BooksList.Best
Search

A Child's History of the World

10 best books like A Child's History of the World (V.M. Hillyer): The King of the Golden River, The Burgess Bird Book for Children, The Handbook of Nature Study, George Washington, Tree in the Trail, The Little Duke, Parables from Nature, Fifty Famous Stories Retold, Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare for Children, Viking Tales

The King of the Golden River
AuthorJohn Ruskin
ISBN1599151251
There are many starting points within the fantasy genre. J. R. R. Tolkien is often, with good reason, regarded as the father of fantasy, despite the fact that there was a vast expanse of stories before his time. Going further back, one can find the early 20th century classics that inspired the master,...
The Burgess Bird Book for Children
AuthorThornton W. Burgess
ISBN0486428400
Parents, teachers, and young readers all over the world have enthusiastically welcomed the Dover reprints of Thornton Burgess's classic nature books, including the perennial bestseller, The Adventures of Peter Cottontail. In the present volume, the author's goal of introducing children to the...
The Handbook of Nature Study
AuthorAnna Botsford Comstock
ISBN0801493846
'A matchless handbook for decades, this classic has been the natural history bible of countless teachers and others who seek information about their natural environment. Written originally for those elementary school teachers who knew little of common plants and animals, and even less about earth...
George Washington
AuthorIngri d'Aulaire
ISBN0964380315
The D Aulaires researched this classic biography of the Father Of Our Country by traveling in the very footsteps of Washington across Virginia territory, absorbing the essence of this great man. Beautifully illustrated in full color. Recommended in Laura Berquist Syllabus Grades 2, 3 and 4 Author:...
Tree in the Trail
AuthorHolling Clancy Holling
This was one of our geography books for my second grader this past year (see Ambleside Online 2nd grade curriculum). We loved reading one chapter a week but near the end we didn't want to stop and finished reading it all at once.

The illustrations are beautifully detailed with colors true to the...
The Little Duke
AuthorCharlotte Mary Yonge
ISBN1406955302
On a bright autumn day, as long ago as the year 943, there was a great bustle in the Castle of Bayeux in Normandy. The hall was large and low, the roof arched, and supported on thick short columns, almost like the crypt of a Cathedral; the walls were thick, and the windows, which had no glass, were very small,...
Parables from Nature
AuthorMrs. Alfred Gatty
ISBN1599150050
I cannot say enough about Parables from Nature by Margaret Scott Gatty. What a treasure! Mrs. Gatty wrote with a wonderful prose style, and included many encouraging morals which are a joy to share with children. The stories , which seek to uncover God’s craftsmanship in the natural world, are challenging,...
Fifty Famous Stories Retold
AuthorJames Baldwin
ISBN1599150069
No book is better for introducing children ages 6 to 9 to legendary historical figures than this collection of stories admirably retold by James Baldwin at the beginning of the last century. Selecting the best of our literary heritage, Baldwin cast it into a form that delights children of all ages. Beginning...
Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare for Children
AuthorE. Nesbit
ISBN0760734046
This book reminded me of how weird and delightful Shakespeare can be, but I was also amused to see how many tropes he uses. Namely:

- women disguised as men
- men disguised as women (and occasional donkeys)
- people falling in love with the disguised
- women loving complete and utter...
Viking Tales
AuthorJennie Hall
ISBN1599150042
Nights were long in Iceland winters of long ago. A whole family sat for hours around the fire in the middle of the room. That fire gave the only light. Shadows flitted in the dark corners. Smoke curled along the high beams of the ceiling. The children sat on the dirt floor close by the fire. The grown people...
Trial and Triumph: Stories from Church History
AuthorRichard M. Hannula
ISBN1885767544
"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 for your souls" (Jer. 6:16).

Christianity is a faith in love with history. God took on human flesh and dwelt among us. The Spirit carried that divine work over the...
Marguerite Makes a Book
AuthorBruce Robertson
Now in many ways Bruce Robertson's Marguerite Makes a Book does a truly wonderful job with both meticulous detail and engagement showing and demonstrating how a hand-painted (illuminated) Mediaeval book is (or more to the point how such a tome generally was) created, was made (and indeed also why these...
Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin
AuthorMarguerite Henry
ISBN0970561806
Apparently, Quakers don't believe in art...I never knew this. Its considered evil I guess. So ironically, "Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin" is about a Quaker boy who loves art.

Ben does his utmost to study art, even behind his family's back. He cuts pieces of Grimalkin's fur to make paint...
Joan of Arc
AuthorDiane Stanley
ISBN0064437485
Against the fascinating tapestry of France's history during the Hundred Years War, Diane Stanley unfolds the story of the simple thirteen-year-old village girl who would lead France to independence from English rule, and thus become a symbol of France's national pride. It is a story of vision and...
Our Island Story
AuthorH.E. Marshall
ISBN1599150093
A child's history of England from earliest legendary times delightfully retold. Beginning with the stories of Albion and Brutus, it relates all the interesting legends and hero tales in which the history of England abounds through the end of the reign of Queen Victoria. Suitable for children ages...
About
Feedback
© BooksList.Best 2024