LibrarianLou

Book lists

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If You Like Junie B. Jones...Name Your Linka

Child Friendly Super Hero Books Name Your Link

Links to Booklist

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Favorite Young Adult Novels

Juvenile Books that I've Read Again and Again

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Anne of Green Gables-Lucy Maud Montgomery-A spunky orphan changes the

lives of her new family and community forever.

Becoming Naomi Leone-Pam Munoz Ryan-When Naomi and her brother's

peaceful life with their grandmother is disrupted by the return of her mother,

Naomi discovers a family she has never known before.

Bridge to Terabithia-Katherine Paterson-Two fifth graders discover the joy

of friendship and imagination in this beautifully written novel.

The Broken Bike Boy and the Queen of 33rd Street-Sharon Flake-A spoiled and

conceited young girl learns valuable lessons from a class misft with hilarious results.

Charlotte's Web-E.B. White-Wilbur the pig learns about friendship from his
friend, Charlotte, the spider.

Crossing Jordan-Adrian Fogelin-Twelve year old Cass, and her African American
friend, Jemme form a close friendship based on their mutual love of running and books in
spite of their family's prejudices.

Dancing Through the Snow-Jean Little-Foster Child Min feels loved for the first
time when a young doctor takes her home for the holidays.

A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama-Laura Amy Schlitz, Young orphan
Maud Flynn is adopted by the elderly Hawthorne Sisters who plot to use her as
a "ghost" in their crooked seance scam.

A Girl of the Limberlost-Gene Stratton Porter-Elnora Comstock earns her way

through high school by collecting unusual butterflies and moths for a local naturalist.

Heat-Mike Lupica-Michael Arroyo, a 12 year old Cuban American pitching prodigy

dreams of pitching in the Little League World Series but fears being placed in foster

care. This is a great baseball story but much more.

I am David-Anne Holm-After escaping an Eastern European Concentration Camp,

12 year old David experiences a strange new world as he travels towards Denmark

in search of his mother.

Journey to the River Sea-Eva Ibbotson, When orphaned Maia is sent to live with her horrid relatives in Brazil, she discovers new friends and the Amazon Rain Forest.

Lily B on the Brink of Cool-Elizabeth Kimmel-Naive Lily is thrilled when she meets Karma La Blanc and her "totally cool" parents and she relates it all in hilarious detail in her diary.

A Little Princess-Sarah Hodgson Burnette-When Sarah Crewe loses her father and the family fortune, she learns what it truly means to be a princess.

Listening for Lions-Gloria Whelan-When Rachel's parents die in an African epidemic, she is tricked into traveling to London with a false identity.

My Louisiana Sky-Kimberly Willis Holt-Tiger Ann Parker has a complicated life. She lives with her stern grandmother and mentally handicapped parents. Could it be more fun to live with her Aunt Dorie Kay and enjoy big city life?

One Handed Catch-Mary Jane Auch-When Norm gets his hand caught in a meat grinder, he faces new challenges doing ordinary things like playing baseball. Set just after World War II, this book is based on the childhood of the author's husband.

Out of My Mind-Sharon Draper-Melody, a severly handicapped but very bright fifth grader finds her place to excel on the school's quiz bowl team.

Run for Your Life-Marilyn Levy-Kisha joins the track team and learns that she can be a winner.

Schooled-Gordon Korman-Capricorn Anderson has been raised in a hippie commune without television or friends his age and must now face the challenge of public middle school.

Shiloh-Phyllis Reynolds Naylor-Marty falls in love with a dog, unfortunately it's not his dog.
He knows the dog is being abused by his master. This is a great dog book where the dog does not die.

The Star of Kazan-Eva Ibbotson-In nineteenth century Vienna, young orphan Annika is whisked away by a woman claiming to be her real mother and taken to live in a creepy mansion in Germany.

Stand Tall-Joan Bauer-His parent's divorce and his height of 6 foot 3 make seventh grade complicated for Tree.

Stuart Little-E.B. White-A mouse learns to live with his human family and then sets off on adventures.

The Wednesday Wars-Gary Schmidt-Holling Hoodhood is sure his new English teacher hates him. To make matters worse, he will be the only student in her class on Wednesday afternoons while the others attend religious training.

Links to Booklists

2011-02-17T09:15:00.000-08:00

If You Like Junie B. Jones

Child-friendly SuperHeroes and Other Graphic Novels

Adoption Read Alouds

Why Tapestry of Grace?

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Well it all started with a broken ankle.

When I broke my ankle last October, some church friends very graciously offered their home to me. As I lived with this homeschooling family, I truly enjoyed learning more about homeschooling and meeting others in their community.

When people found out, I worked at the library, I began to hear about their frustrations finding materials in the Tapestry of Grace Curriculum. So I began to investigate the materials. Some books are almost impossible to find anywhere but from the company but many others can be found at the public library.

I started working on this list because I wanted homeschoolers to know that we have some great materials that can not only be substitutes for books on the list but also enrich the subject. So if your seven year old develops a fascination with Egyptian mummies, there are more resources for him to explore.

My information is based on my 15 years working as a children's librarian. I do not claim to have read every
book cover to cover but I am familiar with many authors and series. I see the new books as they come in.
I also do a lot of research in my job about new materials. I do not claim that every book I recommend will be right for your family. However, I tried to apply very similiar materials to the ones listed on the TOG website.

I love the concept of classical education. I am very impressed with the materials in Tapestry of Grace. I found that often our local library had books by the same authors or within the same series. I wanted people to know that they had alternatives.

One thing that I love about the homeschooling community, they are readers and learners. They are not trying to tick off a list of requirements to satify the school system. I sought to find books that would extend the curriculum. For example, if your eight year old develops a fascination with mummies, he should be able to explore this interest through many books.

I have worked as a children's librarian for 15 years. I am especially interested in history and love doing research. This has been a labor of love for me.

Year 4-Upper Grammar

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Year 4-Upper Grammar

The Tapestry of Grace items are in bold.
My suggestions for alternatives or enrichment are in regular font.

I did not include the literature in the Upper Grammar Year 4 because I felt the selections were so well chosen that I have no other recommendations. Also, most of these titles will be items that are easy to find. I did include some literature selections in the history category.

UNIT 1-History

World War I-Simon Adams-Eyewitness Books

Archie’s War: My Scrapbook of the First World War-Marcia Williams, Williams uses a fictional scrapbook to tell a young boy’s story of life on the home front.

Going to War in World War I-Adrian Gilbert-emphasis is on weapons and warfare.

Albert Einstein: A Photographic Story of a Life-Frieda Wishinsky-DK Biography

Albert Einstein-Kathleen Krull (Giants of Science) This is an extremely interesting and informative series. Krull is very skillful at portraying not only her subject but the times and the scientific community in which he lives.

Genius: A Photobiography of Albert Einstein (National Geographic Society)-This is a very nicely done series, great photos.

Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein-Don Brown-Brown is known for his excellent picture book biographies.

Titanic-Simon Adams (Eyewitness Books)

Ghost Ships: Exploring the World’s Greatest Lost Ships-Robert Ballard. Ballard was the
Leader of the expedition to find the remains of Titanic. He also writes very well for children.

Survivors: The Night the Titanic Sank-Caryn Jenner-DK Reader, Level 4

You Wouldn’t Want to Sail on the Titanic: One Voyage You’d Rather Not Make-David Stewart

Titanic: A Nonfiction Guide to Tonight on the Titanic-Will and Mary Pope Osborne

Voyage on the Great Titanic: The Diary of Margaret Ann Brady-Ellen Emerson White
(Dear America) historical fiction

White Star: A Dog on the Titanic-Marty Crisp, also historical fiction

Where Poppies Grow: A World War I Companion: Linda Granfield

In Flander’s Field-The Story of the Poem by John McCrae-Linda Granfield

UNIT 1-Worldview

Eric Liddell: Something Greater than Gold-Janet and Geoff Benge

Chariots of Fire DVD-Warner Home Video (ages 10 and up)

The Eric Liddell Story-DVD-Christian History Institute (for a younger audience)

Fanny Crosby: Queen of Gospel Songs-Rebecca Davis

The Fanny Crosby Story DVD-Panmedia Entertainment Corporation

UNIT 2-History

The Discovery of Penicillin-Guy Bedoyere

Alexander Fleming-Richard Tames

The Great Depression-Elaine Landau

Welcome to Kit’s World, 1934: Growing up during America’s Great Depression-Harriet Brown-This book uses Kit of the American Girl Series to give an overview of life in the Depression, lots of pictures and photographs from the decade.

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl DVD-New Line Cinema-This movie will be enjoyed by boys as well as girls.

Children of the Great Depression-Russell Freedman

A Year Down Yonder-Richard Peck-Fifteen year old Mary Alice spends a year with her feisty grandmother.

A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt-C. Coco DeYoung-Margo writes a letter to Eleanor Roosevelt asking for help to save her family’s home.

Great World War II Projects You Can Build Yourself-Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt

World War II Days: Discovering the Past with Exciting Projects, Games, Activities and Recipes-David C. King

Going to War in World War II-Moira Butterfield-emphasis is on war and weapons.

World War II-Simon Adams (Eyewitness Books)

The Holocaust-Susanna Davidson

The four books below portray real and fictional heroes of the Holocaust.

Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story-Kenn Mochizucki-A young boy remembers his father, a Japanese diplomat who paved the way for thousands of Jewish refugees to escape Lithuania in the 1940s. (nonfiction)

Number the Stars-Lois Lowry-Newbery Award-Annemarie shows courage when she and her family help her Jewish friend and family escape Denmark. (fiction)

Twenty and Ten-Clare Bishop-Twenty French school children hide ten Jewish children from the Nazis. (fiction)

Snow Treasure-Marie McSwigan-Children in Norway smuggle the nation’s gold past Nazi soldiers. (fiction)

Israel: The People-Debbie Smith

Israel-Martin Hintz (Enchantment of the World)

Families of Israel-DVD-Master Communications

Winston Churchill-Katie Daynes

Winston Churchill-Fiona MacDonald

UNIT 2-Worldview

Corrie Ten Boom: Keeper of the Angel’s Den-Janet & Geoff Benge

Gladys Aylward: The Adventure of a Lifetime-Janet & Geoff Benge

The Gladys Aylward Story DVD-Christian History Institute

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness DVD-20th Century Fox

UNIT 3-History

China-Hugh Montefiore-Sebag-Eyewitness Books

People’s Republic of China-Kim Dramer (Enchantment of the World)

Families of China-DVD-Master Communications

Fearon’s Our Century: 1950-1960-Tony Napoli

The 1950s Decade in Photos: The American Decade-Jim Corrigan

Rock and Roll Generation: Life in the Fifties-Time-Life

India: The People-Bobbie Kalman

India-Kamala Dalal (Countries of the World)

Going to School in India DVD-Master Communications

Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Photographic Story of a Life-Amy Pastan-Eyewitness Readers

Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.-Doreen Rappaport

A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr.-David Adler

UNIT 3-Worldview

Billy Graham: Just Get Up and Out of Your Seat-Catherine MacKenzie

Billy Graham: World Famous Evangelist-Sarah McIntosh Wooten

Ida Scudder-Healing Bodies, Touching Hearts-Janet and Geoff Benge

Nate Saint: On a Wing and a Prayer-Janet and Geoff Benge

The Jim Eliot Story-DVD-Christian History Institute

UNIT 4-History

1990s From the Persian Gulf War to Y2K-Stephen Feinstein

The Nineteen Nineties Decade in Photos: The Rise of Technology-Jim Corrigan

The Middle East-Cory Gideon Gunderson

Middle East-Philip Steele

Fearon’s Our Century: 1970 to 1980-Tony Napoli, editor

The 1970s Decade in Photos: Protest and Change-Jim Corrigan

Fearon’s Our Century: 1980 to 1990-Tony Napoli, editor

The 1980’s Decade in Photos: Triumph of Democracy-Jim Corrigan

Some good books for helping understand more modern times:

America at the Time of Martin Luther King, Jr: The Story of Our Nation from Coast to Coast, from 1948 to 1976-Sally Isaacs

The Century for Young People-Jennifer Armstrong

Visual Timeline of the Twentieth Century-Simon Adams

September 11, 2001-Andrew Santella (Cornerstones of Freedom)

September 11, 2001: The Day That Changed America-Jill Wheeler

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers-Mordecai Gerstein-a biography of Phillipe Petit who walked a tightrope between the twin towers in 1974, amazing pictures of the towers and New York City.

Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey-A fire boat launched in 1931 is brought back into service on September 11, 2001.

The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation: I recommend using the introductory pages of this graphic book. The pictures show the routes of the four airplanes. This is a great book that you will want to preview before sharing with your children.

The Bread Winner-Deborah Ellis

Extra Credit-Andrew Clements-Abby Carson and Sadeed Bayat become pen pals and learn about each other’s culture.

The Librarian from Basra: A True Story from Iraq-Jeanette Winter

Tapestry of Grace-Year 2-Upper Grammar

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TOG-Year 2-Upper Grammar
Tapestry of Grace titles are in bold
Librarian Lou's suggestions are in italics

UNIT 1
Knights and Castles: 50 Hands-on Activities to Experience the Middle Ages-Avery Hart

Great Medieval Projects You Can Build Yourself-Kris Bordessa. This title includes lots of information to back up all the projects.

Castle-David Macaulay

Castle-Christopher Gravett-Eyewitness Books

Steven Biesty’s Castles-Meredith Hopper

Fine Print: A Story about Johann Gutenberg-Joanne Johansen Burch

Johann Gutenberg and the Amazing Printing Press-Bruce Koscielniak

Breaking Into Print: Before and After the Invention of the Printing Press-Steven Krensky

Marco Polo: Overland to China-Alexander Zelenyj

Marco Polo-Demi (picture book biography)-4 copies

The World in the Time of Marco Polo-Fiona MacDonald

Explorers of the World-Marco Polo DVD-Schlessinger Media

Mecca-Mandy Ross

Muhammad-Demi

Islam-Phillip Wilkinson-Eyewitness Books

The Middle Ages-Mary Quigley

The Middle Ages-Jane Shuter

Medieval Life-Andrew Langley-Eyewitness Books

The Story of the Crusades Coloring Book-John Green

You Wouldn’t Want to be a Crusader-Fiona MacDonald

Saladin and the Kingdom of Jerusalem-Lee Hancock

Richard the Lionheart and the Third Crusade-David Hilliam

The Story of the Middle Ages-Samuel Harding

Viking-Carrie Love (Eye Wonder)

Viking-Susan Margeson-Eyewitness Books

The Real Vikings: Craftsmen, Traders and Fearless Raiders-Melvin and Gilda Berger

Going to War in Viking Times-Christopher Gravett

Adventures with the Vikings-Linda Bailey (Good Times Travel Agency) This graphic novel has lots of information about the Vikings

Adventures of Robin Hood retold by John Burrows

Sherwood: Original Stories from the World of Robin Hood-edited by Jane Yolen

Robin Hood: The Tale of the Great Outlaw Hero-Angela Bull (Eyewitness Readers) This is a fun easy to read title.

Robin Hood and Little John-Barbara Cohen

The Adventures of Robin Hood-Marcia Williams (the cartoon version)

The Door in the Wall-Marguerite DeAngeli

Crispin: The Cross of Lead-Avi (historical fiction-1300s)

Leif the Lucky-Edgar and Ingri Parin D’Aulaire

Tales of King Arthur retold by Felicity Brooks

The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great-Gerald Morris

Merlin and the Making of the King-Margaret Hodges-The retelling of four Arthurian Legends

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table-Marica Williams-graphic novel version

Francis-The Poor Man of Assisi-Tomie De Paola

Saint Francis-Brian Wildsmith

UNIT 2

Drawing: The Only Drawing Book You’ll Ever Need-Kathryn Temple

Aztecs & Incas-Sue Nicholson (Sightseers)

The Aztec Empire-Jane Bingham

Ballplayers and Bonesetters: One Hundred Ancient Aztec and Maya Jobs You Might Have Adored or Abhorred-Laurie Coulter

Brilliant Brits: Henry VIII-Richard Brassey

First Voyage to America: From the Log of the Santa Maria-Christopher Columbus

I Columbus, My Journal 1492-93-Christopher Columbus

The Log of Columbus: The First Voyage, Spring, Summer and Fall 1492-Christopher Columbus, Selections by Steve Lowe

Michelangelo-Diane Stanley

Michelangelo Buonarrotti-Ernest Lloyd Raboff (an art book rather than a biography)

The Sistine Chapel-Renee Rebman (supplemental)

Mr. Pipes and Psalms and Hymns of the Reformation-Douglas Bond

The Renaissance-Mary Quigley

An Italian Renaissance-Nomi J. Waldman

Renaissance-Andrew Langley-Eyewitness Books

London-Neil Morris (Great Cities Through the Ages)-This is a wonderful pictorial view of London throughout history.

Venice-Renzo Rossi (Great Cities Through the Age)

Bard of Avon: The Story of Shakespeare-Diane Stanley

William Shakespeare and the Globe-Aliki

Shakespeare-Peter Chrisp-Eyewitness Books

Huguenot Garden-Douglas Jones

Escape Across the Wide Sea-Katherine Kirkpatrick-The fictional story of a Huguenot family that leaves France due to religious persecution. They end up in the New York Colony.

I Juan de Pareja-Elizabeth Borton de Trevino

Morning Girl-Michael Dorris

Thunderstorm in Church-Louise Vernon

Martin Luther: A Man Who Changed the World-Paul Maier

UNIT 3

Colonial Crafts-Bobbie Kalman

Colonial Days: Discover the Past with Fun Projects, Games and Activities, David C. King

Freedom Seeker: A Story About William Penn-Gwenyth Swain

The Story of William Penn-Aliki

William Penn: Founder of Pennsylvania-Steven Kroll

The World of William Penn-Genevieve Foster

Colonial Life for Children: William Penn and Pennsylvania DVD-Schlessinger Media

Iroquois: The Six Nations Confederacy-Mary Englar

The Iroquois-Raymond Bial

Making Thirteen Colonies-Joy Hakim

The Thirteen Colonies-Gail Sakurai

Peter the Great-Diane Stanley

Peter the Great and Tsarist Russia-Miriam Greenblatt

The Plymouth Colony-Pamela Dell

Who’s That Stepping on Plymouth Rock?-Jean Fritz

Daily Life in the Pilgrim Colony, 1636-Paul Erickson

Pilgrims and Puritans: 1620-1676-James Lincoln Collier

Pilgrims: A Nonfiction Companion to Thanksgiving on Thursday-Mary Pope Osborne

Colonial Life for Children: Plimouth Plantation DVD-Schlessinger Media

Roger Williams-Elizabeth Raum

Finding Providence-Avi

Colonial Life for Children: Rodger Williams and Rhode Island DVD-Schlessinger Media

Samuel de Champlain: From New France to Cape Cod-Adriana Morganelli

Champlain-Christopher Moore

Three Ships Come Sailing-Gilchrist Waring

You Wouldn’t Want to be an American Colonist: A Settlement You’d Rather Not Start-Jacqueline Morley

John Smith Escapes Again-Rosalyn Schanzer

Our Strange New Land, Elizabeth’s Diary, Jamestown, Virginia, 1609 (My America)

Colonial Life for Children: Jamestown-DVD-Schlessinger Media

Blackthorn Winter-Douglas Wilson

A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remembrance Patience Whipple-Kathryn Lasky (Dear America)-a colonial girl's diary.

The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce: A Pilgrim Boy-Ann Rinaldi (My Name is America) The journal of a pilgrim boy.

Sarah's New World: The Mayflower Adventure-Colleen Reece (Sisters in Time Series)

Scottish Seas-Douglas Jones

William Bradford: Pilgrim Boy-Bradford Smith

William Bradford: Governor of Plymouth Colony-Marianne Hering

William Bradford: The First Thanksgiving DVD-Nest Animated Films

UNIT 4
Ben Franklin Book of Easy and Incredible Experiments-Cheryl Kirk Noll

Amazing Ben Franklin Inventions You Can Build Yourself-Carmella Van Vleet

Benjamin Franklin, American Genius: His Life and Ideas with 21 Activities-Brandon Marie Miller

Benjamin Franklin: A Man of Many Talents-Time Magazine

Benjamin Franklin, American Genius: His Life and Ideas with 21 Activities-Brandon Marie Miller

The Remarkable Benjamin Franklin-Cheryl Harness

Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin-Gene Barretta

Daniel Boone: Woodsman of Kentucky-John Paul Zronik

Daniel Boone’s Great Escape-Michael P. Spraldin

The Declaration of Independence-Michael Burgan

The Journey of the One and Only Declaration of Independence-Judith St. George.

Give Me Liberty! The Story of the Declaration of Independence-Russell Freedman

Francis Marion and the Legend of the Swamp Fox-Kate Salley Palmer

Francis Marion: The Swamp Fox of the American Revolution-Louis P. Towles

From Colonies to Country-Joy Hakim (A History of US)

From Thirteen Colonies to One Nation-John Micklos

Growing Up in Revolution and the New Nation-Brandon Marie Miller

Amos Fortune, Free Man-Elizabeth Yates

The Arrow over the Door-Joseph Bruchac

Boys and Girls of Colonial Days-Carolyn Bailey

Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution-Jean Fritz

We the People: The Story of Our Constitution-Lynne Cheaney-The former second lady has written some excellent history books for children

The Founders: The 39 Stories Behind the U.S. Constitution-Dennis Fradin
Sign of the Beaver-Elizabeth George Speare

Year 1-Upper Grammar

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Ancient Civilization-Tapestry of Grace-More Resources
This combines the Ancient World with the Upper Grammar

Key
Bold Titles-Tapestry of Grace items
Italics-Librarian Lou's Suggestions

Alexander the Great-Jane Bingham

World History Biographies: Alexander: The Boy Soldier Who Conquered the World (National Geographic World History Biographies)

The world in the time of alexander the great

The World in the Time of Alexander the Great-Fiona MacDonald

Ancient Egypt (Make It Work)-Andrew Haslam

Ancient Egyptians and Their Neighbors: An Activity Guide- Marilyn Broada

Great Ancient Egypt Projects You Can Build Yourself (Build It Yourself series)-Carmella Van Vleet

Ancient Egypt (Eyewitness Books)-George Hart

Ancient Greece! 40 Hands –On Activities to Experience This Wonder-Avery Hart

Classical Kids: An Activity Guide to Life in Ancient Greece and Rome (A Kid's Guide series)

Ancient Greece and the Olympics a nonfiction guide to the Hour of the Olympics

Ancient Greece (Eyewitness Books)-Anne Pearson

You are in Ancient Greece-Ivan Minnis

Ancient Civilizations of the World: Ancient Greece (DVD))-Schlessinger Media

Ancient Greek Art-Susie Hodge

Art and Religion in Ancient Greece-Melanie Apel

Hands-On Ancient People, Volume 2-Yvonne Merrill-This art book shows how to create art based on ancient cultures.
Ancient Greek War and Weapons-Haydn Middleton

Ancient Rome: Exploring the Culture, People and Ideas of this Powerful Empire-Avery Hart, Sandra Gallagher, Kaleidoscope Kids Book

Ancient Rome and Pompeii: A Nonfiction Guide to "Vacation under the Volcano"-Mary Pope Osborne (Magic Tree House Research Guide) can be used with or without the chapter book

Pompeii-Richard Platt-A visual history of the city of Pompeii from 750 B.C. to the ruins of today.

Ancient Rome-Peter Chrisp (E-guides-DK)

Roman Diary-Richard Platt, the fictional story of a young girl captured by pirates and sold as a slave in Rome.

Ancient Civilizations for Children: Ancient Rome (DVD)-Schlessinger Media

Buddha Stories-Demi

The Monkey Bridge-Rafe Martin

The Children’s Illustrated Bible- Selina Hastings editor

Bible Lands-Jonathan Tubb-DK Eyewitness Books

The Jesus Storybook Bible-Sally Lloyd-Jones, Zonderkids

Kings and Carpenters: One Hundred Bible Land Jobs You Might Have Praised or Panned-Laurie Coulter- This tiles is mostly for fun. Disclaimer-job descriptions may not match Biblical definitions so use with discernment. For example, the definition of prophet would not satisfy most evangelicals.

The Corn Grows Ripe-Dorothy Rhoads

Lady of Palenque, Flower of Bacal-Anna Kirwan (Royal Diaries) This is a fictional diary of a Mayan princess in the 8th century. Consider reading segments of this book aloud.

D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths-Ingri and Edgar D’Aulaire

The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus-Aliki

The Corn Grows Ripe-Dorothy Rhoads

Lady of Palenque, Flower of Bacal-Anna Kirwan (Royal Diaries) This is a fictional diary of a Mayan princess in the 8th century. Consider reading segments of this book aloud.

D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths-Ingri and Edgar D’Aulaire

The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus-Aliki

Z is for Zeus: A Greek Mythology Alphabet-Helen Wilbur

Famous Men of Rome-John H. Haaren

The Age of Augustus-Don Nardo

Galen: My Life in Imperial Rome-Marissa Moss

Roman Diary-Richard Platt

Gilgamesh the King-Ludmila Zeman

Revenge of Ishtar-Ludmila Zeman

The Last Quest of Gilgamesh-Ludmila Zeman

Lugalbanda The Boy Who Got Caught Up in a War-Kathy Henderson (folktale of Ancient Iraq)

God King-Joanne Williamson

The Librarian Who Measured the Earth-Kathryn Lasky

Life in Ancient China-Paul Challen

The Chinese Empire-Phillip Steele (Passport to the Past Series)-a good general introduction to Ancient China

Ancient Civilizations for Children: Ancient China (DVD)-Schlessinger Media

Adventures in Ancient China-Linda Bailey-Ms. Frizzle and the children from the Magic School Bus Series visit Ancient Egypt.

Song of Mu Lan-Jeanne Lee

China’s Bravest Girl: The Legend of Hua Mu Lan-Charlie Chin

Life in Ancient Mesopotamia-Shilpa Merta-Jones

Mesopotamia-Philip Steele-Eyewitness Books

Ancient Mesopotamia: The Sumerians, Babylonians and Assyrians-Virginia Schomp

Mesopotamia: Iraq in Ancient Times-Peter Chrisp

Ancient Civilizations for Children: Mesopotamia (DVD)-Schlessinger Media

You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Sumerian Slave: A Life of Hard Work You’d Rather Avoid-Jacqueline Morley

You Wouldn’t Want to Be an Assyrian Soldier! An Ancient Army You’d Rather Not Join-Rupert Matthews

Life in the Indus River Valley-Hazel Richardson

The Indus River Valley-Jane Shuter

Made in China-Suzanne Williams

Science in Ancient China-George Bedore

The Mystery of the Maya-Peter Lourie

The Ancient Maya-Lila Perl

Ancient Civilizations for Children: The Maya-Schlessinger Media
Aztec, Inca and Maya-Elizabeth Baquedano-Eyewitness Books

Ballplayers and Bonesetters: 100 Ancient Maya and Aztec Jobs You Might Have Adored or Abhorred-Laurie Coulter

The Mystery of the Roman Ransom-Henry Winterfield

Roman Diary-Richard Platt

The True Story of Noah’s Ark-Tom Dooley

On Noah’s Ark-Jan Brett

Pegasus-Marianna Mayer

Let’s Go Pegasus-Jean Marzollo

Pepi and the Secret Names-Jill Paton Walsh

Peril and Peace-Mindy and Brandon Withrow

The First Christians-Paul Maier

Hero Tales: A Family Treasury of True Stories from the Lives of Christian Heroes-Dave and Neta Jackson

A Place in the Sun-Jill Rubalcaba

Pompeii: City of Ashes-Sarah Kaplan-one copy

Ancient Rome and Pompeii: A Nonfiction Guide to Vacation Under the Volcano-Mary
Pope Osborne (Magic Tree House Research Guide) This is my personal favorite. It’s easy to read and it’s also a great tie-in with the Magic Tree House books but can stand on its own. It includes a bibliography and websites.

Vacation Under the Volcano-Mary Pope Osborne (Magic Tree House Series)

Pompeii-Richard Platt-A great visual look at Pompeii over the ages.

Pyramid-David Macaulay

You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Pyramid Builder: A Hazardous Job You’d Rather Not Have-Jacqueline Morley

Mummies, Pyramids and Pharaohs: A Book about Ancient Egyptians-Gail Gibbons. Gibbons can make any topic appealing. She does an excellent job with this one as well.

Pyramids and Mummies-Seymour Simon (See More Readers Series)

Tales from the Odyssey: The One-Eyed Giant-Mary Pope Osborne

Odysseus and the Cyclops-Warwick Hutton

A Triumph for Flavius-Caroline Snededker

Twice Freed-Patricia St. John

Usborne Internet-Linked Ancient World-Jane Bingham, editor, This is a great resource. It has information on most of the things you’ll need. It also has links to websites that can extend a lesson. This is a good title to purchase.

Walk with Y’shua Through the Jewish Year-Janie Wertheim, Kathy Shapiro

Jewish Holidays All Year Round-Ilene Cooper. There is lots of information here about the background of all Jewish Holidays as well as activities for extending the lessons.

Dance, Sing, Remember: A Celebration of Jewish Holidays-Leslie Kimmelman

What the Bible is All About for Young Explorers-Henrietta Mears

Tapestry of Grace-Year 4-Lower Grammar

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If You Lived at the Time of the Great San Francisco Earthquake-Ellen Levine

Earthquake: On a Peaceful Spring Morning Disaster Strikes San Francisco-Shelley Tanaka (A Day that Changed America)

Into the Firestorm: A Novel of San Francisco, 1906-Deborah Hopkinson

Babe Ruth and the Baseball Curse-David Kelly

Mighty Jackie the Strike-Out Queen-Marissa Moss-In 1931, 17 year old Jackie Mitchell pitches against Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game.

Home Run-Robert Burleigh-wordless picture book with amazing pictures

The Babe And I-David Adler-A young boy meets Babe Ruth in this fictional picture book.

Duke Ellington: The Piano Prince and His Orchestra-Andrea Davis Pinkney

First Flight: The Story of the Wright Brothers-Caryn Jenner

The Wright Brothers for Kids: How They Invented the Airplane: 21 Activities Exploring the Science and History of Flight-Mary Kay Carson

Airborne: A photobiography of Orville and Wilbur Wright-Mary Collins, National Geographic

Race for the Sky: The Kitty Hawk Diaries of Johnny Moore-Dan Gutman. This is a highly entertaining novel based on the true story of young Johnny Moore who has no interest in learning until he meets “those dingbats from Ohio.”

Henry Ford: Putting the World on Wheels-Dina El Nabli

Henry Ford-Jeffrey Zuhlke (History Maker Biographies)

Driven: A Photobiography of Henry Ford-Don Mitchell (National Geographic)

First to Fly: How Wilbur and Orville Wright Invented the Airplane-Peter Busby

We’ll Race You Henry: A Story about Henry Ford-Barbara Mitchell

In Flanders Field: The Story of the Poem by John McCrae-Linda Granfield

Old Time Children’s Fashions-Ming Ju Sun

Dressed for the Occasion: What Americans Wore 1620-1970-Brandon Marie Miller

The Panama Canal: The Story of How a Jungle was Conquered-Elizabeth Mann

Panama Canal-Barbara Winkleman

War Game: Village Green to No Man’s Land-Michael Foreman

Archie’s War: My Scrapbook of the First World War-Marcia Williams

Beatrix’s Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny

The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit-Beatrix Potter

The Legend of the Teddy Bear-Frank Murphy

Other books on Teddy Roosevelt include:

Young Teddy Roosevelt-Cheryl Harness

You’re On Your Way Teddy Roosevelt-Judith St. George

The Velveteen Rabbit-Margery Williams (usually listed by Bianco)

Anne of Green Gables-adapted by Jennifer Dussling

Anne of Green Gables DVD-Sullivan Entertainment

Marven of the Great North Woods-Kathryn Lasky

Blackwater Ben-William Durbin-In 1898, a young boy drops out of school to work with his father at a logging camp in Minnesota.

UNIT 2

Colors of Israel-Laurie Grossman

Families of Israel-DVD-Arden Films

Israel-Martin Hintz (Enchantment of the World)

The Great Depression-Michael Burgan

Welcome to Kit’s World, 1934: Growing Up in America’s Great Depression-Harriet Brown

The Little Ships: The Heroic Rescue at Dunkirk in World War II-Louise Borden

Rosie the Riveter-Sean Price

Rosie the Riveter: Women Working on the Home Front in World War II-Penny Colman

Sky Pioneer: A Photobiography of Amelia Earhart-Corrine Czabo

Amelia Earhart-Jane Sutcliffe (History Maker Biographies)

Amelia Earhart-Tonya Lee Stone (DK Biography)

A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart-David Adler

Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride, based on a True Story-Pam Munoz Ryan

The Story of Anne Frank-Brenda Ralph Lewis (DK Reader)

A Picture Book of Anne Frank-David Adler

Who Was Walt Disney?-Whitney Stuart

Wallt Disney: Creator of Magical Worlds-Charnan Simon

The Butterfly-Patricia Polacco

Twenty and Ten-Clare Bishop-Twenty school children hide ten Jewish children from the Nazis in France during the second world war.

Hidden Child-Isaac Millman-In this picture book biography, Millman describes his childhood during the war.

The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge-Hildegarde Swift

Birdie’s Lighthouse-Deborah Hopkinson

Lightship-Brian Floca-Lightships were used before the lighthouse.

A New Coat for Anna-Harriett Ziefert

UNIT 3

India-Sunita Apte

Count Your Way Through India-James Haskins

Going to School in India DVD-Master Communications

Counting Your Way Through Korea-James Haskins

Families of Korea (DVD)-Arden Films

K is for Korea-Hyechong Cheung

Cracking the Wall: The Struggles of the Little Rock Nine-Eileen Lucas

Remember Little Rock: The Time, the Stories, the People-Paul Robert Walker

Godspeed John Glenn-Richard Hilliard

Liftoff! A Photobiography of John Glenn-Don Mitchell

If You Lived at the Time of Martin Luther King, Jr.-Ellen Levine

Martin’s Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.-Doreen Rappaport (also available on DVD)

A Picture Book of Martin Luther King-David Adler

Spotlight on China-Robin Johnson

Families of China (DVD) Arden Films

Welcome to China-Karyn Jenner (DK Readers)

Shanghai Messenger-Andrea Cheng-In this novel, an eleven year old girl visits her extended family in China

Children of the Dragon: Selected Tales from Vietnam-Sherry Garland

In the Land of Small Dragon: A Vietnamese Folktale-Kha Dang Manh

The Empty Pot-Demi

The Donkey and the Rock-Demi, also a story from China

Horton Hears a Who-Dr. Seuss

A Grain of Rice-Demi

Gobble Gobble Slip Slop: The Tale of a Greedy Cat-Meilo So-another folk tale from India

Peacebound Trains-Haemi Balgassi

My Freedom Trip-Francis Park-A young girl escapes from North Korea

UNIT 4

You Wouldn’t Want to Be on Apollo 13-Mark Beyer

Crisis in Space: Apollo 13-Mark Beyer

Bill Gates-Jonetha Brown

Bill Gates: Computer Legend-Sara Barton Wood

The Middle East-Phillip Steele

Peaceful Protest: The Life of Nelson Mandela-Yona Zeldis McDonough

Nelson Mandela-Laaren Brown-DK Biography

Sally Ride-Elizabeth Raum

Sally Ride: A Space Biography-Barbara Kramer

September 11-Mary Englar (We the People)

September 11, 2001: The Day that Changed America-Jill Wheeler

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers-Mordicai Gerstein-This Caldecott Honor Book is the story of Phillipe Petit who walked a high wire between the two towers in 1974. It’s a great story with amazing perspectives of New York City.

Fireboat: The Heroic Story Adventures of the John J. Harvey-An old fireboat is pressed into service after the attack of the twin towers.

Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and the Personal Computer-Donald Lemke

Steve Jobs & Steve Wozinak: Geek Heroes Who Put the Personal in Computers-Mike Venzia

The World Wide Web-Larry Brimner

The Incredible Story of Computers and the Internet-Greg Rosa

Tapestry of Grace-Year Two Lower Grammar

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Tapestry of Grace-Year 2 Lower Grammar
Unit One

Brigid’s Cloak-Bryce Milligan

Caedmon’s Song-Ruth Ashby

Chanticleer and the Fox-Barbara Cooney

Here Bygynneth Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales-Marcia Williams
Chaucer’s Tales in graphic novel format

Days of Knights and Damsels-Laurie Carlson

Knights and Castles: 50 Hands-on Activities to Experience the Middle Ages-Avery Hart

Great Medieval Projects You Can Build Yourself-Kris Bordessa This title includes lots of information to back up all the projects.

Famous Men of the Middle Ages-John Haaren

Famous People of the Middle Ages-Donna Trembinski

Francis the Poor Man of Assisi-Tomie De Paola

Saint Francis-Brian Wildsmith

Johann Gutenberg and the Amazing Printing Press-Bruce Koscielniak

Fine Print: A Story about Johann Gutenberg-Joanne Johansen Burch

Knights-Stephanie Turnbull

Knights in Shining Armor-Gail Gibbons, Gibbons is known for outstanding nonfiction.

Knights and Castles: A Nonfiction Companion to The Knight at Dawn-Will Osborne, Mary Pope Osborne, This study guide is a great primer on knights and castles, It can be used with or without the fiction title.

Knight-Christopher Gravett-Eyewitness Books

You Wouldn’t Want to be a Medieval Knight: Armor You’d Rather Not Wear-Fiona MacDonald

Days of the Knights: A Tale of Castles and Battles-Christopher Maynard-Eyewitness Readers

Life in a Medieval Monastery-Marc Cels

Life in a Medieval Monastery-Victoria Sherrow

Life in the Middle Ages: The Church-Kathryn Hinds Lots of information about the early church, catholic practices and the monastery life.

Life in the Middle Ages: The Monk DVD-Schlessinger Media

The Making of a Knight-Patrick O’Brien

Castle Diary: The Journey of Tobias Burgess,Page-Richard Platt,
This is the fictional story of a young page. The large size format includes many illustrations and factual information about a young boy’s life.

Igraine the Brave-Cornelia Funke

Adventures in the Middle Ages-Linda Bailey (Good Times Travel Agency)

Marco Polo-Robert Strathlock

Marco Polo-Demi (picture book biography)

The World in the Time of Marco Polo-Fiona MacDonald

Explorers of the World: Marco Polo (DVD)

Marguerite Makes a Book-Bruce Robertson

New-Magic in the Margins: A Medieval Tale of Bookmaking-W. Nicola-Lisa I just discovered this one. It’s about a young boy who is learning to create illumined manuscripts.

Minstrel in the Tower-Gloria Skurzynski

Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland-Tomie DePaola

Saint Patrick-Ann Tombert

The Renaissance-Jane Shuter

An Italian Renaissance-Nomi J. Waldman

Renaissance-Andrew Langley-Eyewitness Books

London-Neil Morris (Great Cities Through the Ages)-This is a wonderful pictorial view of London throughout history.

Venice-Renzo Rossi (Great Cities Through the Ages)

Saint Valentine-Robert Sabuda

Saint Valentine-Anne Tompert

The Squire and the Scroll-Jennie Bishop

The Tomten-Astrid Lindgren

Usborne Internet-Linked Medieval World-Jane Bingham

Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of World History-Jane Bingham, Fiona Chandler, Sam Taplin

Usborne Internet First Encyclopedia of History-Fiona Chandler

Times Medieval DVD-Summer Productions

The Vikings-Jane Shuter

Viking-Susan Margeson-Eyewitness Books

The Real Vikings: Craftsmen, Traders and Fearless Raiders-Melvin and Gilda Berger

Going to War in Viking Times-Christopher Gravett

Adventures with the Vikings-Linda Bailey (Good Times Travel Agency) This graphic novel has lots of information about the Vikings

You Wouldn’t Want to be a Crusader-Fiona MacDonald

There really aren’t any other simple books about the crusades. I will suggest two books that could be helpful if you want to spend some time on this issue:

Saladin and the Kingdom of Jerusalem-Lee Hancock

Richard the Lionheart and the Third Crusade-David Hilliam

Unit 2

The Boy Who Held Back the Sea-Lenny Hort

The Children's Shakespeare-Edith Nesbit or The Best of Shakespeare-Edith Nesbit

Usborne Stories from Shakespeare-Anna Claybourne

Columbus-Ingri & Edgar Parin D’Aulaire

Follow the Dream-Peter Sis

A Picture Book of Christopher Columbus-David Adler

Elizabeth I-Stephanie Turnbull

Good Queen Bess: The Story of Elizabeth I of England-Diane Stanley, picture book biography

Elizabeth I: The Outcast Who Became England’s Queen-Simon Adams

Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor-Kathryn Lasky (Royal Diaries)a fictional diary of the life of Queen Elizabeth.

The Royal Diaries DVD includes “Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor.”

The Queen’s Progress: An Elizabethan Alphabet-Celeste Mannis-I recommend this for giving children a picture of Elizabethan Society (supplemental)

Magellan: A Voyage Around the World-Fiona MacDonald

The Story of Exploration by Anna Claybourne has a short chapter about Magellan called “Around the World in 1,080 Days.” It would be a good resource to own.

Around the World in a Hundred Years by Jean Fritz also has a chapter on Magellan.

Explorers of the World: Magellan DVD-Schlessinger Media

Henry VIII and his Wives Paperdolls

Leonardo Da Vinci-Barbara Witteman

Leonardo: Beautiful Dreamer-Robert Byrd

Leonardo Da Vinci for Kids: His Life and Ideas, 21 Activities-Janis Herbert

Da Vinci and His Times-Andrew Langley-Eyewitness Books

Mario-Mary Arrigan

Mario’s Angels: A Story about the artist Giotto-Mary Arrigan

Giotto-Mike Venzia

Martin Luther: The Man Who Changed the World-Paul Maier, this picture book biography is excellent in every way

Midsummer Night’s Dream-retold by Bruce Coville

William Shakespeare’s Hamlet-retold by Bruce Coville

William Shakespeare’s Macbeth-retold by Bruce Coville

Mother Goose-Michael Hague

Favorite Nursery Rhymes from Mother Goose-Scott Gustafson

The Neighborhood Mother Goose-Nina Crews

The Netherlands-Anne Heinrichs

The Netherlands-Rosaline NgCheong-Lum (Countries of the World)

Pieter Bruegel-Mike Venzia

Bruegel-John Malam

Bruegel: A Gift for Telling Stories-Pierre Sterckx

Rembrandt-Xavier Nix

A Weekend with Rembrandt-Pascal Bonafoux

Renaissance Artists Who Inspired the World-Gregory Blanch, Roberta Stathis

The Renaissance-Jane Shuter (History Opens Windows)

The Renaissance-Anna Claybourne (Time Travel Guides)

Lorenzo De’Medici and Renaissance Italy-The second section of this book is “Everyday Life in Renaissance Italy”

Renaissance-Andrew Langley-Eyewitness Books

Renaissance-Alison Cole-Eyewitness Books Note: This is almost the same book as the book above just a slightly different edition.

The Sad Night: The Story of an Aztec Victory and a Spanish Loss-Sally Matthews

Saint George and the Dragon-Margaret Hodges-Caldecott Winner

Saint George and the Dragon-Geraldine McCaughrean

William Shakespeare and the Globe-Aliki

A Shakespearean Theatre-Jacqueline Morley

Unit 3

Colonial Kids: An Activity Guide to Life in the New World-Laurie Carlson.

Colonial Days: Discover the Past with Projects, Games, Activities and Recipes-David C. King

Colonial Living-Edwin Tunis

The Dreadful Smelly Colonies: The Disgusting Details about Life in Colonial America-Elizabeth Raum

Welcome to Felicity’s World, 1774: Growing Up in Colonial America-Catherine Gourley

Coming Home-Max Lucado

The Courage of Sarah Noble-Alice Dalgliesh

The Farewell Symphony-Anna Harwell Celenza

The Boy Who Loved Music-Joe Lasker, another story about Haydn.

Finding Providence-Avi

Roger Williams and Rhode Island DVD

Iroquois Indians-Caryn Yacowitz

The Iroquois-Raymond Bial

The Jamestown Colony-Gail Sakurai

You Wouldn’t Want to be an American Colonist: A Settlement You’d Rather Not Start-Jacqueline Morley

John Smith Escapes Again-Rosalyn Schanzer

Our Strange New Land, Elizabeth’s Diary, Jamestown, Virginia, 1609 (My America)

Colonial Life for Children: Jamestown DVD-Schlessinger Media

Learn & Do: Color Adventure-Kym Wright

Life in New Amsterdam-Laura Fischer

Colonial Life for Children: The Dutch and New Amsterdam-DVD-Schlessinger Media

Dutch Colonies in America-Mary Englar

On the Day Peter Stuyvesant Sailed Into Town-Arnold Lobel-picture book

Life in New France-Jennifer Gillis

Champlain-Christopher Moore, has information about the New France Settlement

The New Americans: Colonial Times 1620-1689-Betsy Maestro,
This book also has information about New France.

Life on a Southern Plantation-Sally Isaacs

Daily Life on a Southern Plantation, 1853-Paul Erickson

Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters-Patricia McKissack (This book covers a later time period of slavery)

Pocahontas-Ingri & Edgar Parin D’Aulaire

The Story of Pocahontas-Caryn Jenner-DK Readers

Three Young Pilgrims-Cheryl Harness

Two Bad Pilgrims-Kathryn Lasky-Brothers Francis and Johnny Billington were known for making trouble on the Mayflower voyage. This graphic picture book tells their story.

Pilgrim Cat-Carol Peacock-another fictional tale from The Mayflower

The Voyage of the Mayflower-Alison Lassieur

Pilgrims: A Nonfiction Companion to Thanksgiving on Thursday
Mary Pope Osborne

Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple -Kathryn Lasky (Dear America)

The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce, A Pilgrim Boy, Plymouth, 1620 0Ann Rinaldi (My Name is America)

William Penn: Founder of the Pennsylvania Colony-Bernadette Baczynski

The Story of William Penn-Aliki

William Penn: Founder of Pennsylvania-Steven Kroll

The World of William Penn-Genevieve Foster

Colonial Life for Children: William Penn and Pennsylvania-DVD

The Fourth of July Story-Alice Dalgliesh

The Life and Times of John Hancock-Mary Lou Kjelle

The Journey of the One and Only Declaration of Independence-Judith St. George

Aaron and the Green Mountain Boys-Patricia Gauch

Sam the Minuteman-Nathaniel Benchley

George the Drummer Boy-Nathaniel Benchley

Benjamin Franklin-Ingri & Edgar Parin D’Aulaire

The Remarkable Benjamin Franklin-Cheryl Harness

Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin-Gene Barretta

Amazing Ben Franklin Inventions You Can Build Yourself-Carmella Van Vleet

A Picture Book of Ben Franklin-David Adler

The Boston Tea Party-Steven Kroll

You Wouldn’t Want to be at the Boston Tea Party: Wharf Water You’d Rather Not Drink-Peter Cook

Carry on Mr. Bowditch-Jean Lee Latham

Daniel Boone Coloring Book-Peter Copeland

Daniel Boone’s Great Escape-Michael P. Spraldin

Dear Benjamin Banneker-Brian Pinkney

Benjamin Banneker-Catherine Welch

George Washington-Ingri & Edgar Parin D’Aulaire

George Washington for Kids: His Life and Times with 21 Activities-Brandon Marie Miller

America in the Time of George Washington: 1747 to 1803-Sally Isaacs

George Washington-Candace Ransom (History Maker Bios)-for lower grades

The George Washington You Never Knew-James Lincoln Collier, more content.

George Washington’s Teeth-Deborah Chandra, This is mostly an amusing picture book but the author did extensive research on George Washington and his dental history.

Gulliver’s Travelsadapted by Harvey Gill

Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver retold by Martin Jenkins

Hasty Pudding, Johnny Cakes and Other Good Stuff-Loretta Ichord

Colonial Cooking-Susan Dosier

Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Adventures of the First Hot Air Balloon Ride-Marjorie Priceman

Liberty! How the Revolutionary War Began-Lucille Penner

Let it Begin Here April 9, 1775: The Day the American Revolution Began-Don Brown, this would make a good read aloud.

American Revolution: A Nonfiction Companion to the Revolutionary War on Wednesday-Mary Pope Osborne, This book can be used with or without the novel.

The Matchlock Gun-Walter Edmonds

Calico Captive-Elizabeth George Speare-another novel about the French and Indian War.

Look to the Hills: The Diary of Lozette Moreau, a French Slave Girl-Patricia McKissack (Dear America) fictional diary from 1763.

Meet Felicity-Valerie Tripp

Ann’s Story, 1747-Joan Lowery Nixon-about Colonial Williamsburg

Caesar’s Story, 1759-Joan Lowery Nixon-a young slave’s perspective on Colonial Williamsburg

A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution-Betsy Maestro

Shhh! We’re Writing the Constitution-Jean Fritz

If You Were There When They Signed the Consitution-Elizabeth Levy

Napoleon: The Story of the Little Corporal-Robert Burleigh

The Age of Napoleon-Henry Henderson

Paul Revere’s Ride-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Presidents of the United States-Simon Adams

So You Want to Be President-Judith St. George, Caldecott Winner

Lives of the Presidents: Fame, Shame and What the Neighbors Thought-Kathleen Krull-contains interesting facts about each President, their families and their times.

Sea Clocks: The Story of Longitude-Louise Borden

The Man Who Made Time Travel-Kathryn Lasky

With Pipe, Paddle and Song-Louise Yates

Tapestry of Grace-Year One Low Grammar

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Tapestry of Grace-Year One-Lower Grammar

I created this list to supplement the Tapestry of Grace Curriculum. Items in this list are in alphabetical order. The bold headings are the TOG books. Underneath are my suggestions for substitutions or supplements.

City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction-David Macaulay

Roman City (J VHS)-This is David Macaulay’s City on video

Conquest: Can You Build a Roman City? -Julia Bruce (2 copies) This is a more modern book, includes diagrams of a Roman City.

Rome Antics-David Macaulay (strictly supplementary) In this picture book, a pigeon carries a message through ancient and modern Greece.

Classical Kids: An Activity Guide to Life in Ancient Greece and Rome-Laurie Carlson

Ancient Rome: Exploring the Culture, People and Ideas of This Powerful Empire-Avery Hart-Lots of information on Ancient Rome, including the story of Romulus and Remus, also many activities to extend the lesson.

Cleopatra-Diane Stanley

You wouldn’t want to be Cleopatra: An Egyptian Ruler you’d Rather Not Be-Jim Pipe-A comic look at the life of Cleopatra, includes gory details that children will love.

Cleopatra VII, Daughter of the Nile-Kristiana Gregory (Royal Diaries)-This might be a little mature for primary grades. It’s a fictional diary based on the life of Cleopatra as a girl. Small sections could be helpful to help younger children get a glimpse of the life of royalty in Ancient Egypt.

Royal Diaries DVD includes "Cleopara: Daughter of the Nile."

Egyptian Gods and Goddesses-Henry Barker

Gods and Goddesses in the Life of the Ancient Egyptians-Henrietta McCall

The Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt-Leonard Everett Fisher-(5 copies)

Egyptians-Stephanie Turnbull

Ancient Egypt-George Hart-DK (Eyewitness Books) This title is similar to other books in the Eyewitness Book Series. They use artifacts from the Smithsonian Museums. It’s the next best thing to being there.

Ancient Egyptians and Their Neighbors: An Activity Guide-Marion Broda

Ancient Egypt Revealed-Peter Chrisp-This book has excellent pictures. The content may be a little difficult for primary students.

Ancient Egypt DVD-Ancient Civilizations for Children Series

Great Ancient Egypt Projects You Can Build Yourself-Carmella Van Vleet. Lots of background information is given for each project.

Ralph Masiello’s Ancient Egypt Drawing Book-This title is for fun. It shows step by step instructions for drawing Ancient Egypt figures and landmarks

God Around Us-Mira Brichto

God King-Joanne Williamson Weeks

Gods and Goddesses of Olympus-Aliki

D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths-Ingri and Edgar Parin D’aulaire-This book is considered a classic. It has wonderful illustrations.

Z is for Zeus: A Greek Mythology Alphabet-Helen Wilbur

Going to War in Roman Times-Moira Butterfield

The Roman Army: The Legendary Soldiers Who Created an Empire-Dyan Blacklock

The Roman Soldier’s Handbook: A Survival Guide for the Raw Recruit-Lesley Simms

How to Be a Roman Soldier-Fiona MacDonald

The Great Wall of China, Leonard Everett Fisher

Great Wall of China-Christine Webster-a more modern book about the Great Wall

You Wouldn’t Want to Work on the Great Wall of China: Defenses You’d Rather Not Build-Jacqueline Morley-a hilarious look at the life construction workers, includes handy tips for survival in Ancient China. I recommend all books in this series.

The Hardest Word-Jacqueline Jules

Celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur-Deborah Heiligman-original selection by TOG, This was produced by National Geographic and shows both holidays being celebrated around the world.

Sound the Shofar: A Story for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kipper-Leslie Kimmelman-A Jewish family celebrates both holidays (2 copies)

Hour of the Olympics-Mary Pope Osborne (11 copies, more in paperback)

Ancient Greece and the Olympics: A Nonfiction Guide to the Hour of the Olympics, Mary Pope Osborne, Natalie Pope Boyce-These guides are short and broken down into easily readable sections. It can be used with The Hour of the Olympics but it can also stand alone.

The Indus Valley-Jane Shuter

King Midas and the Golden Touch-Charlotte Craft

King Midas: The Golden Touch-Demi

King Midas-John Stewig

Life in A Greek Trading Port-Jane Shuter

Life in Ancient Athens-Jane Shuter

Mummies Made in Egypt-Aliki

Mummies Made in Egypt DVD This is basically the book on DVD.

Mummies, Pyramids and Pharaohs: A Book about Ancient Egyptians-Gail Gibbons. Gibbons can make almost any topic appealing. She does an excellent job with this one as well.

The Best Book of Mummies-Phillip Steel, This title illustrates steps in preparing the body for mummification, easy to read.

Outside and Inside Mummies-Sandra Markle-This book is more advanced and goes into more detail about the mummification process.

The Nile River-Allan Fowler

The Story of the Nile-Steve Noon (DK) This large format book has wonderful pictures of the Nile and Egyptian culture, highly recommended.

We’re Sailing Down the Nile: A Journey through Egypt-Laurie Krebs This is a simple picture book that features lots of Ancient Egypt sites. (6 copies)

Old Testament Days-Nancy Sanders

Ancient Israelites and Their Neighbors: An Activity Guide-Marilyn Broida

Peril and Peace-Mindy and Brandon Withrow

Rain Player-David Wisniewski

People of Corn: A Maya Story-Mary Joan Gerson-This is another legend from the Ancient Mayan culture.

Ancient Maya DVD (Ancient Civilizations for Children)

The Ancient Maya-Lila Perl (11 copies)

Lady of Palenque, Flower of Bacal-Anna Kirwan-Royal Diaries Series-This book was written for upper elementary students but younger students would probably enjoy selections about the fictional life of this Mayan Queen as a girl.

Song of Creation-Paul Goble

The Story of Little Babaji-Helen Bannerman

Sam and the Tigers-Julius Lester, This is another modern version of Little Black Sambo, created about the same time as The Story of Little Babaji.

The Tale of the Three Trees-Angela Ellwell Hunt

The Tower of Babel-Alison Greengard-This bilingual title is listed in its original language in the library catalog. It’s easier to locate doing an author search

Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War-Emily Little

Trojan Horse: The World’s Greatest Adventure-David Clement Davies-This title is very similar to the title above. Both were written for newly independent readers and have lots of visual appeal. This title is an Eyewitness Reader, Level 4.

Tutankahem’s Gift-Robert Sabuda

You Wouldn’t Want to be Tutankhamen: A Mummy Who Really Got Meddled With-David Stewart-A comical history of Tutankhamen's life, death and mummification.

The Curse of King Tut’s Mummy-Kathleen Zoehfield-This is the story of the search for King Tut’s Tomb

The Curse of King Tut’s Tomb-Michael Burgan-This is a graphic novel

Unwitting Wisdom: An Anthology of Aesop’s Fables-Helen Ward (3 copies)

McEldberry Book of Aesop’s Fables-Michael Morpugo

The Lion & the Mouse and Other Aesop Fables-Doris Orgel

The Lion and the Mouse-Jerry Pinkney-this year’s Caldecott winner, wordless

The Hare and the Tortoise-Helen Ward

Town Mouse, Country Mouse-Jan Brett

The Very First Christians-Paul Maier

Who were the Romans?-Phil Cox

Ancient Rome and Pompeii: A Nonfiction Guide to Vacation Under the Volcano-Mary Pope Osborne (Magic Tree House Research Guide) This is my personal favorite. It’s easy to read and it’s also a great tie-in with the Magic Tree House books but can stand on its own. It includes a bibliography and websites. (8 copies)

Vacation Under the Volcano-Mary Pope Osborne-Magic Tree House Series

Ancient Rome: Exploring the Culture, People and Ideas of this Powerful Empire-Avery Hart, Sandra Gallagher (Kaleidoscope Kids Book) This activity book also includes a lot of information including the story of Romulus and Remus

Pompeii-Richard Platt-A visual history of the city of Pompeii from 750 B.C. to the Ruins of Today

Ancient Rome-Peter Chrisp (E-guides-DK)
This encyclopedia has great pictures and Internet links to websites with more pictures and information. The content will be above primary level.

Roman Diary-Richard Platt, the fictional story of a young girl captured by pirates and sold as a slave in Rome, heavily illustrated

Ancient Rome DVD-(Ancient Civilizations for Children Series)

You are in Ancient China-Ivan Minnis

The Chinese Empire-Phillip Steele-4 (Passport to the Past Series)-a good general introduction to Ancient China

Ancient China DVD-Ancient Civilizations for Children Series

Adventures in Ancient China-Linda Bailey-Ms. Frizzle and the children from the Magic School Bus Series visit Ancient Egypt.

You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Pyramid Builder: A Hazardous Job You’d Rather Not Have-Jacqueline Morley

Pyramid-Caroline Bingham-DK Eye Wonder-The Eye Wonder Series is simpler and easier to read than most of the DK books it also includes excellent visuals.

Pyramids and Mummies-Simon Seymour (See More Readers Series) This series targets younger elementary students. Simon Seymour is known for authoring hundreds of nonfiction books.

Pyramid-Peter Chrisp-This is another DK book. It has strong visuals but the content may be a little advanced for primary grades.

You Wouldn’t Want to be a Roman Gladiator: Gory Things You’d Rather Not Know-John Malam

Gladiators Battling in the Arena-Katherine Frew

Gladiator-Richard Watson

You Wouldn’t Want to be in Alexander the Great’s Army

The World in the Time of Alexander the Great-Fiona MacDonald