We must have eleventy billion baskets of books around the house. I like each room to have several and I have a very good husband who is endlessly tolerant. I sifted through several amazing book lists and compiled a gathering of books that I don't want my girls to miss that touch on the time of Beowulf, King Arthur, Merlin, Sir Gawain, Stonehenge, King Alfred and on an on. They take residence in this basket (along with our Visits to Europe picture books and previously read Van Gogh books ... rereading is always welcome here).
Here is what will fill the basket for history literature over the course of the year ... more to come for Mae's studies as well.
Robin Hood by Calcutt & Baker-Smith
Arthur of Albion by Matthews & Tatarnikov
King Arthur and His Knights {audio by Jim Weiss}
A Castle Diary by Platt
A Medieval Feast by Aliki
Beowulf by Morpurgo
Brigid's Cloak by Milligan
Caedmon's Song by Ashby
Merlin and the Dragons by Yolen
Saint Brendan and the Voyage before Columbus by McGrew
Saint Francis of Assisi by Denham
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Morpurgo
Sword in the Tree by Bulla
The Kitchen Knight by Hodges
The Making of a Knight by O'Brien
The Reluctant Dragon by Grahamme
I tend to be drawn to people over events in history and I see that is also what resonates most with my children at this time of their little lives.