The Precious People Book List

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The Scope of The Precious People

Week 1-The Beginning of Recorded History

Creation by Cynthia Rylant

Who Eats What by Patricia Lauber

Week 2-Ancient Holidays, Mesopotamia, Animal Classification

Celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur by Deborah Heiligman

Let’s Classify Animals by Kelli Hicks

Week 3-Family Rules and Rhythms, Pyramids, Mammals

On Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur by Cathy Goldberg Fishman

National Geographic Readers: Pyramids (Level 1) by Laura Marsh

Week 4-Harvest Festival, First Farmers, World Geography

On Sukkot and Simchat Torah by Cathy Goldberg Fishman

Week 5-Ancient Egypt, Hemispheres, 

Archeologists Dig For Clues by Kate Duke 

Week 6-Ancient Egypt, Pharaohs, Pyramids, Foods

Mummies Made in Egypt by Aliki 

Week 7-Ancient Egypt,The Exodus, Hieroglyphs

The Longest Night by Laurel Snyder and Catia Chien

The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo

Week 8-Ancient Egypt, Human Anatomy, Medicine

Cleopatra by Diane Stanley

Week 9-Famous People of Ancient Greece, Heart Health

My Body by Patty Carratello

If You Were Me and Lived in Ancient Greece by Carole P. Norman

Week 10-Greek Alphabet, Math and Science in Ancient Greece

The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky

Week 11 Olympic Games, Greek Wars

Alexander the Great by Demi

Week 12-The Odyssey, Marathon, Greek Feast 

The Iliad and the Odyssey by Marcia Williams

Week 13-Art and Architecture in Ancient Rome

City by David Macaulay

Week 14-Roman Life and Art

City by David Macaulay

Week 15-Christmas/Nativity

The Friendly Beasts by Tomie de Paola

The Little Drummer Boy by Ezra Jack Keats

The Christmas Story by Jane Werner Watson

Room For A Little One by Martin Waddell

Week 16-World Geography, Countries and Cultures, Transportation

If I Built a Car by Chris Van Dusen

Week 17-Early Saints and Missionaries, Weather

National Geographic Readers:Weather by Kristin Baird Rattini

Week 18-Augustine of Hippo, Creed, Birds

Augustine by Simonetta Carr

Week 19-Saint Patrick, Early Missionaries and Monks

Saint Patrick by Tomie de Paola

Week 20- Saint Francis, Birds, Flowers

Brother Francis of Assisi by Tomie de Paola

Week 21- Korea, Seeds, Asia Timeline

A Seed is Sleepy by Dianna Hutts Aston

Week 22-Japan, China, Geology

A Rock is Lively by Dianna Hutts Aston

Hi Koo!: A Year of Seasons by Jon J. Muth

Mao and Me by Chen Jiang Hong

Week 23-Africa, Periodic Table

One Hen by Katie Smith Milway

The Periodic Table by Sean Callery and Miranda Smith

Week 24- North Africa, The Periodic Table

Deep In The Sahara by Kelly Cunnane

The Periodic Table by Sean Callery and Miranda Smith

Week 25-Latin America, Rainforests, Spanish Language

The Rainforest Grew All Around by Susan K. Mitchell

Week 26-Latin America, The Andes, Insects

Up and Down The Andes by Laurie Krebs

Week 27-India, Insects

Finders Keepers by Robert Arnett

Week 28-India, Snakes

Rikki Tikki Tavi by Jerry Pinkney and Rudyard Kipling

Amazing Snakes by Sarah L. Thomson

Week 29-Passover, Ponds

The Longest Night by Laurel Snyder

The Story of Passover by David Adler

Week 30-India, Country Report, Nests

An Egg is Quiet by Dianna Hutts Aston


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A few notes about the book list

You will need the read aloud selections, but many are available at the library.

For the remainder of the books, you could find them at the library, on YouTube, or substitute for a title with a similar theme. I feel it is worth owning many of them, but I also understand that we are all working on a different budget, and I tried to keep the book list as simple as possible.

A study of ancient history will naturally contain some graphic material and nudity. I did my best to choose books that minimized the intensity of this and kept a lighter spin on ancient history, but please glance through the books for yourself before handing them to your children.

Ancient history studies also cover a wide variety of religious perspectives. While I am an Apostle's Creed confessing, non-denominational believer, I feel that studying the beliefs of other people of the book, such as Jews and Catholics can enhance our own understanding of God. I hope that both Jewish and Catholic families can feel at home with this curriculum. In fact, several weeks of the curriculum focus on Jewish feast days. The Jewish culture has outlasted most other cultures that shaped the ancient world, and learning from them can help us shape our families to be influential in our own era.

With that being said, there are many other religions represented in a study of ancient history. A few of the weekly picture books will represent these other religious viewpoints, so that whatever your perspective is, you can learn to understand the people who inhabit our world.

"Seek first to understand before you seek to be understood."

-Stephen Covey

I hope that however you believe, your family can sense the love in these pages, and can create beautiful connection with your family as you learn about the ancient world and other cultures together.

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