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 VleetAncient 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
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