes, Kerstin Chen Two fo Everything, Lily Toy Hong The Warlord's Puzzle, Virginia Pilegard Yeh-Shen, A Cinderella story from China, Ai-Ling Louie The Emperor and the Nightingale, Hans Christian Anderson (on tape) The Crane Wife, Odds Bodkin The Boy who Drew Cats, Margaret Hodges Little Oh, Jim Lamarche The Seven Gods of Luck, David Kudler Yoshi's Feast, Kimiko Kajikawa Mysterious Tales of Japan, Rafe Martin Kongi and Potgi, a Cinderella Story from Korea, Oki Han Mr. Pak Buys a Story, Carol Farley The Rabbit's Judgment, Suzanne Han The Story of Rosy Dock, Jeannie Baker Going for Oysters, Jeanie Adams (good) From Fabulous Beasts... read stories about Fiji Favorite Fairy Tales Told in France, Virginia Haviland Three Golden Oranges, Alma Flor Ada Favorite Fairy Tales told in Spain, Virginia Haviland The Beautiful Butterfly: a Folktale from Spain, Judy Sierra Castles in Spain: From the Alhambra, Jane Watson Puss in Boots, Fred Marcellino Tales from Perraults, Ann Lawrence Toads and Diamonds, Charlotte Huck East o' the Sun and West O' the Moon, P. J. Lynch Leif the Lucky, D'Aulaires Favorite Norse Myths, Mary Pope Osborne Odin's Family: Myths of the Vikings, Neil Philip Castle Diary, the Journal of Tobias Burgess, Page, Richard Platt (loved it) Till Year's Good End, a Calendar of Medieval Labors, W. Nikola-Lisa Saint George and the Dragon, Margaret Hodges (great) The Reluctant Dragon, Kenneth Grahame The Making of a Knight, Patrick O'Brien The Samurai's Daughter, Robert D. San Souci The Inch-High Samurai, Shiroka Samatsu Sir Cumference and the First Round Table, Cindy Neuschwander Three Samurai Cats, Eric Kimmel (good) Knights of the Round Table, Gwen Gross The Dragons are Singing Tonight, Jack Prelutsky The Gargoyle on the Roof, Jack Prelutsky The Braggin' Dragon, Bill Martin, Jr. The Saracen Maid, Leon Garfield The Legend of Robin Hood, Dami Editore Don't Know Much about the Pilgrim's, Kenneth Davis Pilgrims of Plymouth, Susan Goodman On the Mayflower, Kate Waters The First Thanksgiving, Jean C. George The Rabbit Who Flew, Renate Dollinger Raisel's Riddle, Erica Silverman Snow in Jerusalem, Deborah da Costa The Tale of Meshka the Kvetch, Carol Chapman The Hunter, A Chinese Folktale, Mary Casanova The Dragon Prince, Laurence Yep The Emperor and the Kite, Jane Yolen Beautiful Warrior: The Legend of the Nun's Kung Fu, Emily McCully (good!) Bitter Dumplings, Jeanne Lee The Weaving of a Dream, Marilee Heyer Bestiary: an Illuminated Alphabet of Medieval Beasts, Jonathan Hunt Clay Boy, Mirra Ginsburg The Old Man and His Birds, Mirra Ginsburg Baboushka and the Three Kings, Ruth Robbins The Littlest Matryoshka, Corinne Bliss Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave, Marianna Mayer The White Stag, Kate Seredy (I LOVE this book!) The Legend of the Persian Carpet, Tomie de Paola The Seven Wise Princesses, Wafa Tarnowska (good!) The Duchess Bakes a Cake, Virginia Kahl Little Johnny Buttermilk, Jan Wahl The Acrobat and the Angel, Mark Shannon The Red Balloon, Albert la Morisse Up the Chimney, Margaret Hodges Joan of Arc, Michael Morpurgo Bravo, Mr. William Shakespeare, Marcia Williams (I did NOT like this book!) A Midsummer Night's Dream, Lesley Sims Tom Thumb and Other Favorites, L. Leslie Brooke Saint Valentine, Robert Bulla Saint Valentine, Ann Tompert Tales from Shakespeare, Charles and Mary Lamb Valentine's Day, Gail Gibbons Nanta's Lion, Suse Macdonald The Story of Valentine's Day, Clyde Robert Bulla Africa Calling, NIghttime Falling, Daniel Adlerman Count Your Way through India, Jim Haskins The Old Woman and the Red Pumpkin, Betsy Banc The Rumor: a Jataka Tale from India, Jan Thornhill So Say the Little Monkeys, Nancy Van Lann Cuckoo, Lois Ehlert Moon Roper, Lois Ehlert My Song is a Piece of Jade, Toni de Gerez Fiesta Femenina, Mary-Joan Gerson Musicians of the Sun, Gerald McDermott Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, John Steptoe Koi and the Kola Nuts, Brian Gleeson This for That, Verna Aardema Starwalk, S. Simon Francis, the Poor Man of Assisi, Tomi de Paola The St. Patrick's Day Shillelagh, Janet Nolan Leonardo and the Flying Boy, Laurence Anholt Katie and the Mona Lisa, James Mathew Leonardo's Horse, Jean Fritz Marguerite Makes a Book, Bruce Robertson Pish Posh, Said Hieronymus Bosch, Nancy Willard The Genius of Leonardo, Guido Visconti Borther Wolf of Gubbio, Colony Santangelo Starry Messenger, Peter Sis She was Nice to Mice, Alexandra Sheedy Hear, Hear, Mr. Shakespeare, Bruce Koscielniak Macbeth, Bruce Coville A Midsummer Night's Dream, Coville Romeo and Juliet, Lois Burdett Hamlet, Burdett The Tempest, Ann Beneduce Don Quixote and the Windmills, Leonard Fisher Son's Reading that's related to history topics: Androcles and the Lion, Janet Stevens Romulus and Remus, Anne Rockwell Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland, Tomie de Paola In the Moonlight Mist: a Korean Tale, Daniel San Souci Yo, Vikings! Judith Schachner Felipa and the Day of the Dead, Birte Muller My Mother is the Most Beautiful Woman in the World, Becky Reyher Veronica, Rober Duvoisin Tom Tit Tot, Evaline Ness The Toy Brother, William Steig Joan of Arc, Shana Corry Brendan the Navigator, Jean Fritz African Tales, Uh-Huh, Ashley Bryan Young Christopher Columbus: Discoverer of New Worlds, Eric Carpenter Meet Christopher Columbus, James de Kay A Picture Book of Christopher Columbus, David Adler Christopher Columbus, Stephen Krensky The Cabin Faced West, Jean Fritz Ferdinand Magellan: The First Voyager Around the World, Jim Gallagher The Legend of Lord Eight Deer: An Epic of Ancient Mexico, John Pohl The Last Snake in Ireland: a Story about Saint Patrick, Sheila MacGill-Callahan Saint Patrick, Ann Tompert The Life and Work of Leanardo da Vinci, Sean Connolly Galileo, Jacqueline Mitton Day of the Knights, Christopher Maynard Robin Hood, Angela Bull Uh-oh, Leonardo! Robert Sabuda Elizabeth the First, Carol Greene Welcome to the Globe! Peter Chrisp How Snowshoe Hare Rescued the Sun, Emery and Durga Bernhard The Huron Carol, Frances Tyrrell Do Pirates Take Baths? Kathy Tucker Sir Francis Drake: His Daring Deeds, Roy Gerrard The Princess and the Painter, Jane Johnson Pirates: Robbers of the High Seas, Gail Gibbons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Alfred Academy Posted June 1, 2008 Share Posted June 1, 2008 I think you missed one, Regena!;) Viking Tales by Jennie Hall Thanks for the list! Lovely as usual!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zelda Posted June 2, 2008 Author Share Posted June 2, 2008 Fantastic! Thank you very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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