I wish I had taken more photos, especially ones of the fantastic Mexican feast. I am still craving tostados today, with that queso fresco. Recipe please!
I wish I had taken more photos, especially ones of the fantastic Mexican feast. I am still craving tostados today, with that queso fresco. Recipe please!
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Chapter 28: China and the Rest of the World
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Chapter 25: Revolution Gone Sour
The Storming the Bastille
The Reign of Terror
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Chapter 17: Russia Looks West
Peter the Great
Peter's Port to the West
Look What Came from Russia by Miles Harvey
Peter the Great by Diane Stanley (I love her illustrations)
Peter the Great and Tsarist Russia by Miriam Greenblatt
Russia ABCs by Ann Berge
Baba Yaga and Vasilisa the Brave by Marianna Mayer (another great illustrator)
The Fool and the Flying Ship by Arthur Ransome
The Langague of Birds by Rafe Martin
The Sea King's Daughter by Aaron Shepard
The Tale of Tsar Sultan by Aleksandr Pushkin
Chapter 18: East and West Collide
The Ottomans Look West--Twice
The Barbarossa Brothers: 16th Century Pirates of the Barbary Coast by Aileen Weintraub
The First Tulips in Holland by Phyllis Krasilovsky
Letters Home from Turkey by Lisa Halvorsen
The Ottoman Empire by Adriane Ruggiero
A Weave of Words by Robert D. San Souci
Leyla: The Black Tulip
Chapter 19: The English in India
Exploration into India by Anita Ganeir
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling Illus. Jerry Pinkney
Savitri: A tale of Ancient India by Aaron Shepard
RikkiTikki Tavi by Rudyard Kipling illus. Jerry Pinkney
Chapter 20: The Imperial East
Emperor Chi'en-lung's Library
The Imperial East
The Land of the Dragon
A Look at Vietnam by Helen Frost
The Dalai Lama by Demi
Long is a Dragon by Peggy Goldstein
Korea: True Books
Look What Came from China by Miles Harvey
Welcome to Myanmar by Dora Yip
Mongolia: Festivals of the World by Frederick Fisher
All the Way to Lhasa by Barbara Helen Berger
The Ballad of Mulan by Song Nan Zhang
The Kahn's Daughter by Laurence Yep
The Last Dragon by Susan Miho Nunes
Tintin in Tibet by Herge
To Swim in Our Own Pond: a Book of Vietnamese Proverbs by Ngoc Tran
Chapter 24: Sailing South
Captain Cook Reaches Botany Bay
The Convict Settlement
Aboriginal Art of Australia by Carol Finley
Australia ABCS by Sarah Heiman
Captain James Cook by Shaun McCarthy
James Cook ad the Exploration of the Pacific by Charles J. Shields
Carry on, Mr. Bowditch by Jean Lee Lathan
Stowaway by Karen Hesse
Where the Forest Meets the Sea by Jeannie Baker
The Best Beak in Boonaroo Bay by Narelle Oliver
Chapter 26: Catherine the Great
Princess Catherine Comes to Russia
Catherine the Great
Catherine the Great: Judge for Yourself by Christine Hatt
Russia in Pictures by Heron Marquez
Russia: The Culture
Moscow: Cities of the World by Deborah Kent
Kashtanka by Anton Chekhov
The Tale of the Firebird trans. Tatiana Popova
Kingfisher Book of Tales from Russia
Chapter 41: New Zealand and her Rulers
The Treaty of Waitangi
The New Zealand Wars
The Maori of New Zealand by Steve Thunisen
New Zealand by Donna Walsh Shepherd
New Zealand ABCs by Holly Schroeder
Home of the Winds
The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera (? need to preview)
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Chapter 15: A New World in Conflict
A New World in Conflict
War Against the Colonies: Louis XIV Saves New France
William Penn's Holy Experiment
A Colonial Quaker Girl: The Diary of Sally Wister, 1777-1778
Kids in Colonial Times by Lisa Wroble
William Penn: Founder of Democracy by Norma Jean Lutz
Maiden of the Mist: A Legend of Niagara Falls by Veronika Martenova Charles
The Wampanoag Indians by Bill Lund
A Day in the Life of a Colonial Dressmaker by Amy French Merrill
Tapenum's Day: A Wamapanoag Indian Boy in Pilgrim Times by Kate Waters (I think this may have been from last time but it looks like it goes well here
also, not with the books: Witch of Blackbird Pond. We read and enjoyed in the summer--more for older kids
Chapter 16: The West
The Universal Ideas of Newton and Locke
Scientific Farming
Early Farm Life by Lise Gunby
Growing Seasons by Elsie Lee Splear
The Magic School Bus Plays Ball: A book About Forces
Starry Messenger by Peter Sis
The Year at Maple Hill Farm by Alice and Martin Provensen
Mechanical Harry by Bob Kerr
more coming that are not in yet:
Why Doesn't the Earth Fall Up? And Other Not So Dumb Questions about Motion by Vicki Cobb
A Farm through Time by Angela Wilkes
Chapter 21: Fighting Over North America
Three Pointless Wars
The Seven-Year War
Gulliver in Lilliput retold by Margaret Hodges
George Washington's Mother by Jean Fritz
Daniel Boone by Cheryl Harness
Meet George Washington by Joan Heilbroner
The French and Indian War by Christopher Collier
also listed, but not in the books:
Kaya American girl books
Chapter 22: Revolution!
Discontent in the British Colony
The American Revolution
George Washington's Socks by Elvira Woodruff
Paul Revere: In Their Own Words
Betsy Ross and the Silver Thimble by Stephanie Greene
Paul Revere and the Bell-Ringers by Jonah Winter
Liberty! How the Revolutionary War Began by Lucille Recht Penner
Midnight Riders: A Fun Song about the Rider of Paul Revere and William Dawes by Michael Dahl
Molly Pitcher by Frances E. Ruffin
The Making of the American Flag by Janet Palazzo-Craig
Our Declaration of Independence by Jay Schleifer
also Johnny Tremain (not with the books). this summer we listened to an excellent audio CD version of it; it is really long so would be a challenge read. This was a good way for all of us to get the story.
Can't You Make them Behave, King George? By Jean Fritz
If you Lived at the Time of the American Revolution by Kay Moore
Sleds on Boston Common by Louise Borden
Chapter 23: The New Country
The American Constitution
The First American President
Democracy's Signature by Danny Fingeroth
Five Smooth Stones: Hope's Revolutionary War Diary by Kristiana Gregory
Mr. President: A book of U.S. Presidents by George Sullivan
Pistols and Politics: Alexander Hamilton's Great Duel by August Greeley
Giants in the Land by Diana Apppelbaum
Mandy and the Washington Nightmare
more coming here:
If You Were There When they Signed the Constitution
Shh, We're Writing the Constitution by Jean Fritz
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