moonlight Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 for boys ages 7 and 11? Does anyone have any ideas? I don't have access to a library and have to order everything online. My youngest one doesn't read very fluently yet so younger titles that would be appropriate would be greatly appreciated. History and Science titles are specifically what I am looking for. Thanks! P.S I am thinking the Eye Wonder books might be good for the younger one. Eyewitness books are ok and we will try them with the older one, but something more fluid / paragraphs is what I want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 http://www.ala.org/yalsa/nonfiction-award http://www.nsta.org/publications/ostb/ http://www.sciencemeetsadventure.com/books/ Horrible Science/History/Maths/Geography books are good, if gory (aka truly horrible, LOL) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2att Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 My boys liked the Step-Up series when they were younger. They are out of print, but you can usually find them for $0.01 + $3.99 shipping on Amazon. They have animals, insects, reptiles, plants, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SebastianCat Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Try the "You Wouldn't Want to..." series. My kids (12 & 10) love them. Also, my DS loves The Dangerous Book for Boys. It's probably more appropriate for your 11 year old as opposed to your 7 year old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momling Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Horrible history and science have been favorites here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 For your older, for history, try Alber Marrin and Russell Freedman. They both have a lot of good books on many topics in modern history. We like books by Seymour Simon and Stanley Tocci for science. Jean Craighead George has some natural history books my younger has enjoyed. How To Build a Universe with 92 Ingredients and the Basher science books are good for both ages. For your older, he's getting to the stage where he could enjoy A Really Short History of Nearly Everything, Exploring The Way Life Works, Dr. Art's Guide to Science and Guide to Planet Earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Last year (4th grade) my dd read a box of Horrible Science books. (the big box is available on Amazon - it has something like 24 books). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 David McCauley has some outstanding history titles. Pyramid, City, Cathedral and Castle for instance. How Stuff Works Peter Connolly and Fiona MacDonald for ancient Greece and Rome. Landmark histories and biographies. We Were There series. American Heritage Junior Library and Horizon Caravel books. These are older books from the 1950s - 1980s, depending on the title. A few have been reprinted. They are often available in libraries and used bookstores. Famous Men series. Also older, but in this case, old enough to be out of copyright. You can see the text at The Baldwin Project. www.mainlesson.com ETA Padraic Column's retellings of myth and legend are also really good. At least some of these are available at The Baldwin Project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 My kids like lots of history books and biographies. We like Jean Fritz, Robert Lawson, Landmark books, Diane Stanley and D'Aulaires. What do your kids love? My dd loves horses and will read books like Marguerite Henry's Album of Horses over and over. My ds loves Star Wars and will work at reading large Star Wars info books for hours, even though his reading is only on a Magic Tree House level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 We have a copy of Smithsonian Earth (DK) that has been consulted so many times that the spine is broken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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