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Novice Favorites

Recommended for Beginners of any Age


These books are exceptionally good introductions to the history of the given civilizations, for young or old. They are simple enough to be easily read by late grammar and middle school students, but interesting enough to hold the attention of any adult who is not already familiar with the period being covered.

Joan of Arc
 

Ancient Greece

Book TitleAuthor
Famous Men of Greece by John H. Haaren
Story of the Greeks by Helene A. Guerber
Iliad for Boys and Girls by Alfred J. Church


Ancient Rome

Book TitleAuthor
Famous Men of Rome by John H. Haaren
Story of the Romans by Helene A. Guerber
Stories from Roman History by Lena Dalkeith


England and the British Empire

Book TitleAuthor
Our Island Story by H. E. Marshall
Our Empire Story by H. E. Marshall
Stories from English History by Hilda Skae


America

Book TitleAuthor
America First by Lawton B. Evans
Story of Abraham Lincoln by Mary A. Hamilton
Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans by Edward Eggleston


Africa

Book TitleAuthor
Stories of the Gorilla Country by Paul du Chaillu
Story of David Livingstone by Vautier Golding


Asian

Book TitleAuthor
Story of Japan by Robert Van Bergen
Story of China by Robert Van Bergen
India: Peeps at History by Beatrice Home


Spain, Latin America, and Exploration

Book TitleAuthor
Spain: History for Young Readers by Frederick Ober
Men Who Found America by Frederick W. Hutchinson
Book of Discovery by M. B. Synge


Christian

Book TitleAuthor
Nursery Book of Bible Stories by Amy Steedman
Saints and Heroes to the End of the Middle Ages by George Hodges
Saints and Heroes Since the Middle Ages by George Hodges


Western Europe

Book TitleAuthor
Story of Europe by H. E. Marshall
Stories from French History by Lena Dalkeith
Story of the Middle Ages by Samuel B. Harding


Norse

Book TitleAuthor
Viking Tales by Jennie Hall
Stories of the Vikings by Mary Macgregor
Story of Russia by Robert Van Bergen


Moslem

Book TitleAuthor
Barbary Rovers: Peeps at History by John Finnemore


World

Book TitleAuthor
On the Shores of the Great Sea by M. B. Synge
Discovery of New Worlds by M. B. Synge
Awakening of Europe by M. B. Synge
Struggle for Sea Power by M. B. Synge
Growth of the British Empire by M. B. Synge