lewelma Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 My dh reads history to the boys every night. They don't much like textbooks, but do love narrative non-fiction. So I have spent the past few days looking up all the award winning books, and trying to get some non-American books so that I can really call this World History. Right now, I have too many for a 1 year course, but before I begin pruning, I thought I would share it. It is often hard to judge the emotional content of non-fiction books on difficult topics without seeing them, so if any of these books are too much for my younger son, my dh will paraphrase or skip on the fly, or I will just have my older ds read them independently. I have also included some novels that each of my boys will read on their own. Luckily, my library has 2/3rds of this list!!! Ruth in NZ Modern History Inventions Library books on: Edison, Bell, and Rutherford The Wright Brothers: How they Invented the Airplane by Russel Freedman Life in the Victorian era Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850 by Susan Campbell Bartoletti Flesh and Blood so Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy by Albert Marrin Shutting out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York (1880-1920) by Deborah Hopkinson Oliver Twist by Dickens Around the World in 80 Days by Verne ds13 Beyond the 100th Meridian by Wallace Stegner ds10- The Great Wheel by Robert Lawson ds10 - Little Britches: Father and I were Ranchers by Ralph Moody Exploration Library books on Livingstone, Stanley, Shackleton, and Scott Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart by Candace Fleming The Impossible Rescue: The True Story of an Amazing Arctic Adventure by Martin Sandler Reaching the Summit: Sir Edmund Hillary's Story by Alexa Johnston Trapped: how the world rescues 33 miners from 2,000 feet below the Chilean Desert by Marc Aronson WW1 The War to End all Wars: World War I by Russell Freedman Between the Wars Bootleg: Murder Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition by Karen Blumenthal Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929 by Karen Blumenthal Years of Dust: The Story of the Dust Bowl by Albert Marrin Experanza Rising by Pam Ryan ds13 Growing Up by Russel Baker ds13- Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald ds13- Babbit by Sinclair Lewis ds10- The Blue Willow by Doris Gates WW2 Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration by Joanne Oppenheim Bomb: The Race to Build – and Steal-- the World's Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust, Doreen Rappaport The Good Fight: How WW2 was Won by Stephen Ambrose Frontier of Dreams: The Weight of the World Wars (NZ perspective) Diary of a Kiwi Soldier in WW2 by Cecil Coughlan The Secret Armies: Spies, Counterspies, and Saboteurs by Albert Marrin Hitler Youth: Growing up in Hitler's Shadow ds10- Miracle on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen ds10- House of Sixty Fathers by Meindert DeJong ds10- Winged Watchmen by Hilda Von Stockum Asia and Oceania Library Books on NZ and Australia Young Fu of Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Lewis The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea by Guy Delisle Burma Chronicles by Guy Delisle Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China by Guy Delisle Illustrated History of the South Pacific by Marcia Stenson ds10- Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry Environmentalism Black Gold: The Story of Oil in our lives by Albert Marrin ds13- Silent Spring by Rachel Carson Civil Rights After Gandhi: One Hundred Years of Non-violent Resistance Perry O'Brien They Call themselves the KKK: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group by Susan Campbell Bartoletti Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom by Sue Macy Cold War When the Wall Came Down: The Berlin Wall and the Fall of Soviet Communism by Schmemann Breaking Stalin's Nose by Eugene Yelchin Mao's Last Dancer by Chuxin Li ds10- Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai Technology Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different by Karen Blumenthal Team Moon: How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon by Thimmesh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarynB Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Your list looks great. I'll be saving this. Thanks for taking the time to share! I noticed you have Around the World in 80 Days on your list. My DS10 is reading it now just for fun (after I talked him into it) and he's loving it. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebacabunch Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I gotta steal this!!!! Fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Just wanted to say thank you. One of my to do list items for today was to create a similar list. We are heading to the States on Monday for a a couple of months. History will be library books since they will have access to a really great library. I can't believe you did it for me on the day I needed it! Talk about timing!:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon in TN Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I'd love to subscribe/bookmark this, but I'm not so familiar with this new forum layout. Can someone tell me how to "save" it? Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon in TN Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 nevermind - just figured it out :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyP Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Nice! Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccolopy Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKidAcademy Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I don't suppose you have a similar Middle Ages list? If you've shared it here at WTM, I can search for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ailey Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Thanks so much for posting this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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