What are your favorite history/literature supplements for 2nd grade SOTW spine?

[Amy in MS]

I'm going to place an order within the next month and want to have a good selection of books and fun stuff (lit and history) to go along with the SOTW II spine.

Thanks so!
Amy

[King Alfred Academy]

Our Island Story and This Country of Ours by H.E. Marshall

Viking Tales by Jennie Hall

D"Aulaire's Book of Norse Myths

This is just a very short list for now. I am going to be doing some more research into this and compile a longer list soon...especially after I get the AG and look at SWB suggestions. Plus, this thread will aid in that also. ;)

[Amy in MS]

Wonderful! I'll look forward to seeing what you come up with!
Amy

[Trivium Academy]

The Door in the Wall by Marguerite deAngeli
Leonardo's Horse by Jean Fritz
Martin Luther ...something the world by Paul Maier (anything he writes)

These will stay in our hearts for a while.

[Karen in CO]

by Mary Pope Osbourne. It has a good variety of stories. I also have the medieval paper dolls and the knights treasure chest. I picked up a kit on illuminated lettering from the craft store. A Medieval Feast by Aliki. Gregorian chants are fun for this time period too.

[Ali in OR]

We use Biblioplan which rounds out SOTW nicely. Biblioplan schedules readers at 3 different age levels and has a family read-aloud always going too, so we get lots of good books to read. We also have a few Jim Weiss CDs we listen to in the car that fit nicely. We use the SOTW AG to compile additional picture books from the library and we usually enjoy all of those. With girls, I have particularly enjoyed finding Cinderella stories from different cultures (Golden Sandal, Yeh-Shen, the "original" French Perrault version, etc.). I can't really share Biblioplan's list, but I'll mention two favorites I don't often see posts about: Explorers Who Got Lost (it gets long, but I learned so much!) and Rats, Bulls, and Flying Machines (about renaissance, from Core Knowledge, available from Rainbow Resource). For Jim Weiss, we have and enjoy Arabian Nights, King Arthur, and Shakespeare, and we've listened to a few others from the library.

[HollyDay]

So far we have enjoyed:

Augustine Came to Kent
Viking Tales
Beorne the Proud
Leif the Lucky
Norse Tales
Sword in the Tree
Empress of China
Arabian Knights
Shadow Spinner
Castles
Usborne Knights
Living Long Ago
Usborne World History
Beowulf
Tales of King Arthur
Midieval Art and Tapestries

I've also pulled from Streams of Civilization vol 1.

[chai]

I usually get my books out of the library, but there are few that I had to buy.


Don’t Know Much About the Kings and Queens of England—Kenneth Davis
Dangerous Journey—John Bunyan
A Three-Dimensional Medieval Castle—Willabel Tong
We read most of the books on the lists in previous posts. These are a few of our other favorites.


1001 Arabian Nights—Geraldine McCaughrean
Shadow Spinner—Susan Fletcher
Harold the Herald—Dana Fradon
Everyday Life of a _________—Giovanni Caselli (a nice series)
Life in the Middle Ages Series—Schlessinger Media

[dragons in the flower bed]

I'm going to place an order within the next month and want to have a good selection of books and fun stuff (lit and history) to go along with the SOTW II spine.

My list is entirely picture books.

An Illustrated History of Japan by Nishimura
Step Into Ancient Japan by Fiona MacDonald
The Silk Route by John S. Major
Fa Mulan: Story of a Woman Warrior by Robert D. San Souci

William Shakespeare and the Globe by Aliki
Martin Luther by Paul L Maier
Brother Sun, Sister Moon by Margaret Mayo
Saint Nicholas by Ann Tompert
The Best Book of Knights and Castles
The Man Who Loved Books by Jean Fritz
Usborne Time Traveller Book of Viking Raiders
Cuda of the Celts by Susan Ashe

The Sad Night by Sally Schofer
Growing Up in Aztec Times by Wood

Mansa Musa by Khephra Burns
History and Activities of the West African Kingdoms by Barr

Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam by Diane Stanley
History and Activities of the Islamic Empire by Gary E Barr

Little Krisha by Harish Johari
How Ganesh Got His Elephant Head by Johari

1,000 Years Ago on Planet Earth by Sneed B. Collard

[ABQmom]

Adam of the Road--we all LOVED this one
Favorite Medieval Tales
D'Aulaires Greek Myths

Jim Weiss's CD about the Renaissance--very well done and the whole family loves it again and again.

[Pencil Pusher]

The Door in the Wall by Marguerite deAngeli
Leonardo's Horse by Jean Fritz
Martin Luther ...something the world by Paul Maier (anything he writes)

These will stay in our hearts for a while.

Hi, Jessica!

I always love seeing what you suggest--I'm toggling over to see if the library has these.

Aub