Ancient Civilization History Living Books

I have 20 ancient civilization history living books today.

When putting together your own homeschool unit studies, the first thing you want is a book that can be used as a spine or guide.  Not just any book though.

A living book makes history come alive and draws our kids back to that time period.

Today, I am listing some of our ancient civilization living books that we have either read or that I have on my list to keep as supplements.

Middle School – Ancient Civilization Living History Books

• Archimedes and the Door of Science (Living History Library) Ancient Greece and science too.
• The Golden Goblet (Newbery Library, Puffin) Ancient Egypt.
• Mara, Daughter of the Nile (Puffin Story Books) Ancient Egypt.

• Odysseus in the Serpent Maze (Young Heroes (Harper Paperback)) Ancient Crete
• The Trojan War Homer and the Trojan War
• Caesar’s Gallic War An account, both factual and fictional, of the Gallic War of 58 to 51 B.C.

• Atticus Of Rome 30 B.C. (The Life And Times) Rome and gladiators
• The Annals of the World More like an extensive reference and could be used for high school and beyond.
• Hadassah: One Night With the King Really liked by girls and I heard it was good though my boys were not interested in reading it. They are boys right? Listing it here in case you have a sweet girl.

• The Cat of Bubastes: A Tale of Ancient Egypt (Dover Children’s Classics)
• Augustus Caesar’s World
• Tales of Ancient Egypt (Puffin Classics)

• The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt (Landmark Books)
• Gilgamesh the King (The Gilgamesh Trilogy)
• The Hero and the Minotaur

• Detectives in Togas
• Awful Egyptians (Horrible Histories)
• D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths
• Alexander the Great (First Books–Ancient Biographies)
• Cleopatra of Egypt (World Landmark Books, W-50)

Younger Grades – Ancient Civilization Living History Books

• Ms. Frizzle’s Adventures: Ancient Egypt
• Bill and Pete Go Down the Nile
• The Egyptian Cinderella

• The Classic Treasury of Aesop’s Fables
• The Trojan Horse: How the
• Greeks Won the War (Step-Into-Reading, Step 5) by Little, Emily [1988]
• Pompeii…Buried Alive! (Step into Reading)

These are just a few of the ones that I have kept up with during the years. I know there are others. Do you have any favorites you read when studying Ancient Civilization history?

Other History Books:

• 20 Awesome History Books for Kids
• 8 World War II Historical Fiction Books for Middle School
• 13 Living History Books about Ancient Greece
• How to Use a History Spine to Build Your Study of History

Hugs and love ya,