We Couldn’t Leave Dinah
by Mary Treadgold
Age: 10+
Interests: war, spies, history, horses, British history, WWII
We Couldn’t Leave Dinah
12 Feb 2014 2 Comments
in Books Tags: adventure, British history, history, horses, spies, war, WWII
The Dark Frigate
30 Dec 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 12+ Tags: action, adventure, boats, British history, crime, history, orphans, pirates, travel, violence
The Dark Frigate
by Charles Boardman Hawes
Age: 12+
Interests: ships, pirates, adventure, action, violence, travel, history, British history More
The Door in the Wall
19 Nov 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 9+ Tags: British history, castle, knights, medieval history, physical handicaps, religion
The Door in the Wall
by Margeurite de Angeli
Age: 9+
Interests: history, medieval history, British history, knights, castles, religion, overcoming physical handicaps
The Post Office Cat
03 Jun 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 4+ Tags: adventure, animals, British history, cats, cities, history, London, pets
The Post Office Cat
by Gail E. Haley
Age: 4+
Interests: cats, history, London, post office
The Story of Mankind
07 May 2013 5 Comments
in Books, books 12+ Tags: American history, ancient history, British history, economics, history, medieval history, nonfiction, politics, war
A Dictionary of Chivalry
06 May 2013 1 Comment
in Books, books 9+ Tags: British history, castle, history, knights, medieval history, war
A Dictionary of Chivalry
by Grant Uden
illustrations by Pauline Baynes
Age: 9+
Interests: history, British history, knights, medieval history, war
Adam of the Road
30 Apr 2013 1 Comment
in Books, books 8+, books 9+ Tags: adventure, British history, castle, dogs, history, knights, medieval history, music, single parent, travel
by Elizabeth Janet Gray (aka Elizabeth Gray Vining)
Age: 8+ (read to); 9+ (independent reading)
Interests: history, medieval times, British history, knights, castles, dogs, travel, adventure
Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter
25 Sep 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 9+ Tags: action, adventure, American history, bad behavior, boats, British history, history, ocean, pirates, travel, violence
GREENAWAY AWARD WINNER – 2001
Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter
Richard Platt, text
Chris Riddell, illustrations
Candlewick Press: Cambridge, MA, 2001
112 pp.
Age: 9+
Interests: pirates, history, sailing, ships, adventure, ocean
Also by this author and illustrator: Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess
Also by this illustrator: Ottoline and the Yellow Cat, Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver”
War Boy: A Country Childhood
22 May 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 9+ Tags: airplanes, autobiography, biography, British history, country life, England, history, nonfiction, war
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1989
by Michael Foreman
Pavilion Books, 1989
92 pp.
Age: 9+
Interests: history, war, World War II, autobiography, England, airplanes
Next (also by Foreman): War Games: Village Green to No Man’s Land, After the War Was Over
Related Movies: Hope and Glory
The Highwayman
13 Mar 2012 7 Comments
in Books, books 10+ Tags: British history, crime, ghosts, horror, poetry, romance, violence
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1981
Alfred Noyes, text
Charles Keeping, illustrations
Oxford, 1981
32 pp.
Age: 10 +
(Reading Level: 9 +)
Interests: poetry, romance, history, horror, ghost story
Also by this illustrator: Charley, Charlotte and the Golden Canary, The God Beneath the Sea, Beowulf, The Lady of Shalott, Through the Window, Charles Keeping’s Classic Tales of the Macabre
Rarest Kind of Best 