Your favorite books for Middle Ages

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  • January 19, 2013 at 3:20 pm
    simple home
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    For those who have done Middle Ages, what were your favorite books? There are so many good ones, but I want to spend money on the best. 🙂

    My kids range from 3 to 13. Thanks!

    January 19, 2013 at 3:34 pm
    TailorMade
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    Our family favorite for younger: Chanticleer and the Fox, by Barbara Cooney

    Whole family: Adam of the Road, by Janet Gray

    January 19, 2013 at 3:46 pm
    simple home
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    Putting those on my list. Thanks Tailormade!

    January 19, 2013 at 4:53 pm
    Helena Mol
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    Door in the Wall – Marguerite de Angeli

    Apple and the Arrow – Mary Marsh Buff

    Marguerite Makes a Book – Kathryn Hewitt

    Gabriel and the Hour Book – Evaleen Stein

    Adventures of Robin Hood – Roger Lancelyn Green

    Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! – Laura Amy Schlitz

    Castle – Macaulay

    Cathedral – Macaulay

    January 19, 2013 at 5:28 pm
    simple home
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    Perfect stayinghome! Thanks for your favorite list! 🙂

    January 19, 2013 at 6:56 pm
    jeaninpa
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    We’re finishing up the Middle Ages in the next month. My children are 7-14.   Some of our favorites:

    Trial and Triumph — Christian saints and martyrs — don’t miss it!

    Beggar’s Beasts and Easter Fire — saints and martyrs for younger children

    Island Story — read on Librivox

    The Man Who Loved Books

    Augustine Came to Kent, Barbara Willard

    Son of Charlemagne, Barbara Willard

    Minstrel in the Tower

    Leif the Lucky

    King’s Shadow

    The Star and the Sword

    Robin Hood, by Roger Lancelyn Green or Howard Pyle (my preference)

    Otto of the Silver Hand

    The Apple and the Arrow

    January 19, 2013 at 7:04 pm
    simple home
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    Woohoo!! Thanks Jeaninpa! Love the “don’t miss it!” 🙂

    January 19, 2013 at 7:44 pm
    jeaninpa
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    Oh, almost forgot.  The  David McCauley books, Castle and Cathedral also are available on video and are great as well!

     

    January 19, 2013 at 9:49 pm
    simple home
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    I didn’t know there was video for those. Great idea!

    January 20, 2013 at 1:08 am
    alilac
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    A couple good picture books for any age, Archers, Alchemists, and 98 Other Medieval Jobs You Might Have Loved or Loathed, The Illustrated Book of Knights.

    My dd loves both!

    Then there’s Seventh Expert too.

    January 20, 2013 at 1:19 am
    nerakr
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    Medieval Feast by Aliki is good, too.

    January 20, 2013 at 1:42 am
    TailorMade
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    We loved all the titles that StayingHome and nerakr listed, too. We watched the Macaulay DVDs two or three times after reading the books. They were excellent. Inter library loan helped with those.

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    January 21, 2013 at 12:24 pm
    simple home
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    Thanks again everyone! This helps me to weed through the suggestions in my literature resource book All Through the Ages. I wish I could use every book recommended in this guide, but then we’d be in the Middle Ages for years. 🙂 Your suggestions are greatly appreciated.

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