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Favorite Ancient Greece Books?
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We’ll be moving into a study of the ancient Greeks later this fall (or sooner if my children have their way). What books are your favorites for reading (either read alouds or independent reading)? I have children from high school to toddler so recommendations for any age are welcome, just please offer an age range suggestion with your recommendations!
Thanks!
psreitmomParticipantI don’t have any recommendations, because we are just doing Egypt. But, I was wondering if anyone has used Streams of History. I thought about using that for Greece and Rome. My daughter needs simplicity, and those books look like a good level of reading. For Ancients, I read the first part of Christine Miller’s book, but now I am just getting Egypt books from the library. I am getting ones that are a gentler reading. I will probably do the same for Greece, but I am not going to get into much of the Greek myths and all their gods. I am sort of following Learning Adventures unit studies. For a literature (historical fiction) read-aloud, Greek Myths is scheduled, but I will not read that book. I began reading it to my older girls when they did LA and I stopped partway through. I did not like it, and did not feel it was necessary to read all that stuff to young impressionable girls. So, as far as Greek historical fiction, a friend gave me a book called Theras and His Town by American Home-School Publishing. I also have A Triumph for Flavius and a book about the Trojan Horse. The latter two are scheduled in Heart of Dakota, and I have always appreciated the HOD author’s book choices. So, along with non-fiction library books about Ancient Greece, I will use these as read-alouds. Hope this helps.
HollySParticipantWe enjoyed Our Little Athenian Cousin, Archimedes and the Door of Science, and The Parthenon. The Parthenon is a better choice for the older ages, although we did it as a read-aloud. I think my oldest (who was 12) was the only one to really enjoy it. Archimedes was a huge hit with my science loving 10YO.
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