ES Booklist

Book List

*** represents books used throughout the curriculum, but only listed once here.

*secondary book that is highly recommended

[For any potential parental warnings, age ranges, and a book synopsis, check the curriculum.]

WEEK 1

• ***DK EyeWitness Books: Explorer, Rupert Matthews.
• A Bible or Bible story book that covers Joseph such as Joseph by Brian Wildsmith.
• ***The Light and the Glory for Young Readers, Peter Marshall and David Manuel.
• ***Land Ho! Fifty Glorious Years in the Age of Exploration, Nancy Winslow Parker.

Secondary Books:  Find some of these excellent books to read aloud and make available to your children for their quiet times.

• The Phoenicians: The Mysterious Sea People, Katherine Reece
• *Ox, House, Stick: The History of our Alphabet, Don Robb
• The Moon Seems to Change, Franklyn M. Branley and Barbara and Ed Emberley OR another book on the phases of the moon
• Me on the Map, Joan Sweeney
• The Usborne Ancient World, Fiona Chandler

WEEK 2

• The Scandinavian Vikings, Ancient and Medieval People, Louise Park and Timothy Love.
• A book on Marco Polo such as:
  • Marco Polo: A Journey through Chinav, Fiona MacDonald.
  • Animals Marco Polo Saw: An Adventure on the Silk Road, Sandra Markle.
• The Sea Singer, Craig Moodie

Secondary Books:

• ***Exploration of North America Coloring Book by Dover (optional, but can use throughout)
• Voyage with the Vikings, Imagination Station, Marianne Hering
• Before Columbus: The Leif Eriksson Expedition (Landmark Books), Elizabeth Cody Kimmel.
• The Story of the Vikings Coloring Book (Dover), G. Smith
• The Three Vikings, Adam Auerbach
• Leif the Lucky, Ingri and Edgar d’Aulaire
• Explorers of North America (A True Book: American History), Christine Taylor-Butler
• A Silk Pebble, A Story of the Silk Road, Bonnie Christensen

WEEK 3

• Dare the Wind, Tracey Fern

Secondary Books

• The Travels of Vasco da Gama (Explorers and Exploration), Joanne Mattern
• Portuguese Explorers, Walter Buehr. Published in 1966, this OOP book might be hard to find, but is worth it if you want a well written chapter book for this week.
• Magellan and da Gama; To the Far East and Beyond, Clint Twist.
• Vasco da Gama: Quest for the Spice Trade, Katharine Bailey.
• A Long and Uncertain Journey: The 27,000-Mile Voyage of Vasco da Gama, Joan Elizabeth Goodman (* Parental caution: see curriculum)
• The Ship Book, Michael Berenstain.
• A Visual History of Ships and Navigation, Alberto Moreno de la Fuente

WEEK 4

• One of the first four books on Christopher Columbus listed below.
  • Christopher Columbus (Sower Series), Bennie Rhodes.
  • A Picture Book of Christopher Columbus, David A. Adler.
  • Christopher Columbus, Piero Ventura.
  • Animals Christopher Columbus Saw, Sandra Markle.

Secondary Books

• Follow the Dream, The Story of Christopher Columbus, Peter Sis.
• Christopher Columbus, Stephen Krensky.
• Pedro’s Journal, A Voyage with Christopher Columbus, Pam Conrad. (*parental warning in curriculum)
• In 1492, Jean Marzollo.

WEEK 5

Secondary Books:

• A book about Magellan such as:
  • *Magellan, A Voyage Around the World, Fiona MacDonald
  • Magellan and da Gama; To the Far East and Beyond, Clint Twist
  • The Travels of Ferdinand Magellan, by Joanne Mattern.
• A book about Amerigo Vespucci such as:
  • Amerigo Vespucci, Dennis Brindell Fradin.
  • Amerigo Vespucci, Explorer of South America and the West Indies, Heather Moore Niver
• A book about John Cabot such as:
  • John Cabot, by John Malam.
  • Explore with John Cabot, Cynthia O’Brien.
  • Cabot: John Cabot and the Journey to Newfoundland/North America, Robin S. Doak
  • The Travels of John and Sebastian Cabot, Joanne Mattern
• *Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Explorer to the Pacific Ocean, Arlene Bourgeois Molzahn.
• A book about Ponce de León such as:
  • Ponce de León, Wyatt Blassingame.
  • Ponce de León Ponce de León, Explorer of Florida, Arlene Bourgeois Molzahn
  • Juan Ponce de Leon and the Search for the Fountain of Youth, Daniel Harmon

WEEK 6

• The King’s Fifth, Scott Odell. *parental caution, see curriculum.
• Lost City, The Discovery of Machu Picchu, Ted Lewin

Secondary Books:

• *We Asked for Nothing: The Remarkable Journey of Cabeza de Vaca, Stuart Waldman
• The Travels of Hernán Cortez, Debbie Crisfield. *Parental caution
• A book on Coronado such as Francisco Coronado, Don Nardo.

WEEK 7

• The Huron Carol, Jean de Brébeuf. Either illustrator:
  • Illustrated by Ian Wallace.
  • Illustrated by Frances Tyrrell.

Secondary Books

• Build, Beaver, Build! Life at the Longest Beaver Dam, Sandra Markle
• Despite All Obstacles: La Salle and the Conquest of the Mississippi (Great Explorers), Joan Goodman.
• The Story of Marquette and Joliet, Cornerstones of Freedom, R. Conrad Stein
• ^Marquette and Joliet: Voyagers on the Mississippi, Ronald Syme

WEEK 8

Secondary Books

• Henry Hudson: An Explorer of the Northwest Passage, Amie Hazleton.
• The River of Dreams: The Story of the Hudson River, Hudson Talbot.
• Good Queen Bess: The Story of Elizabeth I of England, Diane Stanley and Peter Vennema.
• The Lost Colony of Roanoke, Jean Fritz.

WEEK 9

• A Lion to Guard Us, Clyde Robert Bulla.

Secondary Books

• A Children’s Color Book of Jamestown in Virginia, Priscilla Hunt.
• The Jamestown Colony (We the People: Exploration and Colonization), Brendan January.
• Captain John Smith: A Foothold in the New World (Heroes of History), Geoff and Janet Benge.
• Captain John Smith, Trish Kline
• Pocahontas: Powhatan Princess, Diane Shaughnessy.

WEEK 10

• Pilgrim Stories, Margaret Pumphrey. The Beautiful Feet version.
• Hana in the Time of the Tulips, Deborah

Secondary Books * means especially recommended.

• The Great Tulip Trade, Beth Wanger Brust
• *The Boy Who Held Back the Sea, Lenny Hort.
• Picture book on Rembrandt such as this one or this one.

WEEK 11

• Pilgrim Cat, Carol Antoinette Peacock.

Secondary Books  * means especially recommended.

• *On the Mayflower: Voyage of the Ship’s Apprentice and a Passenger Girl, Kate Water.
• *If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620, Ann McGovern.
• The Story of the Mayflower Compact (Cornerstones of Freedom), Norman Richards.
• The Boy Who Fell Off the Mayflower, or John Howland’s Good Fortune, P.J. Lynch.
• You Wouldn’t Want to Sail on the Mayflower! A Trip that Took Entirely Too Long, Peter Cook.
• C. Wyeth’s Pilgrims, Robert San Souci.
• The Pilgrims of Plimoth, Marcia Sewall.

WEEK 12

• Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving, Eric Metaxas.

Secondary Books:

• *Sarah Morton’s Day: Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Girl, Kate Waters.
• *Samuel Eaton’s Day, A Day in the Life of a Pilgrim Boy, Kate Waters.
• *Tapenum’s Day, Kate Waters.
• The Story of the Pilgrims, Katharine Ross and Carolyn Croll.
• The Thanksgiving Story, Alice Dalgliesh
• Stranded at Plimoth Plantation 1626, Gary Bowen
• Saying Grace: A Prayer of Thanksgiving, Virginia Kroll.
• Thanksgiving on Plymouth Plantation, Diane Stanley.
• Squanto’s Journey: The Story of the First Thanksgiving, Joseph Bruchac
• Squanto: Friend of the Pilgrims, Clyde Robert Bulla

DVDs and Videos

• *This is America Charlie Brown—The Mayflower Voyagers

WEEK 13

• The Courage of Sarah Noble, Alice Dalgliesh.

Secondary Books  * means especially recommended.

• *William’s House, Ginger Howard.
• *Tattered Sails, Verla Kay.
• Full Worm Moon, Margo Lemieux.
• Calico Bush, Rachel Field.
• The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Elizabeth George Speare. *Parental guidance in curriculum

WEEK 14

^These books are out of print, but there may be links on the Resource Page where you can access the book for free. Try to find at least one of them online or hard copy.

• ^The Legend of New Amsterdam, Peter Spier.
• ^Old Silver Leg Takes Over! A Story of Peter Stuyvesant, Robert Quackenbush.

Secondary Books  * means especially recommended.

• *^On the Day Peter Stuyvesant Sailed into Town, Arnold Lobel.
• Life in New Amsterdam (Picture the Past), Laura Fischer.
• The River of Dreams: The Story of the Hudson River, Hudson Talbot.
• The Bears on Hemlock Mountain, Alice Dalgliesh.
• The Matchlock Gun, Walter D. Edmonds.
• A children’s book or two about New York such as New York, Anne Welsbacher.

DVDs and Videos

• Colonial Life for Children: The Dutch and New Amsterdam. Schlessinger Media.

WEEK 15

• One or more books about William Penn and the founding of Pennsylvania
  • *The Story of William Penn, Aliki.
  • William Penn, Founder of Pennsylvania, Steven Kroll.
• The Sign of the Beaver, Elizabeth George Speare.

Secondary Books  * means especially recommended.

• *Hiawatha, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, illustrated by Susan Jeffers.
• *Thy Friend, Obadiah, Brinton Turkle
• The Boy Who Loved to Draw, Benjamin West. Barbara Brenner.
• Benjamin West and His Cat Grimalkin, Marguerite Henry.
• Homespun Sarah, Verla Kay.
• Ox-cart Man, Donald Hall.
• If You Lived in Colonial Times, Ann McGovern.
• Molly Bannaky, Alice McGill.
• Books on the 13 Colonies from your library such as The Thirteen Colonies by Susan E. Hamen.

WEEK 16

• Hornbooks and Inkwells, Verla Kay.

Secondary Books  * means especially recommended

• *Arthur and the Golden Guinea, Jean Berwick.
• The Village: Life in Colonial Times, James E. Knight.
• The Farm: Life in Colonial Pennsylvania, James E. Knight.
• George Whitefield: Voice That Woke the World (Trail Blazers), Lucille Travis.
• Jonathan Edwards, America’s Genius (Trailblazers), Christian George
• Maggie’s Choice (also titled Maggie’s Dare), Norma Jean Lutz.

WEEK 17

• Struggle for a Continent: The French and Indian Wars 1689–1763, Betsy Maestro.

Secondary Books

• *Duel in the Wilderness, Karin Clafford Farley.
• *The Matchlock Gun, Walter D. Edmonds. (mentioned in Week 14)
• When Did George Washington Fight His First Military Battle? And Other Questions about the French and Indian War, Francesca Davis DiPiazza.
• Calico Captive, Elizabeth George Speare.
• Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison, Lois Lenski.
• With Wolfe in Canada, or The Winning of a Continent, G.A. Henty.
• The Last of the Mohicans, James Fenimore Cooper, adapted by John M. Hurdy.

WEEK 18

Secondary books:

• *Arthur and the Golden Guinea, Jean Berwick. (mentioned in Week 16)
• *Mary Geddy’s Day: A Colonial Girl in Williamsburg, Kate Waters.
• If You Lived in Williamsburg in Colonial Days, Barbara Brenner.
• If You Lived in Colonial Times, Ann McGovern. (mentioned in Week 16)
• Colonial Williamsburg, Meish Goldish.
• The Scoop on Clothes, Homes, and Daily Life in Colonial America, Elizabeth Raum.
• The Scoop on School and Work in Colonial America, Bonnie Hinman.
• Early American Trades Coloring Book (Dover), Peter F. Copeland.
• Colonial People Series.
  • The Tailor, Christine Peterson.
  • The Gunsmith, Wil Mara.
  • The Milliner, Bobbie Kalman and Niki Walker.
  • The Blacksmith, Bobbie Kalman,
  • The Colonial Woodworker, Laura Sullivan.
  • The Colonial Cook, Bobbie Kalman.