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Ink on His Fingers by Louise A. VernonThe known facts about Gutenberg need no dramatic license. The inventor of modern printing was a fascinating,wide-ranging genius in... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $8.99 | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Middle | Historical Fiction |
A History of US by Joy HakimThe 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 BauerWhat 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 |
Tales from Shakespeare by Charles Lamb and Mary LambIn the twenty tales told in this book, Charles & Mary Lamb succeeded in paraphrasing the language of truly adult literature in... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $5.79 Read Online | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Middle | Literature |
The Man Who Laid the Egg by Louise A. VernonAt: Local Library Amazon $6.83 | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Middle | Historical Fiction |
A Knight of the White Cross by G. A. HentyYoung Gervaise Tresham leaves England and the turmoil of the Wars of the Roses to become a Knight of St. John. Starting as a page of the... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $16.95 | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Middle | Historical Fiction |
St. Bartholomew's Eve by G. A. HentyUnedited, unabridged, original format editions with original colored cover art, these Henty books reproduce the original in careful detail.... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $29.95 | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Middle | Historical Fiction |
By Pike and Dyke by G. A. HentyIn this story Mr. Henty traces the adventures and brave deeds of an English boy in the household of the ablest man of his age --- William... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $8.99 | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Middle | Historical Fiction |
The Black Arrow by Robert Louis StevensonFrom the beloved author of Treasure Island Originally serialized in a periodical of boys’ adventure fiction, The Black Arrow is a... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $6.49 | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Middle | Historical Fiction |
Huguenot Garden by Douglas JonesHuguenot Garden is a children's story of the daily and adventurous episodes in the lives of Rene and Albret Martineau, young twin sisters... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $11.76 | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Middle | Historical Fiction |
The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van LoonAnyone who can chronicle world history from 500,000 B.C. to present times--and do so in a lively, entertaining style--deserves a medal.... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $15.99 | ![]() | Ancient to Modern | Middle | General |
Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasThe Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $8.95 Read Online | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Middle | Literature |
| Under Drake's Flag by G. A. Henty From the "Prince of Storytellers," an exciting account of life on the high seas as seen through the eyes of young Ned Hearne. The brave... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $6.95 | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Middle | Historical Fiction |
| Morning Star of the Reformation by Andy Thomson When young John of Wycliffe arrives at Oxford University, he finds it a fascinating and perilous place. With his friend, Sebastian... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $6.07 | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Middle | Biography |
| River of Grace by Joyce McPherson This is the only biography of Calvin available for young people. Joyce focuses on Calvin's childhood and youth, tracing his days at the... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $11.01 | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Middle | Biography |
| The Second Mrs. Giaconda by E. L. Konigsburg I picked up this book mainly because I saw that it was written by E. L. Konigsburg, a given that it would be a good read. Let's just say... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $6.81 | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Middle | Historical Fiction |
| For Kirk and Covenant by Douglas Wilson I have read 3 or 4 biographies of Knox in the past ten years. Stanford Reid's *Trumpter of God* is considered the standard. But Wilson's... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $15.50 | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Middle | Biography |
| The Awakening of Europe by M. B. Synge Book III in The Story of the World series by M. B. Synge, "The Awakening of Europe" covers the reformation in Germany, the Netherlands,... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $10.75 | ![]() | RenRef to Colonial | Middle | General |
| The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain A pauper caught up in the pomp of the royal court. A prince wandering horror-stricken through the lower depths of English society. Out of... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $3.95 Read Online | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Middle | Literature |
| Martin Luther by Harry Fosdick, Steele Savage At: Local Library Amazon $8.95 | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Middle | Biography |
| Lives by Vasari Vasari's colorful and detailed portraits of the most representative figures of Italian art trace the flowering of the Renaissance across... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $8.95 Read Online | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Middle | General |
| The White Stag by Kate Seredy You know what's wrong with most Newbery Award winning books? They're just so darn pro-peace. Didn't used to be that way. Why take the... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.99 | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Middle | Historical Fiction |
| The Arts by Hendrik Willem Van Loon At: Local Library Amazon $5.98 | ![]() | Ancient to Modern | Middle | General |
| Here I Stand by Roland Bainton This biography is the most accurate and unprejudiced ever written on Luther (and I have read dozens of them). Bainton provides very lucid... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.41 | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Middle | Biography |
| The Beggar's Bible by Louise Vernon We own several of Louise A. Vernon's books and use them for teaching history in our homeschool. They make very good read-alouds. This one... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Middle | Historical Fiction |
| At Agincourt by G. A. Henty The long and bloody feud between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy—which for many years devastated France, caused a prodigious... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $13.99 | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Middle | Historical Fiction |
| Glory and Honor by Gregory Wilbur Johann Sebastian Bach was a musical genius, an intellectual giant, and a gracious man. His achievement in the area of music is one of the... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $11.21 | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Middle | Biography |
| Hunted and Harried by R. M. Ballantyne Young Will Wallace (not to be confused with the Scottish hero William Wallace) is first seen as the book opens as a dragoon under the... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $17.16 | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Middle | Historical Fiction |
| An Island Story by H. E. Marshall Some of today’s greatest historians, including Antonia Fraser, found lifelong inspiration in H. E. Marshall’s classic. First... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $11.66 | ![]() | MiddleAges to 1800's | Middle | Historical Fiction |
| Da Vinci by Emily Hahn At: Local Library Amazon $28.94 | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Middle | Biography |
| The Discovery of New Worlds by M. B. Synge Book II in The Story of the World series, by M. B. Synge, "The Discovery of New Worlds" relates the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, the... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $10.75 | ![]() | Classic to Colonial | Middle | General |
| Leonardo da Vinci by Emily Hahn At: Local Library Amazon $28.94 | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Middle | Biography |
| History of Art for Young People by Anthony Janson For 40 years this widely praised work has remained unsurpassed as an introduction to art in the Western world. And now-with a more... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $20.99 | ![]() | Ancient to Modern | Middle | General |
| Dutch Color by Douglas Jones Amid the golden era of Dutch art, Clara has a passion for painting and life. But the two don't always mix. Her father is long overdue from... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $4.00 | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Middle | Historical Fiction |
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| Trial and Triumph by Richard Hannula "Thus says the LORD: Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; then you will find rest... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $14.28 | ![]() | Ancient to Modern | Middle | Biography |
| Lion of St. Mark: Venice by GA Henty Unedited, unabridged, original format editions with original colored cover art, these Henty books reproduce the original in careful detail.... Source: Amazon At: Local Library Amazon $13.99 | ![]() | Renaissance/ Reformation | Middle | Historical Fiction |














