Thursday, August 23, 2012

FAQ: Books used in our Jr. High and High School Programs


In our previous entry we listed all the books that you read through in our programs for elementary levels, approximately K-6th grade. Now we're going to list all the wonderful books your Jr. High and High School students will read through using our study guides. Remember we offer great discounts on all of our package deals and even offer a Lowest Price Guarantee! Here's the lists:

  • Ancient History Through Literature Study Guide by Rea C. Berg and Rebecca Manor
  • Ancient History Timeline
  • Streams of Civilization, Volume 1 by Stanton and Hyma
  • Streams of Civilization Test Booklet
  • Student Bible Atlas by Tim Dowley
  • Ancient Greece by Christine Hatt
  • Augustus Caesar's World by Genevieve Foster
  • The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth Speare
  • The Children's Homer by Padraic Colum
  • City: A Story of Roman Planning and Construction by David Macaulay
  • D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths by Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire
  • The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
  • Galen and the Gateway to Medicine by Jeanne Bendick
  • Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt by Elizabeth Payne
  • Pyramid by David Macaulay
  • Tales of Ancient Egypt by Roger Lancelyn Green
  • The White Isle by Caroline Dale Snedeker


  • Medieval History Through Literature Study Guide by Rebecca Manor
  • Medieval History Timeline
  • The European World 400-1450 by Barbara Hanawalt
  • Beowulf adapted by Michael Morpurgo
  • One Thousand and One Arabian Nights by Geraldine McCaughrean
  • Queen Eleanor, Independent Spirit of the Medieval World by Polly Brooks
  • The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green
  • The Magna Charta by James Daugherty
  • Cathedral by David Macaulay
  • Castle by David Macaulay
  • The Kite Rider by Geraldine McCaughrean
  • Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Gray
  • The Morning Star of the Reformation by Andy Thompson
  • Crispin: The Cross of Lead by Avi
  • The Canterbury Tales adapted by Barbara Cohen
  • Joan of Arc: Warrior Saint by Jay Williams
  • Fine Print: A Story of Johann Gutenberg by Joann Johansen Burch
  • The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly
  • The World of Columbus and Sons by Genevieve Foster




  •  Early American & World History Through Literature by Rea C. Berg & Rebeca Manor
  • The following titles are all by Genevieve Foster
    • The World of Columbus and Sons
    • The World of Captain John Smith
    • George Washington's World
    • Abraham Lincoln's World
  • Poor Richard by James Daugherty
  • Of Courage Undaunted by James Daugherty
  • Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
  • Carry On, Mr Bowditch by Jean Latham
  • The Great Little Madison by Jean Fritz

  • Ancient History Through Literature Study Guide by Rea C. Berg and Rebecca Manor
  • Ancient History Timeline
  • Streams of Civilization, Volume 1
  • Streams of Civilization, Test Booklet
  • Augustus Caesar's World by Genevieve Foster
  • Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
  • Antony and Cleopatra Max Notes
  • Beyond the Desert Gate by Mary Ray
  • The Children's Homer by Padraic Colum
  • The Cat of Bubastes, A Tale of Ancient Egypt by G. A. Henty
  • Caesar's Gallic Wars by Olivia Coolidge
  • D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths by Ingri and Edgar D'Aulaire
  • The Greek Way by Edith Hamilton
  • Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
  • Mara, Daughter of the Nile by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
  • Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt by Elizabeth Payne
  • Quo Vadis? by Henryk Sienkiewicz
  • Student Bible Atlas by Tim Dowley
  • Tales of Ancient Egypt by Robert Lancelyn Green


Medieval History Through Literature for High School (Available Soon!)
  • Medieval History Through Literature Study Guide by Rebecca Manor & Rea Berg
  • Medieval Literature in Translation edited by Charles W. Jones
  • One Thousand and One Arabian Nights by Geraldine McCaughrean
  • Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney
  • The Magna Charta by James Daugherty
  • The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
  • The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter
  • Joan of Arc, Warrior Saint by Mark Twain
  • The World of Columbus and Sons by Genevieve Foster
  • The Medieval World, An Illustrated Atlas by John M. Thompson

  • Modern US and World History Through Literature Study Guide by Rea C. Berg
  • Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt
  • All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque
  • Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
  • Bully for You, Teddy Roosevelt by Jean Fritz
  • Harriet Beecher Stowe and the Beecher Preachers by Jean Fritz
  • The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
  • Reconstruction: Binding the Wounds edited by Cheryl Edwards
  • The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
  • Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith
  • Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman by Patricia McKissack
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe 
  • Up From Slavery by Book T. Washington
  • The following titles are by Albert Marrin
    • Virginia's General 
    • The Yanks are Coming
    • Stalin Russia's Man of Steel
  • A History of Us: An Age of Extremes by Joy Hakim
  • A History of Us: War, Peace, and All that Jazz by Joy Hakim


  • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
  • No Promises in the Wind by Irene Hunt
  • The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom
  • Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
  • The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria Augusta Trapp
  • Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
  • The Endless Steppe by Esther Hautzig
  • Hiroshima by John Hersey
  • The House of Sixty Fathers by Miendert DeJong
  • So Far From the Bamboo Grove by Yoko Kawashima Watkins
  • The Vietnam War: How the United States Became Involved ed. Mitch Yamasaki
  • Journey to Topaz by Yoshico Uchida
  • A History of Us: All the People by Joy Hakim
  • The following titles are by Albert Marrin
    • Hitler
    • Victory in the Pacific
    • America and Vietnam


I hope this helps give you a better idea of all the wonderful books you'll be reading when you choose one of our study guides! And if you have any questions, please feel free to leave them in the comments below! 

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