The Usborne Book of Living Long Ago (Explainers)
10 best books like The Usborne Book of Living Long Ago (Explainers) (Helen Edom): Twenty and Ten, Capyboppy, Maps and Globes, A Big Ball of String, Egermeier's Bible Story Book, The Berenstain Bears' Big Book of Science and Nature, A Child's Book of Art: Great Pictures First Words, Hill of Fire, The Apple and the Arrow, The Llama Who Had No Pajama: 100 Favorite Poems
| Author | Claire Huchet Bishop |
| ISBN | 0140310762 |
This must have been one of the earliest historical fiction children titles for World War II, since it came out in 1952. I probably read it in the 1960s. It meets one of my main problems with WWII lit for young kids: while it makes it clear that it was a case of life and death for the kids, it never actually says...
| Author | Bill Peet |
| ISBN | 0395383684 |
The creator of whimsical fantasies featuring a bevy of lifelike and lovable creatures, Bill Peet consistently combined excellent storytelling with enduring illustrations, becoming one of the most popular picture book creators of our time. Born in Grandview, Indiana, Bill Peet nurtured his childhood...
| Author | Jack Knowlton |
| ISBN | 0064460495 |
This comprehensive look at geography and the environment, Maps and Globes, can take you anywhere—to the top of the tallest mountain on earth or the bottom of the deepest ocean. Maps tell you about the world: where various countries are located, where the jungles and deserts are, even how to find your...
I also posted this under "Discussion," but wanted to add it here as well: This book was illustrated, but not written, by Roy McKie.
I'm delighted to see "A Big Ball of String" is still enjoyed by children and parents--and remembered fondly by those who first heard (or read) it as kids themselves....
| Author | Elsie Egermeier |
| ISBN | 0871620065 |
Egermeier's Bible Story Book has sold nearly three million copies and continues to be America's favorite Bible story book. It has 312 stories that cover the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. Younger children will sit spellbound as you read these stories to them. Older children who read for themselves...
| Author | Stan Berenstain |
| ISBN | 0679886524 |
Here are three books bound together to make one awesome Bear Country collection! The Berenstain Bears' Almanac, The Berenstain Bears' Nature Guide, and The Berenstain Bears' Science Fair are filled with fascinating facts that cubs and kids want o know about the world they live in. Chock-full of information...
| Author | Lucy Micklethwait |
| ISBN | 1564582035 |
This is a superb art book for children. The idea here is simple but inspired.
The author has put together a collection of paintings in various categories, with words and concepts within the categories. For each of these a painting or paintings that depicts the featured word is shown.
There...
| 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 | Mary Buff |
| ISBN | 0618128093 |
The year is 1291, and Walter is the twelve-year-old son of William Tell, the greatest bowman in the land of Uri. Walter lives happily in the remote heights of the Alpine Mountains, caring for his family’s goat herd and practicing his marksmanship in the hopes of making his father proud. But as the end...
| Author | Mary Ann Hoberman |
| ISBN | 0152055711 |
The Llama Who Had No Pajama is an anthology of 100 favorite poems by Mary Ann Hoberman. This book of poems can be a great introduction to poems for young readers. It provides a variety of poems on different subjects like animals, people, childhood fun, and other concepts like time, opposites, and up comparisons....
| 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...
A very short book about Peter the Great - the Tsar who drug Russia (kicking and screaming) into more modern times. This is a children's book, so it is not very detailed, but the artwork is beautiful and there is enough information to whet the appetite about a historical figure whose name I knew, but not much...
| Author | Arnold Lobel |
| ISBN | 0679887369 |
Knopf is proud to reissue the complete and unabridged Arnold Lobel-illustrated treasury of Mother Goose rhymes, originally published in 1986 as The Random House Book of Mother Goose and unavailable for several years. Reviewers were unanimous in their acclaim of a collection "brimming over with...
Master storyteller Rosemary Wells tells the incredible true story of a World War I nurse who brought medical care to the Appalachians
Mary Breckinridge, trained as a nurse during World War I, rode on horseback into the isolated mountains of Appalachia and never looked back. Instead, she spent...
| Author | Julia L. Sauer |
| ISBN | 0140368574 |
Julia L. Sauer's The Light at Tern Rock (which won her a 1952 Newbery Honour designation) really does manage to remind me exceedingly sweetly and much pleasurably of some of L.M. Montgomery's sea and lighthouse themed short stories (featuring not only an engaging and inspiring narrative, but also...
| Author | Helena Clare Pittman |
When a humble farmer named Pong Lo asks for the hand of the Emperor's beautiful daughter, the Emperor is enraged. Who ever heard of a peasant marrying a princess? But Pong Lo is wiser than the Emperor knows. And when he concocts a potion that saves the Princess's life, the Emperor gladly offers him any reward...
| Author | Margaret Davidson |
| ISBN | 0590424017 |
What a delightful read, tinged with sadness and irony too.
My kids and I really like true stories. The fantastical that don't seem as if they could possibly be real; but, are. They pull at your heartstrings like nothing else can❤️
I'm not necessarily a dog lover. Having grown up...
| Author | Carolyn Haywood |
| ISBN | 0152052259 |
From Carolyn Haywood, author of the beloved Betsy series, here are four more classics for young readers. These adorable stories of childhood adventures are as fresh today as when they were written more than a half century ago. And now, thanks to dynamic new covers, they're ready to charm a whole new generation...
| Author | Heather Amery |
| ISBN | 0746007949 |
My son and I read this as a part of Sonlight's P4/5 curriculum. We both loved this book. Each two page spread shows a scene in the present day and one hundred years in the past. There is a short explanation and a few questions next to each scene. My son was fascinated at looking at how differently people lived...
| Author | Edith Kunhardt |
| ISBN | 0394888669 |
Illus. in full color. "The drama of natural disasters provides prime material to entice young independent readers. In this volume, the account of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius describes village life 2,000 years ago, the eruption itself and its aftermath, and the excitement when the buried town is...
| Author | Wayne Grover |
| ISBN | 0380732521 |
One thing I truly enjoy about being a homeschooling mom is access to books via the curriculum we've chosen; which, for us, has meant Sonlight. "Dolphin Adventure", like so many other books we've received through that route, did not disappoint!
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