I hope you all had a great extended weekend. We are shipping out last minute orders and have enjoyed talking with those of you who have called in with curriculum questions. Most of you have probably already started school and are hopefully enjoying all those wonderful new books you ordered and checked out from the library.
This time of year always makes me want to pull out a big stack of books and start reading. For those of you who are looking to fill your library with classics and the stories of great men and women, I would recommend taking a look at the Landmark Series. Originally published between 1950 and 1980, this series provided a historical education to generations of children. Even as a youngster, I knew that if I picked up a "Landmark book" at the library or book store there would be no argument with my parents and I would enjoy it and learn something.
Many of you probably are familiar with these titles and pick them up at used book sales whenever you can. Now, it's a bit easier to get your hands on the books because they're being reprinted. There are currently 26 available and we have them at a special price!
Isn't that a beautiful collection?
The collection features some of the most interesting people and events in history and if you have a voracious reader who needs a constant stream of material, this is for you. These titles are also excellent for more reluctant readers as they're all very well written and engaging. Each author treats his or her subject in full color and displays history in all its true drama! Series authors include Ralph Moody, Armstrong Sperry, Sterling North, and more! The reprints include original Landmark titles as well as those written in the same tradition after the series stopped printing.
Here is a complete list of titles:
Abe Lincoln: Friend of the People by Clara Ingram Judson
Admiral Richard Byrd: Along in the Arctic by Paul Rink
Alexander the Great by John Gunther
Amelia Earhart: Flying Solo by John Burke
Battle in the Arctic Seas by Theodore Taylor
Behind Enemy Lines: A Young Pilot's Story by H. R. Demallie
Ben Franklin: Inventing America by Thomas Fleming
Daniel Boone: The Opening of the Wilderness by John Mason Brown
General George Patton: Old Blood & Guts by Alden Hatch
George Washington: Frontier Colonel by Sterling North
Geronimo: Wolf of the Warpath by Ralph Moody
The Great Escape: Tunnel to Freedom by Mike Meserole
Invasion: The Story of D-Day by Bruce Bliven, Jr.
Jamestown: The Perilous Adventure by Olga Hall-Quest
Joan of Arc: Warrior Saint by Jay Williams
John Paul Jones: The Pirate Patriot by Armstrong Sperry
Lawrence of Arabia by Alistair Maclean
Lee and Grant at Appomattox by MacKinlay Kantor
Path to the Pacific: The Story of Sacagawea by Neta Lohnes Frazier
Pearl Harbor Attack by Edwin P. Hoyt
Stampede for Gold: The Story of the Klondike Rush by Pierre Berton
Teddy Roosevelt: American Rough Rider by John Garraty
The Barbary Pirates by C. S. Forester
The Sinking of the Bismark: The Deadly Hunt by William Shirer
The Stout-Hearted Seven: Orphaned on the Oregon Trail by Neta Lohnes Frazier
The Swamp Fox of the Revolution by Stewart H. Holbrook
You can currently get all twenty six titles on our website for a special discounted price! We know building a library is expensive, so here's a great way to get some excellent titles on your shelves while saving money. Get all twenty six titles for $169.95, a savings of nearly $18.00! Click here to order.
What age group would you recommend these for?
ReplyDeleteGreat question Michelle! They're written at a 5th-7th level but can be read aloud to younger students. I also know plenty of adults who have enjoyed reading them!
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