Book List for History, Geography, Bible

Read the books listed under Family to all the students together. Add the grade-level books as individual reads for any children you have in those grades. For example, if you have students in grades 4 and 8, you will want to get the books under Family, Grades 4–6, and Grades 7–9.

Family

• Bible
• City by David Macaulay
• The Roman Colosseum by Elizabeth Mann
• Peril and Peace (History Lives series, Volume 1) by Withrow
• The Story of the Romans by H. A. Guerber (Nothing New Press, third edition; This edition has 102 chapters and contains some additional helpful material in the Publisher’s Preface. If you have the fourth edition, see these suggestions for adjusting the lesson plans.)
• The Stuff They Left Behind: From the Days of Ancient Rome portfolio
• Then and Now Bible Maps from Rose Publishing
• Visits to Europe notebook (one for each student)
• Hungry Planet by Peter Menzel (used with Visits to Europe)
• Material World by Peter Menzel (used with Visits to Europe)

plus . . .
Grades 1–3

(can listen in with grades 4–6 on the two books below if desired)

• (opt.) Detectives in Togas by Henry Winterfeld
• (opt.) Mystery of the Roman Ransom by Henry Winterfeld

Grades 4–6

• Detectives in Togas by Henry Winterfeld
• Mystery of the Roman Ransom by Henry Winterfeld
• Galen and the Gateway to Medicine by Jeanne Bendick

Grades 7–9

• Augustus Caesar’s World by Genevieve Foster
  OR Beric the Briton by G. A. Henty and For the Temple by G. A. Henty
• Book of Centuries (one for each student)
• The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
• Discovering Doctrine by Sonya Shafer (one for each student)
• Foundations in Romans by Sonya Shafer (one for each student)

Grades 10–12

• The Apostle: A Life of Paul by John Pollock
• Augustus Caesar’s World by Genevieve Foster
• Ben Hur by Lew Wallace
• Book of Centuries (one for each student)
• Discovering Doctrine by Sonya Shafer (one for each student)
• Foundations in Romans by Sonya Shafer (one for each student)
• Plutarch’s Lives, biographies of Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, by Plutarch

Optional

• The British Empire and the Great Divisions of the Globe by Charlotte M. Mason (grades 4–12, used with Visits to Europe)
• Children of the Northlights by Ingri and Edgar D’Aulaire (grades 1–3, used with Visits to Europe)
• Hanna’s Cold Winter by Trish Marx (grades 1–3, used with Visits to Europe)
• Katje the Windmill Cat by Gretchen Woelfle (grades 1–3, used with Visits to Europe)
• Megan’s Year: An Irish Traveler’s Story by Gloria Whelan (grades 1–3, used with Visits to Europe)
• My Tour of Europe: By Teddy Roosevelt, Age 10 edited by Ellen Jackson (grades 1–3, used with Visits to Europe)
• Orani: My Father’s Village by Claire A. Nivola OR Dancing on Grapes by Graziellla Pacini Buonanno (grades 1–3, used with Visits to Europe)

Where to Find the Books

Simply Charlotte Mason

• Augustus Caesar’s World by Genevieve Foster (grades 7–12)
• 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)
• Foundations in Romans by Sonya Shafer (one for each student in grades 7–12)
• Hungry Planet: What the World Eats by Peter Menzel (Family)
• Material World by Peter Menzel (Family)
• The Stuff They Left Behind: From the Days of Ancient Rome portfolio (Family)
• Visits to Europe notebook (one for each student in 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.)

• Ben Hur by Lew Wallace (grades 10–12)
• Beric the Briton by G. A. Henty (grades 7–9)
• The British Empire and the Great Divisions of the Globe by Charlotte M. Mason (optional for grades 4–12)
• Plutarch’s Lives, biographies of Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, by Plutarch (grades 10–12)
• For the Temple by G. A. Henty (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.)

• City by David Macaulay (Family)
• Detectives in Togas by Henry Winterfeld (grades 4–6, opt. grades 1–3)
• Galen and the Gateway to Medicine by Jeanne Bendick (grades 4–6)
• Mystery of the Roman Ransom by Henry Winterfeld (grades 4–6, opt. grades 1–3)
• The Roman Colosseum by Elizabeth Mann (Family)

Your Favorite Book Store

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

• The Apostle: A Life of Paul by John Pollock (grades 10–12)
• The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare (grades 7–9)
• Children of the Northlights by Ingri and Edgar D’Aulaire (optional for grades 1–3)
• Dancing on Grapes by Graziella Pacini Buonanno (optional for grades 1–3)
• Hanna’s Cold Winter by Trish Marx (optional for grades 1–3)
• Katje the Windmill Cat by Gretchen Woelfle (optional for grades 1–3)
• Megan’s Year: An Irish Traveler’s Story by Gretchen Woelfle (optional for grades 1–3)
• My Tour of Europe: By Teddy Roosevelt, Age 10 edited by Ellen Jackson (optional for grades 1–3)
• Orani, My Father’s Village by Claire A. Nivola (optional for grades 1–3)
• Peril and Peace (History Lives series, Volume 1) by Mindy and Brandon Withrow (Family)
• The Story of the Romans by H. A. Guerber (Nothing New Press, third edition) (Family)
• Then and Now Bible Maps from Rose Publishing (Family)