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Where to Find Genesis through Deuteronomy & Ancient Egypt Books
Here are our suggestions for where to find the books we recommend for the Genesis through Deuteronomy & Ancient Egypt study. You can also see these suggestions categorized by grade level.
Simply Charlotte Mason
- Ancient Egypt and Her Neighbors by Lorene Lambert (Family)
- Book of Centuries (one for each student in grades 7–12; download a free basic one or purchase an expanded edition)
- Boy of the Pyramids by Ruth Fosdick Jones (grades 1–3)
- Discovering Doctrine by Sonya Shafer (one for each student in grades 7–12)
- Jashub’s Journal by Rebekah Shafer, Ruth Shafer, Sonya Shafer (grades 7–12)
- Letters from Egypt by Mary Whately, edited by Sonya Shafer (optional for grades 3–12)
- The Stuff They Left Behind: From the Days of Ancient Egypt portfolio (Family)
- Visits to Africa notebook by Sonya Shafer (one for each student in the Family)
Public Domain
(You should be able to download these books as electronic files or read them online for free. The links will take you to a public domain source.)
- The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt by G. A. Henty (grades 7–9)
- Uarda by Georg Ebers (grades 10–12)
Your Local Library
(These are the titles that a library is most likely to have. The links will take you to the CM Bookfinder, where you can find out if a library near you has a copy. If your library does not have access to a book listed here, add it to your Book Store list.)
- The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw (grades 4–9)
- The Great Pyramid by Elizabeth Mann (Family)
- Motel of the Mysteries by David Macaulay (grades 7–12)
- Pharaoh’s Boat by David Weitzman (Family)
- Pyramid by David Macaulay (optional for Family)
Your Favorite Book Store
(The links will take you to Amazon.com or other book sources.)
- Adam and His Kin by Ruth Beechick (grades 7–12)
- Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions by Margaret Musgrove (optional for grades 1–3)
- Beatrice’s Goat by Page McBrier (optional for grades 1–3)
- The Butter Man by Elizabeth Alalou and Ali Alalou (optional for grades 1–3)
- The Child’s Story Bible by Catherine Vos (optional for grades 1–3)
- Exodus: A Commentary for Children by Nancy E. Ganz (Family)
- Hungry Planet: What the World Eats by Peter Menzel (Family)
- Leviticus: A Commentary for Children by Nancy E. Ganz (grades 7–12)
- Material World by Peter Menzel (Family)
- Numbers: A Commentary for Children by Nancy E. Gan (Family)
- One Child, One Seed: A South African Counting Book by Kathryn Cave (optional for grades 1–3)
- The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt by Elizabeth Payne (grades 4–9)
- Then and Now Bible Maps from Rose Publishing (Family)
- The True Story of Noah’s Ark by Tom Dooley (grades 1–6)
- Unwrapping the Pharaohs by John Ashton and David Down (grades 10–12)
- We All Went on Safari: A Counting Journey through Tanzania by Laurie Krebs (optional for grades 1–3)
- Yatandou by Gloria Whelan (optional for grades 1–3)