Pompeii . . . Buried Alive!
10 best books like Pompeii . . . Buried Alive! (Edith Kunhardt): Little Bear, Vacation Under the Volcano, Greg's Microscope, The Titanic: Lost and Found, The Sword in the Tree, Tut's Mummy: Lost...And Found, Hill of Fire, Usborne Time Traveler, The Usborne Book of World History, Red Sails to Capri
| Author | Else Holmelund Minarik |
| ISBN | 0590319671 |
Enter the world of Little Bear. Children will be entranced by Little Bear's trip to the moon, his birthday party, and his wishes and adventures.This is the first of the five classic books about Little Bear, introducing the funny and strikingly childlike bear cub and his friends. The combination of Else...
Vacation Under the Volcano
| Author | Mary Pope Osborne |
| ISBN | 0679890505 |
Jack and Annie are ready for their next fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series—the Magic Tree House!
Who wants to vacation next to a volcano?
Jack and Annie are about to find out when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to the days of the Roman Empire. They arrive...
| Author | Millicent E. Selsam |
This classic reader has been around since the sixties and pairs two frequent contributors to this series, Selsam who specialized in science books and the unequalled author/illustrator Arnold Lobel. Originally this book and a slew of others were in a sub-series called "An I Can Read Science Book";...
| Author | Judy Donnelly |
| ISBN | 0394886690 |
Titanic. Just the name evokes tales of the doomed ship that have captivated people of all ages for more than 100 years.
Early readers will enjoy this exciting account of the world's most famous disaster-at-sea and the discovery of it's remains many years later.
Step 4 books are perfect...
| Author | Clyde Robert Bulla |
| ISBN | 0064421325 |
In the days of King Arthur there stood a mighty oak tree within the walls of a castle. Peace reigned in the castle until the fearsome night when Lionel, longlost brother of Lord Weldon, returned to cause trouble and unhappiness.
It was then that Shan, the son of Lord Weldon, took on the duties of...
| Author | Judy Donnelly |
| ISBN | 0394891899 |
• This book is a great choice for beginners, and tells the story of the death of Tutankhamen. This is a great step into getting children excited to read books that are nonfiction,
• Teachers may use this for History, English
• Grades K-3
• Individual students may read this during...
| Author | Thomas P. Lewis |
| ISBN | 0064440400 |
I feel like I have no choice but to rate a book that literally haunted my dreams for my childhood five stars. What is more terrifying than a volcano sprouting up out of nowhere? To me as a child, literally nothing.
I saw this on Reading Rainbow as a kid and had recurring nightmares for years and years....
| Author | Judy Hindley |
| ISBN | 0746033656 |
A great value! This book includes Usborne's:
Knights & Castles
Viking Raiders
Rome & Romans
Pharaohs & Pyramids
The schtick is that you have a special helmut that allows you to time travel to different periods. This is why they are in reverse chronological order....
| Author | Anne Millard |
| ISBN | 0860209598 |
Great introductory text to build on for elementary age; good review for high school students or adults who want to reconnect with some dates or expand their horizons into cultures they haven't studied. Lots of cultures I was never introduced to in school, anyhow (although most of them were somewhat...
| Author | Ann Weil |
| ISBN | 0140328580 |
The minute he saw the boat with the red sails moving into the harbor, Michele knew that something exciting was going to happen. It was the biggest and most beautiful ship fourteen-year-old Michele had ever seen. Sailing on the ship were three men who would come to stay at Michele's parents' inn. The men...
The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War
| Author | Emily Little |
| ISBN | 0394896742 |
My parents bought me this book when I was very young and I've happily bought copies first for my nephew and now for my daughter. It's a simple, spare account of the Trojan War focusing on the causes of the war and the end of the war itself.
The Trojan Horse introduces a handful of the Iliad's cast--Odysseus,...
| Author | Clyde Robert Bulla |
| ISBN | 0064440311 |
Daniel's pioneer family is a simple one with simple purposes, living in the mountains of Tennessee. Their dress is plain and their house nothing extraordinary, but built with a crackling fireplace and sturdy walls to protect them from the harshness of the elements. On the many long, cold nights of winter,...
| Author | Arnold Lobel |
| ISBN | 0064440591 |
Arnold Lobel’s wonderful collection of Frog and Toad stories adds a new layer with five pieces geared towards all the seasons. From a winter of snow and ice to a scorching sunbeams of the summer and even some ideas about what happens on Christmas Eve when someone is late, the stories take readers on adventures...
