The Story of the Greeks
10 best books like The Story of the Greeks (Hélène A. Guerber): The Yanks Are Coming: The United States In The First World War, The Landing of the Pilgrims, Pyramid, Tanglewood Tales: A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys, The Heroes, or, Greek Fairy Tales for My Children, A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution, This Country of Ours, The Book of Nature Myths, Theras and His Town, Greek Myths
| Author | Albert Marrin |
| ISBN | 0689312091 |
I love Albert Marrin. He has a great style that presents all the facts in a conversational, easy tone, without talking down. I've learned a lot of history through him already.
'The Yanks Are Coming' isn't any different. It's an engaging look at both the personal life of the Doughboy and the decisions...
| Author | James Daugherty |
| ISBN | 0394846974 |
In England in the early 1600s, everyone was forced to join the Church of England. Young William Bradford and his friends believed they had every right to belong to whichever church they wanted. In the name of religious freedom, they fled to Holland, then sailed to America to start a new life. But the winter...
| Author | David Macaulay |
| ISBN | 0395321212 |
Pyramid is another of David Macaulay’s popular children’s books published in the 1970s, all of which I think are still in print.
The books feature black and white drawings, occupying most of a page (sometimes spread over two pages) of the large format (12 ½" x p 3/8") hardbound...
| Author | Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| ISBN | 1402166516 |
1853. Hawthorne wrote these stories for children based on Greek myth and legend. They are incomparable retellings of themes which the Greek dramatists used in creating their immortal plays and literature. Contents: The Gorgon's Head; The Golden Touch; The Paradise of Children; The Three Golden...
"I am Pallas Athena; and I know the thoughts of all men's hearts, and discern their manhood or their baseness. And from the souls of clay I turn away, and they are blessed, but not by me. They fatten at ease, like sheep in the pasture, and eat what they did not sow, like oxen in the stall. They grow and spread,...
| Author | Betsy Maestro |
| ISBN | 0688101925 |
With accurate historical information, this easy-to-understand book tells why and how the Constitution of the United States was created. A More Perfect Union includes a map and back matter with a table of dates and a summary of the Articles of the Constitution.
"A simple, attractive, informative...
| Author | H.E. Marshall |
| ISBN | 1599150107 |
Stories from the history of the United States beginning with a full account of exploration and settlement and ending with the presidency of Woodrow Wilson. The 99 chapters are grouped under 7 headings: Stories of Explorers and Pioneers, Stories of Virginia, Stories of New England, Stories of the Middle...
| 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 | Geraldine McCaughrean |
| ISBN | 0689505833 |
This is a beautiful collection of the classic Greek Myths, which have been simplified very well; making them perfect for use within the primary classroom.
I have recently used this book as impetus for the Year 5 topic on Ancient Greece and we particularly focused on the myths 'In The Beginning...
D'Aulaires' Greek Myths Student Guide
| Author | Cheryl Lowe |
| ISBN | 1930953836 |
While Rome illuminates the formation of governments and societies, Greece illuminates the human condition. Introduce your students to the kinds of characters they will surely meet in life through the entertaining and exaggerated stories of the Greek gods. Take advantage of the 85-page study guide...
| Author | Andrew Lang |
| ISBN | 1853261726 |
Andrew Lang draws on his classical learning to recount the Homeric legend of the wars between the Greeks and the Trojans. Paris, Helen of Troy, Achilles, Hector, Ulysses, the Amazons and the Wooden Horse all figure in this magical introduction to one of the greatest legends ever told.
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| Author | Rosemary Sutcliff |
| ISBN | 0711218463 |
A master storyteller and an award-winning illustrator evoke the golden age of mythical Greece in this spirited retelling of "The Odyssey."
The long siege is ended. Troy lies in ashes. The black ships of the Greek war-host set sail for home but for King Odysseus of Ithaca, the return voyage holds...
| Author | Mary Pope Osborne |
| ISBN | 0590413384 |
The book itself is very pretty, with gorgeous art and aesthetically pleasing typeface. The myths are short and sweet, and there are some lovely quotes nestled within the pages. Overall, a nice book. I'm not mad about the Roman names because at the beginning of the book, it clearly says, "nearly all of...
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 | Diane Stanley |
| ISBN | 0688154808 |
Cleopatra is a partial biography picture book written and illustrated by Diane Stanley and Peter Vennema. The book begins with Cleopatra at age 18, when she was crowned Queen of Egypt in 51 BC. The book covers her struggle for power against the advisors of her young brother, the King. Cleopatra allied...
| Author | Genevieve Foster |
| ISBN | 0964380323 |
Considered the innovator of "horizontal history," Genevieve Foster became frustrated when her two school-aged children complained about the boring presentation of history in their school texts. This frustration led to Foster's first book, George Washington's World (1941). In her unique approach,...
| Author | Richard Platt |
| ISBN | 0763634808 |
Relive the drama of the Roman Empire through the eyes of a young Greek slave in this latest installment in an acclaimed historical series.
Iliona never imagined that her sea voyage from Greece to Egypt would lead her to Rome. But when her ship is boarded by pirates, that’s where she ends up —...
James Baldwin was an American educator and administrator. After his career as an educator he began writing on such topics as legends, mythology, biography, and literature. Fifty Famous People is comprised of short stories about people, some more famous than others. The stories cannot be strictly...
| Author | Jean-Henri Fabre |
| ISBN | 0486401529 |
Hailed by Darwin as "The Homer of Insects," famed French entomologist Jean Henri Fabre (1823–1915) devoted hours of rapt attention to insects while they hunted, built nests, and fed their families. Working in Provence, in barren, sun-scorched fields inhabited by countless wasps and bees, he observed...
Adam and His Kin: The Lost History of Their Lives and Times
| Author | Ruth Beechick |
| ISBN | 0940319071 |
Crap. Utter crap. Granted I only got to chapter 5 but it was such rank nonsense that I abandoned this book right fast. I can't quite figure out why this little book was recommended so highly to homeschoolers. Children don't need their heads filled with non-biblical extras when they're trying to get down...
| Author | Ian Serraillier |
| ISBN | 1883937035 |
"Beowulf the Warrior is an outstanding modern version of the oldest epic in the English language. Ian Serraillier has retold in verse the story of the hero Beowulf and his three memorable exploits--first, his rescuing of Hrothgar the Dane from the ravages of monstrous Grendel; next, his victory over...
