Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of “Little Women”
by Cornelia Meigs
Age: 11+
Interests: biography, writers, nonfiction, American history, strong girls, Little Women
Invincible Louisa
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in books 11+ Tags: American history, biography, nonfiction, strong girls, war, writers
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
Black Ships Before Troy
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in Books, books 10+, books 8+ Tags: action, adventure, boats, gods, Greece, history, Magic, morality, myths, romance, war
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER -1993
Rosemary Sutcliff, text
Alan Lee, illustrations
Frances Lincoln Limited: 1993
125 pages, 19 chapters
Age: 8+ (read to) ; 10+ (independent reading)
Interests: Greek history and mythology, war, romance, ethical dilemmas
Next: Sutcliffe’s The Wanderings of Odysseus, D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths
Also by this author: many historical fiction novels for young people, including The Eagle of the Ninth Chronicles (3 books about the Romans in Britain, including Carnegie winner The Lantern Bearers), Warrior Scarlet (about life in the Bronze Age), Tristan and Iseult, The Shining Company (medieval Britain)
Going Solo
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in Books, books 10+ Tags: adventure, Africa, airplanes, autobiography, biography, history, nonfiction, travel, war
by Roald Dahl
London: Jonathan Cape, 1986
210 pp.
Age: 10+
Interests: biography, travel, Africa, adventure, airplanes, war, history
Also by Roald Dahl: Boy: Tales of Childhood (autobiography about the years preceding this book)
Related Posts: A Roald Dahl Reading List More
D’Aulaires’ Book of Norse Myths
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in Books, books 7+ Tags: action, creation myth, dragons, gods, Magic, monsters, myths, Norse myths, seasons, violence, war
D’Aulaires’ Book of Norse Myths
by Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
New York Review Children’s Collection, 1967
155 pp.
age: 7
interests: mythology, magic, Scandinavia, Norse myths, gods, monsters, dragons, creation myths, war
also by these author/illustrators: Foxy, d’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths, d’Aulaires’ Book of Trolls, Abraham Lincoln
War Boy: A Country Childhood
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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
Horses in Battle
12 Mar 2012 2 Comments
in Books, books 10+ Tags: American history, British history, history, horses, knights, nonfiction, war
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1975
by Victor Ambrus
Oxford, 1975
39 pp.
Age: 10+
Interests: nonfiction, history, horses, war, knights
Also by this author: The Three Poor Tailors, Mishka, Drawing Animals, Drawing on Archaeology
Golem
07 Feb 2012 Leave a comment
in Books, books 7+ Tags: folktales, giants, history, horror, Jewish folklore, Magic, monsters, religion, violence, war
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1997
by David Wisniewski
Clarion Books, 1996
30 pp.
Age: 7+
Interests: history, religion, Jewish folklore, giants, magic, horror
Next: there is a famous silent movie about this legend, The Golem (1920) by Paul Wegener
Drummer Hoff
06 Jun 2011 Leave a comment
in Books, books 2+ Tags: art, poetry, war
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1968
Barbara Emberley, author
Ed Emberley, illustrator
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1967
28 pp.
Age: 2+
Interests: art, poetry, history, war
Also by this illustrator: The Wing on a Flea, One Wide River to Cross, Ed Emberley’s Drawing Books
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