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Augustus Caesar's World by Genevieve FosterConsidered the innovator of "horizontal history," Genevieve Foster became frustrated when her two school-aged children complained about the... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $12.99 | ![]() | Classical 500BC-600AD | Elem | General |
The Civil War by Julius CaesarThe Civil War is Caesar's masterly account of the celebrated war between himself and his great rival Pompey, from the crossing of the... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $6.99 | ![]() | Classical 500BC-600AD | Secondary & Adult | General |
The Runaway by Patricia St JohnPhilo, a first-century Phoenician boy, is worried about his family. Evil hangs over their house like a cloud. And it all seems to come... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $7.55 | ![]() | Ancient before 500BC | Elem | General |
George Washington by Sterling NorthSterling North, author of the award-winning children’s classic Rascal, tells the tale of the Father of Our Country and how he became... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.32 | ![]() | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | General |
Carry On Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee LathamReaders today are still fascinated by "Nat," an eighteenth-century nautical wonder and mathematical wizard. Nathaniel Bowditch grew up in a... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $6.95 | ![]() | 1800's | Middle | General |
Essays by Samuel JohnsonWith his wit, eloquence, and shrewd perception of contemporary morals, Samuel Johnson was the most versatile writer of the English... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $11.56 | ![]() | Discovery/ Colonial | Secondary & Adult | General |
The Magna Charta by James DaughertyIt was Ben Franklin who coined the phrase, "Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God," and if any historical drama fulfills that maxim, it... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $11.52 | ![]() | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Elem | General |
The Landing of the Pilgrims by James DaughertyIn England in the early 1600s, everyone was forced to join the Church of England. Young William Bradford and his friends believed they had... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.67 | ![]() | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | General |
Cathedral by David MacaulayThe Gothic cathedral is one of humanity's greatest masterpieces--an architectural feast that couldn't help but attract the attention of... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.23 | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Elem | General |
Columbus by Ingri D'AulaireAs is their custom, the d'Aulaires have thoroughly researched their subject in order to provide the most historically accurate account of... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $9.99 | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Elem | General |
Castle by David MacaulayImagine yourself in 13th-century England. King Edward I has just named the fictitious Kevin le Strange to be the Lord of Aberwyvern--"a... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.10 | ![]() | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Elem | General |
Greek Myths by Ingri D'AulaireNo education is complete without a large slice of Greek mythology. And there's no better way of meeting that literary quota than with the... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $12.70 | ![]() | Ancient before 500BC | Elem | General |
| George Washington's World by Genevieve Foster 1942 Newbery Honor Title The period measured by the life of George Washington 1732 to 1799 was one of revolution and change in many... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $12.49 | ![]() | Discovery/ Colonial | Elem | General |
| World War I by S. L. A. Marshall General Marshall drew on his firsthand experience as a soldier and lifetime of military service to pen this forthright history of what people once believed would be the last great war. At: Local Library Amazon $5.14 | ![]() | Modern 1900-present | Secondary & Adult | General |
| Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford The most important and influential source of information about Plymouth, this landmark account was written by the colony's governor.... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $9.95 | ![]() | Discovery/ Colonial | Middle | General |
| The World of Columbus and Sons by Genevieve Foster This is the story of a wonderful, changing, reawakening world the world of the Renaissance and Reformation. Measured by the lifetime of... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $15.63 | ![]() | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Middle | General |
| Pyramid by David Macaulay When children catch their first glimpse of a pyramid, a sea of questions inevitably tumbles forth. "Why are they shaped like that?" "How... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.94 | ![]() | Ancient before 500BC | Elem | General |
| Hitler by Albert Marrin School Library Journal: Best Book of the Year Published by Beautiful Feet Books Adolf Hitler der Fuehrer rose from a childhood of... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $13.95 | ![]() | Modern 1900-present | Middle | General |
| Book of Martyrs by John Foxe This Christian classic tells the stories of brave men and women who were martyred for their faith in the fourteenth through sixteenth... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 Read Online | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Secondary & Adult | General |
| A Child's History of the World by V. M. Hillyer V. M. Hillyer is SO readable. My children continue to love reading his books. We have his geography, his art, and history of the world and... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $58.98 | ![]() | Ancient to Modern | Elem | General |
| Travels by Marco Polo It was perhaps the first book to achieve best-seller status before the invention of the printing press-it was certainly the most... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $6.98 | ![]() | Middle Ages 600-1300 | Secondary & Adult | Biography, General |
| Church History in Plain Language by Bruce Shelley It's about time that someone wrote church history that tells about people, not just about "eras" and "ages." Church History in Plain... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $7.70 | ![]() | Ancient to Modern | Secondary & Adult | Phil./Religion, General |
| Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln The words of President Abraham Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address are as relevant and meaningful today as they were in 1863. In this... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.01 | ![]() | 1800's | Middle | General |
| A History of the American People by Paul Johnson "The creation of the United States of America is the greatest of all human adventures," begins Paul Johnson. "No other national story holds such tremendous lessons, for the American people themselves and for the rest of mankind." At: Local Library Amazon $8.46 | ![]() | Colonial to Modern | Secondary & Adult | General |
| Ourselves by Charlotte Mason Charlotte Mason's character curriculum written to children to teach morals and self-control. At: Local Library Amazon $4.38 | ![]() | Modern 1900-present | Middle | General |
| A History of US by Joy Hakim The ten volumes from pre-colonial times to present day. Chapters organized chronologically. Illustrations from the period, dates, key historical figures and geographical development of the country are included. At: Local Library Amazon $10.85 | ![]() | MiddleAges to Modern | Middle | General |
| The Story of the World by Susan Wise Bauer What terrible secret was buried in Shi Huangdi's tomb? Did nomads like lizard stew? What happened to Anansi the Spider in the Village of... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $11.53 | ![]() | Ancient to Modern | Middle | General |
| Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt by Elizabeth Payne For more than 3,000 years, Egypt was a great civilization that thrived along the banks of the Nile River. But when its cities crumbled to... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.99 | ![]() | Ancient before 500BC | Middle | General |












