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Grammar: Medieval/Early Renaissance: 400 A.D. - 1600 A.D.

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

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

 

London by Catriona Clarke (Nonfiction/Survey from Roman times to present--47 A.D.-present)

 

Hidden Tales from Eastern Europe by Antonia Barber (Poland/Slovakia/Russia/Croatia/Serbia/Slovenia/Romania--no definite date)

 

Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings by Hazel Maskell (Nonfiction/Britain--410-1066)

 

A Medieval Feast by Aliki (England/Middle Ages--476-1453)

 

Medieval Patterns by Struan Reid (Nonfiction/Art History--476-1453)

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The Usborne Official Knight's Handbook by Sam Taplin (Nonfiction--476-1453)

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Knights and Armour by Rachel Firth (Nonfiction--476-1453)

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Knights by Jane Bingham (Arthurian stories/England--late 5th or early 6th-century)

 

The Sword in the Tree by Clyde Robert Bulla (Arthurian legend/England--late 5th or early 6th-century)

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Knights of the Round Table by Gwen Gross (Arthurian legend/England--late 5th or early 6th-century)

 

The Usborne Illustrated Tales of King Arthur by Sarah Courtauld (England--late 5th-century)

 

The Adventures of King Arthur retold by Russell Punter (Graphic Novel/England--c. late 5th-century)

 

Stories of Beowulf Told to the Children by H. E. Marshall (Epic Poem/Scandinavia--6th-century)

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Ancient West African Kingdoms by Jane Shuter (Nonfiction/Ghana, Mali, & Songhai Kingdoms/History Opens Windows Series--770-1591)

 

Norse Myths & Legends retold by Russell Punter (Graphic Novel/Scandinavia/Viking Era--793-1066)

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Usborne Illustrated Norse Myths by Ales Frith (Scandinavia/Viking Era--793-1066)

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Viking World by Philippa Wingate (Nonfiction--793-1066)

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Vikings by Stephanie Turnbull (Nonfiction--793-1066)

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Viking Raiders by A. Civardi (Nonfiction--793-1066)

 

Viking Adventure by Clyde Robert Bulla (Viking Era--793-1066)

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Who Were the Vikings? by Jane Chisholm (Nonfiction--793-1066)

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The Story of the Vikings by Megan Cullis (Nonfiction--793-1066)

 

Kings and Queens Picture Book by Sarah Courtauld and Kate Davis (Nonfiction/English monarchs from Alfred through Elizabeth II--886-present)

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Royal London Picture Book by Struan Reid (Nonfiction/Royal history of London/Great read alongside Kings and Queens--886-present)

 

Eric the Red and Leif the Lucky by Barbara Schiller (Norway/Greenland/Iceland/North America--950-1020)

 

Who in the World Was the Unready King? The Story of Ethelred by Connie Clark (Nonfiction - 978-1016)


Ibn al-Haytham: The Man Who Discovered How We See by Libby Romero [National Geographic Readers Bios] (Nonfiction - Persia--1011-1021)

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The Middle Ages by Abigail Wheatley (Nonfiction/Britain--1066-1487)

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A Medieval Feast by Aliki (Nonfiction/Picture book/Britain--1066-1487)

 

What Were Castles For? by Phil Roxbee Cox (Nonfiction/Began being built in--1067)

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The Story of Castles by Lesley Sims (Nonfiction/Began being built in --1067)

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Usborne Book of Castles by Lesley Sims (Nonfiction/Began being built in--1067)

 

Crusaders by Rob Lloyd Jones (Nonfiction/People, places, battles--1096-1271)

 

Hamlet by William Shakespeare retold by Russell Punter (Graphic Novel/Denmark--timeframe disputed, but scholars lean towards the 1100s)


The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela: Through three continents in the twelfth century by Uri Shulevitz (1159-1173)

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The Storyteller by Evan Turk (Morocco/My guess: the Almohad Dynasty--c. 1160-1147)

 

The Adventures of Robin Hood retold by Russell Punter (Graphic Novel/England--1194)

 

Robin Hood by Annie Ingle (England--1194)

 

The Minstrel in the Tower by Gloria Skurzynski (France--1195)

 

Big John's Secret by Eleanore M. Jewett (England/Fifth Crusade--1218)

 

The Inquisitor's Tale by Adam Gidwitz (Novel/Outside Paris/Travelers/Religious tolerance--1242)

 

Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction by David Macaulay (France--1252)

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Kubla Khan: The Emperor of Everything by Kathleen Krull (Picture book biography/Kublai Khan/Most of Asia--12-60-1294)

 

Marco Polo by Charles Parlin Graves (Asia/Travels--1271-1295)

 

Aztecs by Catriona Clarke (Nonfiction/Current day Mexico--c. 1300-1521)

 

The Apple and the Arrow by Mary and Conrad Buff (Switzerland--1307)

 

Mansa Musa: Leader of Mali by Lisa Zamosky (Africa/Mali/Emperor--1312-1337)

 

Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta by James Rumford [North Africa, Middle East, Asia, China] (Nonfiction--1325-1354)

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Michael Morpurgo (English Legend/Arthurian lore--mid-to-late-14th century)

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Fine Print: A Story About Johann Gutenberg by (Germany/First moveable type printing press/Bibles--c. 1398-1468)

 

Joan of Arc by Diane Stanley (France/Hundred Years War--1412-1431)

 

Pippo the Fool by Tracey E. Fern (Nonfiction/Florence/Architecture/Brunelleschi's Dome--1420-1436)

 

Leonardo's Horse by Jean Fritz (Nonfiction - Italy--1452-1519

 

Michelangelo by Diane Stanley (Italy/Biography--1475-1564)

 

Getting to Know Michelangelo by Mike Venezia (Nonfiction/Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists--1475-1564)

 

Chanticleer and the Fox by Geoffrey Chaucer retold by Barbara Cooney (England/Canterbury Tales--pub. 1476)

 

Leonardo da Vinci by Karen Ball and Rosie Dickins (Nonfiction/Biography/Art history/active--1478-1519)

 

Tudor's Picture Book by Galia Bernstein (Nonfiction/English monarchs/Fashion, art, theater/Reformation--1485-1603)

 

Tudors and Stuarts by Fiona Patchett (Nonfiction/Britain--1485-1714)

 

Pedro's Journal by Pam Conrad [Columbus] (1492-1493)


Christopher Columbus by Stephen Krensky (Americas--1492)

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Christopher Columbus by Minna Lacey (Nonfiction/Biography/Generally studied in--1492)

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The Secret Shofar of Barcelona by Jacqueline Dembar Greene (Picture book/Rosh Hashanah/Spanish Inquisition/Jewish community/Barcelona, Spain--1493)

 

Henry VIII by Jonathan Melmoth (Nonfiction/Biography/English monarch--r. 1509-1547)
 

Martin Luther: Man Who Changed the World by Paul L. Maier (Germany/Protestant Reformation--1517)

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Luther the Leader by Virgil E. Robinson (Germany/Protestant Reformation--1517)

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A Land of Books: Dreams of Young Mexihcah Word Painters by Duncan Tonatiuh (Historical fiction picture book/Mixtec codices/Ended with Spanish sacking of Tenochtitlan--1521)

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You Wouldn't Want to Be a Ninja Warrior! by John Malam (Nonfiction/Japan/Warring States Period--1550)

 

Elizabeth I by Zanna Davidson (Nonfiction/Biography/Britain--1558-1603)

 

Elizabeth I by Stephanie Turnbull (Nonfiction/Biography/Britain--1558-1603)

 

Will's Words: how William Shakespeare changed the way you talk by Jane Sutcliffe (Nonfiction - England--mid to late 16th century)

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William Shakespeare by Rosie Dickins (Nonfiction/England/Playhouses--mid to late 16th-century)

 

See Inside the World of Shakespeare by Barry Ablett (Nonfiction/England/Playhouses and palaces--mid to late 16th-century)

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World of Shakespeare Picture Book by Rosie Dickins (Nonfiction/England/Playhouses and palaces--mid to late 16th-century)


Life in the Elizabethan Theater by Diane Yancey (Nonfiction - England--mid to late 16th century)


Growing Up in Samurai Japan by Brenda Ralph Lewis (Nonfiction - Japan--16th century)

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Mary, Queen of Scots: Escape from Lochleven Castle by Theresa Breslin and Theresa Martinez [Traditional Scottish Tales] (Picture Book/Scotland/historical event--1568)


The Queen's Pirate by Sarah Courtauld (Nonfiction/British naval history/active--1572-1596)

 

Along Came Galileo by Jeanne Bendick (Italy--1581/beginning of science career-1642)

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St. George and the Dragon by Margaret Hodges (England/Tale dates much further back, but is given a Middle Ages setting in Spencer's Faerie Queene--pub. 1590)

 

Illustrated Stories from Shakespeare by Usborne (Retellings of plays published between 1590-1613)

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