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The D'Aulaires, Edgar and Ingri, met at art school in Munich in 1921 and published their first children's book ten years later and, up until 1980 when Ingri died, contributed a number of distinguished children's books, most of them non-fiction. Their book of Greek Mythology remains the biggest selling collection for children and is often used as a textbook. The collection is thorough and
Anne Ursu's Cronus Chronicles series, the first book of which is The Shadow Thieves, manages to be playful and menacing at the same time, a bit like Eric Fortune's cover illustration which I loved so much I had to share in its text-free form. Published early in 2006, less than a year after The Lightning Thief hit the shelves, The Shadow Thieves is a different animal all together. And
Once again, the remarkable academics of Professor Ari Berk and multifaceted artistry that made The Secret History of Giants a treasure of a book come together to bring us The Secret History of Mermaids and Creatures of the Deep, another look into the archives of the Order of the Golden Quills. Like the Ology series of books published by Candlewick Press, Berk's Secret Histories (a series, I
Before I start slinging superlatives, I need to thank RL La Fevers for creating Nathaniel Fludd and writing his world into existence. Special commendation goes to you for introducing a new series written at the much ignored third grade reading level while at the same time refusing to talk down to the reader by presenting historical, geographical and cultural information in a fascinating,
Thanks for this list! Another book that I have come across that looks fantastic is The Wanderings of Odysseus by Rosemary Sutcliff - a retelling of the Odyssey. Her retelling of The Iliad is called Black Ships Before Troy and it looks great too. Both are highly recommended by homeschoolers I know who are studying ancient history.
Thanks for the tips! I will look for those titles.
Wow - a great list. I'd have to add Greek Myths by Marcia Williams<br />http://www.amazon.co.uk/Greek-Myths-Marcia-Williams/dp/140630347X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269524578&sr=8-1
That book - the whole series put out by Walker Books ( the UK sister publisher of Candlewick Books here in the US) looks amazing. Sadly, they are not published in the States! Maybe Candlewick can do something about that!
__Black Ships Before Troy_ is definitely wonderful -- my sixth-graders loved it! The language is hauntingly beautiful and retains quite a flavor of the original story. In general, Rosemary Sutcliffe's historical fiction is very well-written and a great hook for medieval and other historical studies.
Thanks for the tip! I am adding it to the list!!