Where to Find Joshua through Malachi & Ancient Greece Books

Here are our suggestions for where to find the books we recommend for the Joshua through Malachi & Ancient Greece study. You can also see these suggestions categorized by grade level.

Simply Charlotte Mason

• Book of Centuries (one for each student in grades 7–12; download a free basic one or purchase an expanded edition)
• Discovering Doctrine by Sonya Shafer (one for each student in grades 7–12)
• The Stuff They Left Behind: From the Days of Ancient Greece portfolio (Family)
• Visits to the Middle East notebook (one for each student in the Family)
• Wisdom for Life: A Proverbs Bible Study by Sonya Shafer (one for each student in grades 7–12)

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 Odyssey by Homer (grades 10–12)
• Our Little Athenian Cousin of Long Ago by Julia Darrow Cowles (grades 1–6)
• Our Little Spartan Cousin of Long Ago by Julia Darrow Cowles (grades 1–6)
• Plutarch’s Lives, biography of Alexander by Plutarch (grades 10–12)
• The Trial and Death of Socrates by Plato (grades 10–12)
• A Victor of Salamis by William Stearns Davis (grades 10–12)
• A Young Macedonian in the Army of Alexander the Great by Alfred Church (grades 7–9)

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.)

• Archimedes and the Door of Science by Jeanne Bendick (grades 4–6)
• Herodutus and the Road to History by Jeanne Bendick (grades 4–6)
• The Parthenon by Elizabeth Mann (grades 7–9)

Your Favorite Book Store

(The links will take you to Amazon.com or other book sources.)

• The Big Picture Bible Time Line by Carol Eide (optional for grades 1–6)
• Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff (grades 7–9)
• The Child’s Story Bible by Catherine Vos (optional for grades 1–3)
• The Hungry Coat: A Tale from Turkey by Demi (optional for grades 1–3)
• Hungry Planet by Peter Menzel (Family)
• Material World by Peter Menzel (Family)
• The Pearl Diver by Julia Johnson (optional for grades 1–3)
• Saluki: Hound of the Bedouin by Julia Johnson (optional for grades 1–3)
• Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad by James Rumford (optional for grades 1–3)
• The Story of the Greeks by H. A. Guerber, edited by Christine Miller (Nothing New Press edition; for Family)
• Then and Now Bible Maps from Rose Publishing (Family)
• Waiting for the Owl’s Call by Gloria Whelan (optional for grades 1–3)
• The Wanderings of Odysseus by Rosemary Sutcliff (grades 7–9)