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The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles

10 best books like The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles (Padraic Colum): The Door in the Wall, Mara, Daughter of the Nile, Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, Across Five Aprils, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, The Eagle of the Ninth, Black Ships Before Troy, The Dark Frigate, The Story of Mankind, The Windy Hill

The Door in the Wall
AuthorMarguerite de Angeli
ISBN0440227798
The bells clang above plague-ridden London as Robin lies helpless, cold, and hungry. The great house is empty, his father is fighting the Scots in the north, his mother is traveling with the Queen, and the servants have fled. He calls for help but only the stones hear his cries. Suddenly someone else is...
Mara, Daughter of the Nile
AuthorEloise Jarvis McGraw
ISBN0140319298
Mara is a proud and beautiful slave girl who yearns for freedom. In order to gain it, she finds herself playing the dangerous role of double spy for two arch enemies - each of whom supports a contender for the throne of Egypt.

Against her will, Mara finds herself falling in love with one of her masters,...
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
AuthorRachel Field
ISBN0689822847
Hitty is a doll of great charm and character. It is indeed a privilege to publish her memoirs, which, besides being full of the most thrilling adventures on land and sea, also reveal her delightful personality. One glance at her portrait will show that she is no ordinary doll. Hitty, or Mehitable as she...
Across Five Aprils
AuthorIrene Hunt
ISBN0425182789
Do they make kid's books like this sort anymore? Real and real painful. Across Five Aprils was required reading in 6th grade and it was as if the teacher's were saying "Life's a bitch, get used to it."

I remember this as eloquently rendered and high-minded, gut-wrenching drama when I read it way...
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
AuthorHugh Lofting
ISBN0060776005
The delightfully eccentric Doctor Dolittle, rendered immortal on screen by the gifted Rex Harrison, has remained a firm favorite with generations of children ever since he made his debut in an earlier novel, The Story of Doctor Dolittle.In his second outing titledThe Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, the...
The Eagle of the Ninth
AuthorRosemary Sutcliff
ISBN0192750453
Classic historical fiction

At the age of eight, I read Eagle of the Ninth, my first encounter with historical fiction. I became hooked. Since then, I have been read Nigel Tranter, John Prebble, Conn Igguden, Simon Scarrow, Ruth Downie, and many others.

Forty-four years later, re-reading...
Black Ships Before Troy
AuthorRosemary Sutcliff
ISBN0711215227
Homer's epic poem, The Iliad, is one of the greatest adventure stories of all time. Rich with arresting imagery and memorable characters, its powerful metaphors still permeate modern culture. This brilliant retelling offers young readers an exciting introduction to the heroes of ancient Greece...
The Dark Frigate
AuthorCharles Boardman Hawes
ISBN0316350095
In seventeenth century England, a terrible accident forces orphaned Philip Marsham to flee London in fear for his life. Bred to the sea, he signs on with the "Rose of Devon," a dark frigate bound for the quiet shores of Newfoundland.

Philip's bold spirit and knowledge of the sea soon win him his...
The Story of Mankind
AuthorHendrik Willem van Loon
ISBN1406838160
My journey through the Newbery winners begins here with the Story of Mankind. I’ve never been a great book review writer. It’s hard for me to talk about a book without giving too much away, so for these Newbery winners, I think I will stick to a format. I will answer the following questions. What did...
The Windy Hill
AuthorCornelia Meigs
ISBN9997488687
One of five Newbery Honor Books for 1922, the year the award was first established, The Windy Hill is the story of fifteen-year-old Oliver Peyton, who, together with his younger sister Janet, comes to stay with his Cousin Jasper at his home in Medford Valley. Resentful at Cousin Jasper's unprecedented...
The Road from Home: A True Story of Courage, Survival, and Hope
AuthorDavid Kherdian
I found this a fascinating read. It was the perfect follow-up to the novel “Sandcastle Girls” by Bohjalian. I was lucky to be studying some of my shelves and rediscovered this gem at precisely the right moment! The author writes about his mother’s life in Turkey in the early 1900s and centers on...
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery
AuthorRussell Freedman
ISBN0395845203
I loved this book.

Since Eleanor's life was quite complex and complicated, I would think it a challenge to present her life to young readers, yet Freedman narrates with both a look at the failures and successes of arguably the first "working" first lady. Personally I am drawn to this book since...
Thimble Summer
AuthorElizabeth Enright
ISBN0440486815
Ten year old Garnet lives on a farm in the the 1930s. We loved the start of this book, instantly both wanting to live there in Garnet's house and go swimming in water that was too warm! That never happens in England! We enjoyed the characters and the tale of the coral bracelet and the library incident, the...
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