Friday, 13 July 2012

Ancient Greece

Apollo and Daphne by Antonia Barber
The boy who cried horse by Terry Deary. Based on the story of the Trojan horse, this is a book for beginner readers.
Dido by Adele Geras
Megan in Ancient Greece by Susan Korman (Magic Attic Club) A 12 yuear old girl can travel trhough time thanks to a magic trunk in her attic.
Mission to Marathon by Geoffrey Trease
Penelope by Adele Geras. The story of Odysseus’s return told from Penelope’s point of view. Intended for an older reader.
Run with me, Nike by Cassandra Case. A child’s imagination takes them back to Ancient Greece
The Amazon Temple Quest by Katherine Roberts (The Seven Fabulous wonders series)
The Colossus crisis by Katherine Roberts (The Seven Fabulous wonders series)
The Crown of Violet by Geoffrey Trease
The lion's slave by Terry Deary. Story about Archimedes and the battle of Syracuse written for beginer readers.
The Luck of Troy by Roger Lancelyn Green The fall of Troy as seen by Nico, Helen’s son, who is with her inside Troy.
The Mausoleum Murder by Katherine Roberts (The Seven Fabulous wonders series)
The Olympic Conspiracy by Katherine Roberts (The Seven Fabulous wonders series)
The Prince and the golden ax: a Minoan tale by Deborah Nourse Lattimore. A picture book.
The tortoise and the dare by Terry Deary. A brother's bet means a girl has to run in the Olympics. A book for beginner readers.
The town mouse and the Spartan house by Terry Deary. Set during the war between Athens and Sparta. A book for beginner readers
Trojan horse: How the Greeks run the war by Emily Little. A story for emerging readers.
Troy by Adele Geras
Voyage to the Pharos by Sarah Gauch. Picture book
Windswept city by Henry Treece

Sunday, 1 July 2012

Egypt

There is so much written for this period that it can be hard to know where to begin but here are the ones i have found so far.

Picture books
Adventures in Ancient Egypt by Linda Bailey et al (Good Times Travel Agency)
Croco’nile by Roy Gerrard, 1999
Muti’s necklace by Louise Hawes
Pepi and the secret names by Jill Paton Walsh and Fiona French. Picture book
The shipwrecked sailor: an Egyption tale with hieroglyphs by Tamara Bower
The Winged Cat: a tale of Ancient Egypt by Deborah Nourse Lattimore, 1992

Children’s books
Bright and Morning Star by Rosemary Harris 3rd book in the Moon in the Cloud trilogy.
Casting the gods adrift by Geraldine McCaughrean
Ma’at’s feather by Juliet Desailly

Mara, daughter of the Nile by Eloise McGraw, 1990
Ramose Prince of Egypt by Carole Wilkinson
Shadow on the sun by Rosemary Harris
2nd in the Moon in the Cloud trilogy.
Sphinx’s Princess by Esther M Friesner
Spitting cobra by Gill Harvery. 1st in a mystery series set in Ancient Egypt.
Tara: Initiate of Heliopolis by Theresa Welsh A young girl’s journey back in time to the Egypt of Cleopatra
Temple Cat by Andrew Clements, 2001
The Cat of Bubastes by G A Henty
The Cleopatra’s curse by Katherine Roberts
(The Seven Fabulous wonders series)
The Glittering Eye by L J Adlington
The Great Pyramid Robbery by Katherine Roberts (The Seven Fabulous wonders series) The Wadjet Eye by Jill Rubalcala