Fifth grade literature/history reading list
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For 5th, last year, we were still covering a lot of non-fiction, as well as a lot of mythology, legends, folktales, etc. This covers both history (save for "texts") and literature (also a little music/art appreciation): Oh, and I find it's not necessarily in order of the spreads in Kingfisher, although it's close. It's in order by when he finished reading them. The Stone Age News Fiona Macdonald The Flower of Sheba Doris Orgel, et al Queen Esther the Morning Star Mordicai Gerstein The Mysterious Visitor: Stories of the Prophet Elijah Nina Jaffe The Wailing Wall Leonard E. Fisher Ancient Egyptian Art Susie Hodge The Two Magicians John Langstaff The Mystery of Stonehenge Harriette Abels The Ganges, Sacred River of India Violet Weingarten The Art of India Shirley Glubok (LOVE all her books!) Fat Cat: A Danish Folktale Margaret R. Macdonald Skara Brae: The Story of a Prehistoric Village Olivier Dunrea Favorite Fairy Tales Told in India Virginia Haviland Crete: Land of Mystery Leonard Cottrell In Search of Ancient Crete Piero Ventura, et al The Iliad Retold Nick McCarty (revisited) Gilgamesh the King The Revenge of Ishtar The Last Quest of Gilgamesh all by Ludmila Zeman (LOVE them)
Philip Steele The Babylonians (Calliope) Dybbuk: A Story Made in Heaven Francine Prose Behold the Trees Sue Alexander (VERY cool!) Young Heroes of the Bible Kirk Douglas Moses in Egypt Brad Kessler The Ancient Chinese Hazel M. Martell The Assyrians Elaine Landau The Passover Journey: A Seder Companion Barbara Diamond Goldin (VERY good) The Egyptian News Scott Steedman Cleopatra Diane Stanley The Ancient World: The Phoenicians Pamela Odijk King Solomon and His Magic Ring Edie Wiesel The Hanukkah Story Marylin Hirsh The Phoenicians (Calliope) The Tortoise and the Tree (Bantu) Janina Domanska The Orphan Boy (Maasai) Tololwa M. Mollel The Name of the Tree (Bantu) Celia Barker Lottridge Growing up Maasai Tom Shachtman Escape from Egypt Sonia Levitin Tokoloshi Diana Pitcher The Art of Africa Shirley Glubok The Tale of Rabbit and Coyote Tony Johnston People of the Corn (Mayan) Mary-Joan Gerson Gods and Godesses of the Ancient Maya Leonard Everett Fisher Prehistoric North America: The People Robert Pickering Hands of the Maya Rachel Crandell Angela Weaves a Dream Michele Sola' The Art of the North American Indian Shirley Glubok The Golden Goblet Eloise Jarvis McGraw To Ride the God's Own Stallion Diane Lee Wilson The Mound Builders William E. Scheele Talking Bones William O. Steele The Night the Moon Fell Pat Mora
Nancy Serage
Demi
Susan L. Roth
V.P. Kanit Kar Ishtar and Tammuz: A Babylonian Book of the Seasons Christopher Moore Life Long Ago: The Beginnings of Cities (Mesopotamia) Leonard Weisgard Nebchadnezzar: Scourge of Zion (Heroes and Warriors series) Mark Healy
Wafa' Tarnowska (VERY good Persian tale!) The Persian Empire Karen Zeinert How Would You Survive as an Ancient Egyptian? Jacqueline Morley Secrets of the Mummies Harriet Griffey Hercules and Other Greek Myths Mark Gave Eyewitness Early Humans The Nemean Lion Bernard Evslin (most all of Evslin’s books incorporate some strong language and/or modern art that might be a little scary for younger children, so review before you use to decide if these are right for your family) The Greek Hoplite Martin Windrow Confucius: The Golden Rule Russell Freedman The Eagle of the Ninth Rosemary Sutcliff The Greek Armies Peter Connolly The Dolphin Rider and Other Greek Myths Bernard Evslin The Ancient World: Greece Robert Hull Tales of a Chinese Grandmother Francis Carpenter Images Across the Ages: Chinese Portraits Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler (VERY good) The Roman News Andrew Langley and Philip De Souza The Hydra Bernard Evslin The Parthenon: How it was Built and how it was Made Peter Chrisp Conquerer and Hero: The Search for Alexander Stephen Krensky The Bronze Bow Elizabeth George Spear The Celts Hazel Martell The Colosseum Peter Chrisp The Librarian who Measured the Earth Kathryn Lasky (simple, but we hadn't read it earlier) Jesus of Nazareth: A Life of Christ Through Pictures Simon and Schuster Christian Church (Places of Worship) Angela Wood The Ides of April Mary Ray
Rosemary Sutcliff
Sue Penrey Black Ships Before Troy Rosemary Sutcliff The Calydonian Boar Bernard Evslin Eyewitness Bible Lands The Cavalryman Peter Connolly The Life of Saint Paul Hary E. Fosdick The Enchanted Caribou Elizabeth Cleaver (I believe ds really liked this one, too) Building an Igloo Ulli Steltzer The Mediterranean Philip Wilkinson, et al Sunrise Island Carella Aldan Lives of Famous Romans Olivia Coolidge Science in Ancient Rome Jacqueline L. Harris A Roman Fort Fiona Macdonald The Japanese Clare Doran The Ancient World: Rome Sean Sheehan, et al The Warrior and the Wise Man David Wisniewski Cities in the Sand Scott Warren The Traveler's Guide to Ancient Rome John Malam The Dancing Fox: Arctic Folktales John Bierhorst Pyramid of the Sun, Pyramid of the Moon Leonard Fisher City of the Gods:Mexico's Ancient City of Teotihuacan Caroline Arnold The Story of Comock the Eskimo Robert Flaherty (VERY good) The Woman in the Moon Jama Kim Rattigan Polynesians Stephen Currie Myths and Civilization of the Celts Hazel Mary Martell Easter Island Caroline Arnold Land of the Five Suns (Aztecs) Kay McManus Tristan and Iseult Rosemary Sutcliff The Other World: Myths of the Celts Margaret Hodges (very good) Clamshell Boy: A Makah Legend Terri Cohlene Inuit Bryan and Cherry Alexander The Makah Jeanne O. Eder (very interesting) Archimedes Takes a Bath (revisited) Joan M. Lexau The Legionary Peter Connolly Archimedes and the Door of Science Jeanne Bendick Art of the Far North Carol Finley Mummies and Their Mysteries Charlotte Wilcox The Mouth of the Night Iris Macfarlane Hawaiian Myths of Earth, Sea and Sky Vivian L. Thompson Year of the Dragon Nigel Suckling (could fit with period in which it was supposedly written, early modern, too, but discusses ancient beliefs about dragons) Great Wonders of the World Russel Ash Read most of the stories in the following: The Bronze Cauldron The Silver Treasure The Crystal Pool all by Geraldine McCaughrean Also read all or most of the Landscapes of Legend series books: Beneath the Earth Cities of Splendour Sacred Skies Mighty Mountains The Waters of Life
Chinese Myths and Legends (O.B. Duane and N. Hutchinson; I forget if all are by the same authors) Indian Myths and Legends
Geraldine McCaughrean Troubadour's Storybag: Musical Folktales of the World Norma J. Livo Gianni and the Ogre Ruth Manning-Sanders Eyewitness Rome Eyewitness Mythology Ancient Greece Treasure Chest Ancient Rome Treasure Chest Gladiator Treasure Chest Ancient China Treasure Chest (revisited) Videos:
Megalithic Monuments of Great Britain (don't recall exact title) Silk Road series video: Dark Castle Legacy of Ancient Civilizations: Carthage and the Phoenicians Crossing Rome The Dead Sea Scrolls: Window into Ancient Times Hail Caesar Constantine (A&E) A.D. (three tapes) deals with rise of Christianity And some other history related books that he just didn't have time to read that I read aloud to him: A Glorious Past: Ancient Egypt, Ethiopia and Nubia Ernestine Jenkins Greece vs. Persia - Cobblestone The Furies, Bernard Evslin Medusa, Bernard Evslin MacCaulay's City Ancient Celts - Calliope Revisited Ancient China Jackdaw Jesus of Nazareth: Teacher and Prophet Ramsay M. Harik (a more secular look at Jesus) I read excerpts from Plutarch's "Lives" Famous Scientists of the Ancient World Margaret J. Anderson (I like this book) Some chapters read from the first volume of A History or US, Hakim Augustus Caesar's World (good wrap-up) Hadrian's Wall Jackdaw Asoka the Great (very difficult going) The Story of Masada: Retold for Young Readers Gerald Gottlieb (VERY GOOD! about the excavation of Masada during the 1960's) I have some great history books at home that I've found various places and utilize weekly. Consider them in with my "texts". Glad to provide titles on these if you need them. RegenaDownload 47.46 Kb. Share with your friends:
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