A teacher from Oregon asked what history-related books my family used for reading aloud after dinner. A short list follows for grades 3-6. I’m choosing oldies but goodies, but there are many other wonderful books out there today.
- Ancient Egypt – The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt by Elizabeth Payne
- Ancient Rome – Detectives in Togas by Henry Winterfeld
- Ancient Rome – Mystery of the Roman Ransom by Henry Winterfeld
- 1200s – The Barons’ Hostage by Geoffrey Trease
- Late 1300s – A Shot from a Sling by Peter John Stephens
- Early 1600s – I Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
- 1700s – Wilderness Wife (Rebecca Boone) by Etta Degering
- 1768+ – The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth Speare
- 1778 – The Fighting Ground by Avi
- Early 1800s – The Bears of Blue River by Charles Major
- 1870s – Incident at Hawk’s Hill by Allan Eckert
- Early 1900s – The World of the Grizzlies by Beth Day
- Early 1900s – Little Britches (and sequels) by Ralph Moody
- Early 1900s – Minnow on the Say by Philippa Pearce
- 1918 – Rascal by Sterling North
- Mid-1900s – My Life with the Chimpanzees (revised) by Jane Goodall
