LEK Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 What are your must buys for SOTW2? I am placing my order (RR) for next year but do not have the book or AG with me ATM (they are in storage until after we move next month). We already own the usborne encyclopedia, SOTW2 text and AG, and a visual history atlas. What would you add to this for SOTW 2? Our entire library system is terrible so I will need to buy most items, if it is used for more that 2 weeks I would rather buy than try to find it through the library. I am interested in everything, activity books, non-fiction, fiction/literature, games... Hit me with the works, international postage means one large order is more cost effective than smaller orders. Also, any other rainbow products you would recommend for my kids ages 5 and 7 (K and 2nd but both are advanced approximate ability levels about 1st and 3rd). TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishMum Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 I wait till my basket is up to $500 before I hit buy. The most cost effective way for RR to Australia. Listening in for ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEK Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 lol, i usually have to cut down my basket (by over half) and still am well over the $500 mark. Anyone? What did you love for SOTW2??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 The book I remember loving most was Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Projects You Can Make Yourself. But we did get it from the library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeterbug Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 :lurk5: I am in the middle of this too, also an intl order from RR. I've got a list started on my other computer, I'll come back and post some titles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 I loaned my book to someone who is starting SOTW 2 this fall, but here are some we enjoyed--not in order CAstle Diary Cathedral (David MacCauley) and Castle by the same author Favorite Medieval Tales by Mary Pope Osborne Raisel's Riddle Any of the Bruce Colville retellings of Shakespeare, but particularly Midsummer Night's Dream A Door in the Wall Good Masters, Sweet Ladies (won the Caldecott) D'Aulaire's Norse Myths A Medieval Feast by Aliki The Kitchen Knight by Hodges Some Magic Treehouse books of that time period caught my dd's imagination--she read them, not me--the Viking one and the KNight one. Here are some of the things we did during that year, from my blog (now defunct, of course) I'm long-winded, so read at your own peril...lol About Bruce Colville stories A couple more books Some narrations, other books? Vasili the Brave and some others Explorer books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mhorai Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 I'll second the "Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Projects You Can Make Yourself". It is great both from a historical perspective and for a child inventor. My son loves it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Middle Ages this year was so much fun!!! A few of our favorites from this year: Books: Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great The making of a Knight The Whipping Boy Prince and the Pauper Clown of God Leonardo da Vinci (Stanley) Michelangelo You Woudn't Want to be ...Marco Polo/ Medieval Knight The Door in the Wall Caslte Diary Joan of Arc Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest The Viking Adventure Favorite Medieval Tales Aladdin and Other Favorite Arabian Night Stories Eric the Red and Lief the Lucky The Sword in the Tree The Minstrel in the Tower The Apple and the Arrow Fine Print Secret of the Andes Projects: (links are to pics of ours on my blog) Viking Ship Rice Krispie Treat Castle Design your own Coat of Arms Elizabethan paper dolls Medieval paper dolls "Painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel" Sinbad Spoon puppets and Ramadan lanterns Medieval Castle (link to Rainbow) We are doing this one right now, but it is A LOT of work! :) Extras: Knghts and Dragons toys Usborne Castle puzzle book Go Fish for Renaissance Artists card game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEK Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 Thanks guys, some really great ideas there :thumbup1: My cart is looking full but we are going to have a great year :001_smile: More suggestions always appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewdropfairy Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Awesome ideas, we are doing SOTW 2 this year as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilaclady Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 These are great ideas thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeterbug Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Okay, many of the ones on my list are already listed above...here are a few more, these are mostly just fun books: Good Times Travel Agency- Adventures with the Vikings & Adventures in the Middle Ages, my kids love these. You Wouldn't Want to Be a Viking Explorer Viking Quest series (I believe these are Christian) Usborne Time Traveler (there is a section on Vikings) Usborne See Inside Castles Usborne See Inside the Middle Ages Saint George and the Dragon Canterbury Tales Ms Frizzle's Adventures: Medieval Castle Magic Tree House Research Companion: Knights & Castles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeterbug Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Medieval Castle (link to Rainbow) We are doing this one right now, but it is A LOT of work! :) Wow. Just wow. I bow to your craftiness! :wub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnMama Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 If you're getting Castle Diary, make sure to get the larger hardback with the full-color illustrations. The tiny cheap paperback has little black-and-white illustrations. If RR doesn't have the one with color illustrations, you can order it used or new from the UK on Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishMum Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 If you're getting Castle Diary, make sure to get the larger hardback with the full-color illustrations. The tiny cheap paperback has little black-and-white illustrations. If RR doesn't have the one with color illustrations, you can order it used or new from the UK on Amazon. Thanks for the FYI. I can only find another paperback version, I wonder if it has the color illustrations? Anyone have this one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Wow. Just wow. I bow to your craftiness! :wub: You would not say that if you could see my kitchen right now! ;) plaster has exploded and I have never seen such a mess! I will be scraping the countertops clean for a month! :lol: This is one heck of a project! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraceyS/FL Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 So I'm sitting here... .thinking really, "GET OUT OF THIS THREAD".... and I go to amazon to check out the Amazing Leonardo Inventions book - and THANKFULLY, when I see the cover I realize, I OWN THAT. HAHAHA. :lol: now, where the heck IS IT??? I shall have to send the link to the oldest to locate it - since it will be her fault it is MIA! But that castle project..... I could be tempted - Nicole, quick, post a picture of the mess to convince me to skip it!!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyGF Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Wow, this is great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 But that castle project..... I could be tempted - Nicole, quick, post a picture of the mess to convince me to skip it!!! :D Does this help?!?!? :scared: :svengo: :willy_nilly: :banghead: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 RAs we loved this year were: Adam of the Road The Shakespeare Stealer The Door in the Wall Knight's Castle by Edgar Eager - hilarious! Robin Hood and King Arthur by Robert Lancelyn Green (excerpts) Other books we really liked: Favorite Medieval Tales Martin Luther by Paul Maier Traveling Man by James Rumford - great geography! Castles by Philip Steele (Kingfisher) St. George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges, illus Trina Schart Hyman Beowulf by Rumford - picture book Beowulf the Warrior by Ian Serrailier - short read aloud, excellent Across a Dark and Wild Sea by Don Brown The Making of a Knight Kings and Queens of England by Kenneth Davis Schlessinger videos about medieval life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnMama Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Thanks for the FYI. I can only find another paperback version, I wonder if it has the color illustrations? Anyone have this one? Yes, this is the one we have, and it has the color illustrations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraceyS/FL Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Does this help?!?!? :scared: :svengo: :willy_nilly: :banghead: Oh. That might do it..... Hmmmm, but I love your kitchen! I just entered mine.... only to stick to the floor, see evidence of a pink lemonade spill on the counter and cabinets..... yup, I'm good with messes today. Note to self - skip the pretty castle project!! Thanks!!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByGrace3 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Oh. That might do it..... Hmmmm, but I love your kitchen! I just entered mine.... only to stick to the floor, see evidence of a pink lemonade spill on the counter and cabinets..... yup, I'm good with messes today. Note to self - skip the pretty castle project!! Thanks!!! :D :lol: thanks. I am on mold 7 of 22. So yeah skipping it might not be a bad idea. But then again in a few weeks when we finish and I post pics if THAT.... Yeah ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishMum Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Yes, this is the one we have, and it has the color illustrations. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishMum Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Does this help?!?!? :scared: :svengo: :willy_nilly: :banghead: Ouch, might skip this one ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeterbug Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 :lol: thanks. I am on mold 7 of 22. So yeah skipping it might not be a bad idea. But then again in a few weeks when we finish and I post pics if THAT.... Yeah ha! Mold 7 of 22??? Yikes! Definitely post a picture! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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