Living History Reading List pdf (Historyreadinglist)
Following is a list of books I can heartily recommend as wonderful living history books to use in your homeschool. This list is also available above in pdf form with each book labeled for independent reading level as well as read aloud level. The pdf also lists books that are specifically Catholic resources.
General History Resources
Child’s History of the World (Hillyer)
Our Island Story (Marshall)
The World’s Story (O’Neill)
Landmark Books
Bethlehem Books
Childhood of Famous Americans biography series
Story of the World series
RC History
History Cycle 1
(Creation-Time of Christ)
D’aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths (D’Aulaire)
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth (Lasky)
A Life of Our Lord for Children (Pochoki)
The First Christians: The Acts of the Apostles for Children (Pochoki)
Story of St. Paul (Footsteps of the Saints)
Story of Andrew the Apostle (Footsteps of the Saints)
Story of St. Stephen (Footsteps of the Saints)
Archimedes and the Door of Science (Bendick)
Black Ships Before Troy (Sutcliff)
Gilgamesh the Hero (McCaughrean)
Golden Goblet (McGraw)
The Children’s Homer (Colum)
Cat of Bubastes (Henty)
Mara, Daughter of the Nile( McGraw)
Hittite Warrior (Williamson)
Augustus Caesar’s World (Foster)
History Cycle 2
(33AD-1600)
Apple and the Arrow (Bugg)
Columbus (D’Aulaire)
Leif the Lucky (D’Aulaire)
Christopher Columbus and Discovery of the New World (Pollard)
The Sword in the Tree (Bulla)
Hide the Children: St. Bernard (Footsteps of the Saints)
Story of St. Patrick (Footsteps of the Saints)
St. Elizabeth of Hungary (Footsteps of the Saints)
St. Valentine (Sabuda)
Twelve Bright Trumpets (Mann)
Our Island Story (Marshall)
Galen and the Gateway of Medicine (Bendick)
Beorn the Proud (Polland)
St. Elizabeth’s Three Crowns (Vision)
Francis of the Seven Seas (Vision)
St. Anthony and the Christ Child( Vision)
Francis and Clare (Vision)
St. Thomas Aquinas (Vision)
Joan of Arc (Vision)
St. Thomas More of London (Vision)
Edmund Campion (Vision)
St. Ignatius (Vision)
St. Philip of the Joyous Heart (Vision)
Viking Tales (Hall)
Castle Diary (Platt)
Canterbury Tales Retold for Children (McCaughren)
Trial and Triumph (Hannula)
The Hidden Treasure of Glaston (Jewett)
Augustine Came to Kent (Willard)
If all the Swords in England (Willard)
Winning His Spurs (Henty)
A Door in the Wall (d’Angeli)
The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow (French)
The Great and Terrible Quest (Lovett)
Son of Charlemagne (Willard)
Otto of the Silverhand (Pyle)
Men of Iron (Pyle)
The Trumpeter of Krakow (Kelly)
Robin Hood (Pyle)
History Cycle 3
(1600-1850)
The Life of George Washington (Pollard)
Benjamin Franklin (D’Aulaire)
Buffalo Bill (D’Aulaire)
Pocahontas (D’Aulaire)
The Matchlock Gun (Edmonds)
A Lion to Guard Us (Bulla)
Our Hero General U.S. Grant (Pollard)
George Washington’s World (Foster)
Ben and Me (Lawson)
Sign of the Beaver (Speare)
Fr. Marquette and the Great Rivers( Vision)
St. Vincent de Paul( Vision)
Kateri Tekakwitha Mohawk Maiden (Vision)
St. Isaac and the Indians (Vision)
David Crockett, Scout (Fletcher Allen)
Up from Slavery (Washington)