CC Cycle 1 Book List

All weeks:

Archaeologists dig for clues (week 1 science)

by Kate Duke.
Weeks 1-2

Carl Linnaeus: father of classification

Margaret J. Anderson.

Exodus
Brian Wildsmith.

Joseph
Brian Wildsmith.

Song of creation
by Paul Goble.

On Noah's ark
Jan Brett.

Ancient Egyptians and their neighbors: an activity

guide
Marian Broida.

Mummies in the morning

by Mary Pope Osborne ; illustrated by Sal Murdocca.

Seeker of knowledge: the man who deciphered

Egyptian hieroglyphs
James Rumford.

Tutankhamen's gift
written and illustrated by Robert Sabuda.

Pepi and the secret names: help Pepi crack the

hieroglypic code
Jill Paton Walsh ; [illustrated by] Fiona French.

Who was King Tut?

by Roberta Edwards ; illustrated by True Kelley.

Cleopatra VII: daughter of the Nile, Egypt, 57 B.C

by Kristiana Gregory.

Tutankhamun

by Robert Green.

The shipwrecked sailor: an Egyptian tale with

hieroglyphs
Tamara Bower.
WEEKS 3-4

The librarian who measured the earth

Kathryn Lasky ; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes.

Pegasus
as told by Marianna Mayer ; illustrated by K.Y. Craft.

Theseus and the Minotaur

Yvan Pommaux.
(this is not the one on the book list, but give it a try)

The gods and goddesses of Olympus

written and illustrated by Aliki.

You wouldn't want to be in Alexander the Great's

army!: miles you'd rather not march
written by Jacqueline Morley ; illustrated by David Antram ; created and designed
by David Salariya

Famous Men of Greece

Haaren, John H. (audiobook if want) ***

Black ships before Troy: the story of the Iliad

Rosemary Sutcliff ; illustrated by Alan Lee.

The children's Homer: the adventures of Odysseus

and the tale of Troy
by Padraic Colum ; illustrated by Willy Pogany.

Archimedes and the door of science

by Jeanne Bendick ; pictures by the author.

The D'Aulaires' book of Greek myths

by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire. (comes in a sound recording which would be
nice)

The Trojan horse: how the Greeks won the war

by Emily Little ; illustrated by Michael Eagle.

Greek myths
by Olivia E. Coolidge ; illustrated by Edouard Sandoz.

Hour of the Olympics

by Mary Pope Osborne ; illustrated by Sal Murdocca.

Weeks 5-6

The boy who drew birds: a story of John James

Audubon by Jacqueline Davies ; illustrated by Melissa Sweet.
(week 6 science)
What's it like to be a fish
by Wendy Pfeffer ; illustrated by Holly Keller. (week 6 science)

How to be a Roman soldier

written by Fiona Macdonald ; illustrated by Nicholas Hewetson.

Cleopatra
Diane Stanley , Peter Vennema ; illustrated by Diane Stanley.

City: a story of Roman planning and construction

David Macaulay.

Rome antics
David Macaulay.

Roman diary: the journal of Iliona of Mytilini, who was

captured by pirates and sold as a slave in Rome, A.D.
107
Richard Platt ; illustrated by David Parkins.

Growing up in ancient Rome

by Mike Corbishley ; illustrated by Chris Molan.

***The Young Carthaginian A Story of The Times of

Hannibal
by G. A., 1832-1902 Henty (download)** (text on ipad so decided?)

The bronze bow

Elizabeth George Speare. (sound recording)

Your travel guide to ancient Rome

Rita J. Markel.

Ben-Hur
by Lew Wallace ; presented by Metro Goldwyn Mayer. DVD

Week 7

Caterpillars and butterflies

Stephanie Turnbull ; designed by Nelupa Hussain ; illustrated by Rosanne Guille
and Uwe Mayer. (science-week 7)

Where butterflies grow

by Joanne Ryder ; pictures by Lynne Cherry (week 7 science)

Where do chicks come from?

by Amy E. Sklansky ; illustrated by Pam Paparone. (week 7 science)

From tadpole to frog

by Wendy Pfeffer ; illustrated by Holly Keller. (week 7 science)

From caterpillar to butterfly

by Deborah Heiligman ; illustrated by Bari Weissman. (week 7 science)

One grain of rice: a mathematical folktale

Demi.

Who was Marco Polo?

by Joan Holub ; illustrated by John O'Brien.

Life in the ancient Indus River Valley

Hazel Richardson.
WEEK 8

The magic school bus plants seeds: a book about

how living things grow
based on the episode from the animated TV series produced by Scholastic
Productions, Inc. ; based on The magic school bus series written by Joanna Cole
and illustrated by Bruce Degen. (science week 8)

Monkey: a trickster tale from India

by Gerald McDermott.

A little princess
Frances Hodgson Burnett. (sound recording)
Week 9

Zinnia's flower garden

Monica Wellington. (science week 9)

Yeh-Shen: a Cinderella story from China

retold by Ai-Ling Louie ; illustrated by Ed Young.

The five Chinese brothers

by Claire Huchet Bishop and Kurt Wiese.

The silk route: 7,000 miles of history

by John S. Major ; illustrated by Stephen Fieser.

The pet dragon

Christoph Niemann.

Day of the Dragon King

by Mary Pope Osborne ; illustrated by Sal Murdocca.

The cat who went to heaven

by Elizabeth Coatsworth ; illustrated by Lynd Ward.

Who was Marco Polo?

by Joan Holub ; illustrated by John O'Brien.

Into the unknown: how great explorers found their

way by land, sea, and air
Stewart Ross ; illustrated by Stephen Biesty.

Young Fu of the upper Yangtze

by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis ; reillustrated by Ed Young ; introduction by Pearl S.
Buck.

Where the mountain meets the moon

Grace Lin. (Sound recording)

Spotlight on China
Robin Johnson & Bobbie Kalman.

Day of the Dragon King

by Mary Pope Osborne ; illustrated by Sal Murdocca

Week 10

Dragon of the red dawn

by Mary Pope Osborne ; illustrated by Sal Murdocca.

The samurai's tale

Erik Christian Haugaard ; map by Brian Lalor

The big wave

Pearl S. Buck.

Ninjas and samurai: a nonfiction companion to night

of the ninjas
by Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce ; illustrated by Sal Murdocca.
WEEKS 11-12

Anna of Byzantium
by Tracy Barrett.

Shadow spinner
Susan Fletcher.

Mosque
David Macaulay.
WEEKS 13-14

What is the world made of?: all about solids, liquids,

and gases
by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld ; illustrated by Paul Meisel. (week 13 science)

The magic school bus inside the earth

Joanna Cole & Bruce Degen. Sound recording if they have it (week 14 science)

Mufaro's beautiful daughters: an African tale

John Steptoe.

Why mosquitoes buzz in people's ears: a West

African tale
retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon.

Bringing the rain to Kapiti Plain: a Nandi tale

retold by Verna Aardema ; pictures by Beatriz Vidal.

Too much talk

Angela Shelf Medearis ; illustrated by Stefano Vitale.

Week 15
Ashanti to Zulu: African traditions
Margaret Musgrove ; pictures by Leo and Diane Dillon. -

Anansi the spider: a tale from the Ashanti.

Adapted and illustrated, by Gerald McDermott.
WEEK 16

Danger! volcanoes
Seymour Simon. (weeks 16-17 science)

The magic school bus blows its top: a book about

volcanoes
[adaption by Gail Herman and illustrated by Bob Ostrom ; TV script written by
Brian Meehl and Jocelyn Stevenson.]
(weeks 16-17 science)

The ancient Maya

Jackie Maloy

The Aztec empire

Sunita Apte.

Aztec designs
Wilson G. Turner.

Secret of the Andes

With drawings by Jean Charlot.

Aztec, Inca & Maya

written by Elizabeth Baquedano ; photographed by Michel Zabe.
WEEK 17 (none)
WEEKS 18-19

The magic school bus on the ocean floor

by Joanna Cole ; illustrated by Bruce Degen. (science weeks 18-19)

More than moccasins: a kid's activity guide to

traditional North American Indian life
Laurie Carlson.

Naya Nuki: Shoshoni girl who ran

Kenneth Thomasma ; Eunice Hundley, illustrator.

Sing down the moon

Scott O'Dell. (audio download -3 hours-interest for ages 12 and up)

Indian captive: the story of Mary Jemison

written and illustrated by Lois Lenski.

The sign of the beaver

Elizabeth George Speare.
WEEK 20 (none)
WEEKS 21-22

Hatchet
The magic school bus inside a hurricane
by Joanna Cole ; illustrated by Bruce Degen. (week 22 science)
Gary Paulsen. (sound recording)
Weeks 23-24

Clouds
by Anne Rockwell ; illustrated by Fran Lessac. (week 23 science)

Sea clocks: the story of longitude

Louise Borden ; illustrated by Erik Blegvad. (week 24 science)

Geography from A to Z: a picture glossary

by Jack Knowlton, pictures by Harriett Barton. Week 24)

The great kapok tree: a tale of the Amazon rainforest

by Lynne Cherry.
Nate Saint: heavenbound (mom and dad have)

Jim Elliott: A light for God (Heroes for Young

Readers)-Meloche-see if anyone has, not at library
Napoleon: the story of the little corporal
by Robert Burleigh.

History

The Trojan horse: how the Greeks won the war

by Emily Little ; illustrated by Michael Eagle..

Black ships before Troy: the story of the Iliad

Rosemary Sutcliff ; illustrated by Alan Lee.
(starting lesson12 of history)

D'Aulaires' book of Greek myths

Book of Greek myths
Greek myths

Author D'Aulaire, Ing

Starting at lesson 28 history (has sound recording too)