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Grammar: Ancient Times: 5000 B.C. - 400 A.D.

Illustrated Stories from India from Usborne (India/based on legends)

 

Illustrated Stories from China retold by Rosie Dickens illustrated by Li Weiding (China/based on legends)

 

The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth (Japan)

You Wouldn't Want to be a Mammoth Hunter! by John Malam (Nonfiction--13,000-2,000 B.C.)

A Short History of the World by Ruth Brocklehurst (Nonfiction/Survey--12,000 B.C.-present)

 

First Encyclopedia of History by Fiona Chandler (Nonfiction/Survey--12,000-present)

 

Prehistoric Britain by Alex and Rachel Firth (Nonfiction/First people to Roman invasion--c. 12,000 B.C.-43 A.D.)

 

The Usborne History of Britain by Ruth Brocklehurst (Nonfiction/Survey--c. 10,000 B.C.-21st century)

 

The Usborne Ancient World by Fiona Chandler (Nonfiction Encyclopedia)

 

The Usborne Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt by Gill Harvey (Nonfiction--3100 B.C.-332 B.C.)

 

Mystery of the Egyptian Scrolls by Scott Peters (Ancient Egypt--3100 B.C.-332 B.C.)

 

Mummies Made in Egypt by Aliki (Nonfiction/Ancient Egypt--3100 B.C.-332 B.C.)

 

Usborne Illustrated Stories from the Greek Myths (Greek Legends--3000 B.C.-1100 B.C.)

 

Greek Myths & Legends retold by Russell Punter (Graphic Novel--3000 B.C.-1100 B.C.)

 

Gilgamesh the King by Ludmilla Zeman (Sumarian Uruk/First book of trilogy--2700 B.C.)

The Revenge of Ishtar by Ludmilla Zeman (Sumarian Uruk/Second book of trilogy--2700 B.C.)

The Last Quest of Gilgamesh by Ludmilla Zeman (Sumarian Uruk/Third book of trilogy--2700 B.C.)

 

The Usborne Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece by Jane Chisholm (Nonfiction--2700 B.C.-323 B.C.)

 

Ancient Greeks by Stephanie Turnbull (Nonfiction--2700 B.C.-323 B.C.)

 

Famous Men of Greece by John Haaren (Nonfiction--2700 B.C.-323 B.C.)

 

The 5,000-Year-Old Puzzle by Claudia Logan (Ancient Egypt/Giza Pyramids/--takes place in 1924, regarding events in 2589 B.C.-2504 B.C.)

 

The Great Pyramid by Elizabeth Mann (Ancient Egypt/Khufu--2560 B.C.)

 

Sub-Saharan Africa by Lisa Zamosky (Nonfiction/Brief survey--2,000 B.C.-1980 A.D.)

The Maya by Jerome Martin (Nonfiction/Brief survey--c. 2,000 B.C.-1539 A.D.)

 

Hammurabi: Babylonian Ruler by Christine Mayfield (Nonfiction/Babylon--1792-1750 B.C.)

 

Tutankhamun by Gill Harvey (Nonfiction/Biography--r. 1333-1323 B.C.)

 

Tut's Mummy Lost and Found by Judy Donnelly (Egypt--1324 B.C.)

 

Jason and the Argonauts retold by Russell Punter (Graphic Novel/Greek Legend--c. 1300 B.C.)

Mighty Men by Eleanor Farjeon (Narrative nonfiction/Biographical stories from Achilles to William the Conqueror--1194 B.C.-1066 A.D.)

 

The Wooden Horse retold by Russell Punter (Ancient Greece--1184 B.C.)

The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War by Emily Little (Ancient Greece--1184 B.C.)

 

The Odyssey by Homer retold by Russell Punter (Graphic Novel--1184-1164 B.C.)

 

The Usborne Illustrated Odyssey retold by Anna Milbourne (Ancient Greece--1184-1164 B.C.)

 

The Story of the Olympics by Minna Lacey (Nonfiction/Ancient Greece--776 B.C.-393 A.D.)

 

Who Were the Romans? by Phil Roxbee Cox (Nonfiction--753 B.C.-476 A.D.)

Rome and Romans by Patsy Vanags (Nonfiction--753 B.C.-476 A.D.)

The Usborne Encyclopedia of the Roman World by Fiona Chandler (Nonfiction--753 B.C.-476 A.D.)

The Usborne Official Roman Soldier's Handbook by Lesley Sims (Nonfiction--753 B.C.-476 A.D.)

Roman Army by Ruth Brocklehurst (Nonfiction--753 B.C.-476 A.D.)

Visitor's Guide to Ancient Rome by Lesley Sims (Nonfiction--753 B.C.-476 A.D.)

Roman Patterns by Sam Lake (Nonfiction--753 B.C.-565 A.D.)

 

Celtic Patterns by Struan Reid and David Thelwell (Nonfiction/Britain/Art/Celts likely in Britain since c. 1200 B.C., but powerful--750-12 B.C.)

 

The Minotaur retold by Russell Punter (Ancient Greek Myth--earliest representation 670 or 660 B.C.)

 

Perseus & the Gorgon by Lesley Sims (Ancient Greek Myth--earliest representation c. 550 B.C.)

 

Lysis Goes to the Play by Caroline Dale Snedeker (Ancient Greece--5th-century)

Theras and His Town by Caroline Dale Snedeker (Ancient Athens and Sparta--431 B.C.)

 

Alexander the Great by Jane Bingham (Nonfiction/Biography--356-323 B.C.)

The Story of Spying by Rob Lloyd Jones (Nonfiction/Ancient times to cold war--336 B.C.-1991 A.D.)

 

Seeker of Knowledge: The Man Who Deciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs by James Rumford (Nonfiction/Rosetta Stone/Jean-Francois Champollion--takes place 1802 A.D., regards artifact from 196 B.C.)

 

Adventures in Ancient Greece by Linda Bailey (to 146 B.C.)

A Triumph for Flavius by Caroline Dale Snedeker (Ancient Rome--146 B.C.)

 

Gladiators by Minna Lacey (Nonfiction/Ancient Rome--105 B.C.-404 A.D.)

 

The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo (Ancient Egyptian Tale--1st-century B.C. or 1st-century A.D.)

 

Spartacus by Russell Punter (Nonfiction/Biography/Ancient Rome/Slave Revolt--73-73 B.C.)

 

Cleopatra by Serena Riglietti (Nonfiction/Biography--r. 51-30 B.C.)

Cleopatra by Katie Daynes (Nonfiction/Biography--r. 51-30 B.C.)

Julius Caesar by Rachel Firth (Nonfiction/Biography--r. 46-44 B.C.)

 

Everyday Life in Imperial Rome by Maria Antonietta Lozzi Bonaventura (Nonfiction--27 B.C.-476 A.D.)

 

Rome Reconstructed by Maria Antonietta Lozzi Bonaventura (Nonfiction--27 B.C.-476 A.D.)

The Story of Rome by Rosie Dickins (Nonfiction--27 B.C.-476 A.D.)

Famous Men of Rome by John Haaren (Nonfiction--27 B.C.-476 A.D.)

Roman Britain by Ruth Brocklehurst (Nonfiction/Survey--43 A.D.-410 A.D.)

 

Story of London Picture Book by Rob Lloyd Jones (Nonfiction/Survey from Roman times to present--47 A.D.-present)

The Story of London by Rob Lloyd Jones (Nonfiction/Survey from Roman times to present--47 A.D.-present)

 

Quintus by R. Weerstand (Rome--64 A.D.)

 

Pompeii: Buried Alive! by Edith Kunhardt (Italy/Vesuvius/Pompeii--79 A.D.)

Pompeii Picture Book Struan Reid (Nonfiction/Italy/Vesuvius--79 A.D.)

Pompeii by Karen Bell (Nonfiction/Italy/Vesuvius--79 A.D.)

Pompeii Reconstructed by Maria Antonietta Lozzi Bonaventura (Italy/Vesuvius/Pompeii--79 A.D.)

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