Master Cornhill
10 best books like Master Cornhill (Eloise Jarvis McGraw): Hittite Warrior, A Murder for Her Majesty, The Apprentice, Otto of the Silver Hand, The Beduins' Gazelle, The Trojan War, The Master Puppeteer, Favorite Poems Old and New, Leonardo da Vinci, Theras and His Town
| Author | Joanne Williamson |
| ISBN | 1883937388 |
When Uriah Tarhund's Hititte home is destroyed by invading Greeks, his dying father tells him to go seek a Canaanite named Sisera. "He will help you. For my sake...." When Uriah reaches Judea and saves a young boy from being sacrificed to Molech, he is given succor for a time by the Hebrews. Later, he finds...
| Author | Beth Hilgartner |
| ISBN | 0395616190 |
I usually criticize books, and pick on every single bad thing about them. The characters are weak... The plot was limp, and "horrid"... Or, most terribly, the storytelling was atrocious.
That wasn't the case with this book. And it pleasantly surprised me with no feminist sort of messages. "Girls...
| Author | Pilar Molina Llorente |
| ISBN | 0374404321 |
Given a challenge to read a book set in the Renaissance, I hit our school library card catalog hoping to find a few options for a quick read. I found one. One book set in the Renaissance. This book. So I read it. I'm sure it is one of those books that rarely gets checked out because the cover looks dated, and the...
| Author | Howard Pyle |
| ISBN | 0486217841 |
A rich and engrossing thread of Romance runs through this tale of the motherless son of a valiant robber baron of Medieval Germany. Young Otto, born into a warring household in an age when lawless chiefs were constantly fighting each other or despoiling the caravans of the merchant burghers, is raised...
| Author | Frances Temple |
| ISBN | 0064406695 |
When she and he were only babies, they were pledged in marriage. Now Atiyah has been sent away -- a political pawn in a war between the Beduin tribes in the year 1302. He vows to return to her as soon as he can.But while Atiyah is studying at the great university in Fez, Halima is lost in a sandstorm. Rescued...
| Author | Olivia E. Coolidge |
| ISBN | 0618154280 |
This book is great in some ways but it falls apart in other ways. First, the characters are absolutely amazing in their description for instance, it gives the back story of Achilles and how he was dipped into the River Styx. While it does give a detailed explanations, the book is not 100 percent accurate....
| Author | Katherine Paterson |
| ISBN | 0064402819 |
Who is the man called Sabura, the mysterious bandit who robs the rich and helps the poor? And what is his connection with Yosida, the harsh and ill- tempered master of feudal Japan's most famous puppet theater? Young Jiro, an apprentice to Yosida, is determined to find out, even at risk to his own life.
Meamwhile,...
| Author | Helen Josephine Ferris |
| ISBN | 0385062494 |
Long long ago this book was gifted to my family by a friend of my father who was in the publishing business. I have many fond memories reading poems from this 500+ page volume. Some are funny, some are famous, some are esoteric and some are easy to grok. It's a collection that a logical numbers person like...
| Author | Emily Hahn |
| ISBN | 0491002467 |
Leonardo da Vinci, Emily Hahn
تاریخ نخستین خوانش: دهم ژانویه سال 1989 میلادی
عنوان: گردونه تاریخ جلد 10 : لئوناردو داوینچی نابغه ای که زود به دنیا آمد؛ نویسنده: امیلی هان؛...
| Author | Caroline Dale Snedeker |
| ISBN | 0966706722 |
Young Theras, born an Athenian, is taken to Sparta by a relative when his father is lost at war. He is forced to live like a Spartan, a brutal life with no pity for those who are not physically perfect and totally obedient to Spartan control. After enduring rigorous training and repeated cruel incidents,...
| Author | Genevieve Foster |
| ISBN | 0964380382 |
I took 4 months to read through this book with my 5th and 6th-grade homeschoolers. This era in history is fascinating (age of exploration, the renaissaince, the reformation), and I personally find all of the illustrations really helpful in remembering the myriad of historical figures and their connections...
I first read The Great and Terrible Quest by Margaret Lovett at the age of around 11 or 12, and a friend inspired me to re-read it this month. I remember liking it at that age and being very impressed by the characters, plot, and ending, but I regret that I didn't fully appreciate it back then. I very vaguely...
| Author | Erik Christian Haugaard |
| ISBN | 0618615121 |
When the powerful Lord Takeda’s soldiers sweep across the countryside, killing and plundering, they spare the boy Taro’s life and take him along with them. Taro becomes a servant in the household of the noble Lord Akiyama, where he meets Togan, a cook, who teaches Taro and makes his new life bearable....
| Author | Mary Stetson Clarke |
Joanna Sprague's last link with her happy, gracious life in England was broken on a bleak and stormy day in 1650 when her father was buried at sea. He died on the voyage that was to take them, refugees from Cromwell's persecution...to a new life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Now at the age of 16, penniless...
| Author | Donna Lynn Hess |
| ISBN | 0890845956 |
3.5 stars. Somebody told me I should read this, so I did...and I actually really enjoyed it!
It's not anything spectacular, but I love books about the French Revolution and this one was especially interesting because it's told by the perspective of someone who was actually a follower and revolutionary...
| Author | Madeleine A. Polland |
| ISBN | 1887840559 |
Macha drove me insane. There I've said it. Yet I'm still able to call this book 4 stars.
Like most of what we do for Sonlight I start a lot of these books with a great deal of skepticism. I think, "This seems wordy and dull and way too detailed with the history to be any good."
Then I get through...
| Author | Ron Snell |
| ISBN | 0929292839 |
Book One of the Rani Adventures begins with Ron Snell's birth as the eldest child of missionary parents living in the rainforests of Peru. Colorfully depicting what it was like growing up in such surroundings, Snell has captured a wide-ranging audience ranging from homeschool children to senior citizens....
| Author | E.L. Konigsburg |
| ISBN | 1416903429 |
THE GREATEST ARTIST OF HIS TIME
AN APPRENTICE WITH A LARCENOUS HEART AND AN AVERSION TO THE TRUTH
A YOUNG DUTCHESS WHOSE PLAIN FACE BELIES HER BEAUTIFUL SOUL
Could the complex ways these three lives intertwine hold the key to a historical riddle as enigmatic as the Mona Lisa's smile...
| Author | Henry Winterfeld |
| ISBN | 0152162682 |
In these two delightful history-mysteries, seven boys in Ancient Rome solve strange crimes . . . thanks to some help from their cranky teacher, a little bit of logic, and a lot of amusing misadventure.
It seems the boys can get nothing right: Their teacher's fiftieth birthday is long past (they...
| Author | Huynh Quang Nhuong |
| ISBN | 0064401839 |
An ALA Notable Children’s Book and a Booklist Editors’ Choice, about one young man’s memories of the land he called home.
The land I love was lost to me forever.
Huynh Quang Nhuong grew up in the highlands of Vietnam, next to the jungle teeming with wildlife. Encounters with tigers,...
| Author | Frances Carpenter |
| ISBN | 0804810435 |
This multicultural children's book presents classic Korean fairy tales and other folk stories—providing a delightful look into a rich literary culture.
The Korean people possess a folklore tradition as colorful and captivating as any in the world, but the stories themselves still are...
| Author | Mary Ray |
| ISBN | 1883937434 |
Hylas is young Greek slave in the household of Caius Pomponius, a Roman Senator involved in political schemes. When the senator is found mysteriously murdered, the household slaves (including Hylas and his mother) fall under suspicion. Hylas escapes capture long enough to enlist the aid of a young...
| Author | Jeanne Bendick |
| ISBN | 1883937124 |
Jeanne Bendick, through text and pictures, admirably succeeds in bringing to life the ancient Greek mathematician who enriched mathematics and all branches of science. Against the backdrop of Archimedes's life and culture, the author discusses the man's work, his discoveries and the knowledge...
