The Story of Mankind
by Hendrik Willem van Loon
Age: 12+
Interests: history
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
Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady
10 Apr 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 8+ Tags: difference, England, knights, Magic, medieval history
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1985
Sir Gawain and the Loathly Lady
Selina Hastings, text
Juan Wijngaard, illustrations
Walker Books, 1985
24 pp.
Age: 8+
Interests: knights, King Arthur, medieval history, magic
Next: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by same author/illustrator
Also: Saint George and the Dragon, The Kitchen Knight: a Tale of King Arthur, and Merlin and the Making of the King, all by Margaret Hodges and Trina Schart Hyman
Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci
12 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 7+ Tags: biography, history, Italy, math, medieval history, science, scientists
Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci
Joseph D’Agnese, text
John O’Brien, illustrations
Henry Holt and Company, 2010
40 pp.
Age: 7+
Interests: math, history, science, biography, Middle Ages, Italy
A Bundle of Ballads
05 Jan 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+ Tags: British history, folktales, history, medieval history, poetry, Robin Hood
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1959
compiled by Ruth Manning-Sanders
illustrated by William Stobbs
London: Oxford University Press, 1959
245 pp.
Age: 10+ ?
Interests: medieval history, British history, poetry, legends, folklore, Robin Hood
Also by this illustrator: Kashtanka
Bedknob and Broomstick
04 Jan 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 6+ Tags: adventure, British history, Magic, medieval history, siblings, travel, witches
by Mary Norton
Harcourt Brace, 1943
(the two original books – The Magic Bed-Knob and Bonfires and Broomsticks – are now commonly combined into this one volume)
189 pp., 20 chapters
Age: 6+
Interests: magic, witches, medieval history, adventure, siblings, travel
Next: the Disney movie Bedknobs and Broomsticks has a totally different plot than the book
Also by this author: The Borrowers series
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