American History Books to supplement Core D+E...

If you are not using Sonlight Curriculum, this post probably won't mean much to you, but I get asked this question all the time,

"I am doing Core D+E, the condensed American History study, and I would like to know some more great books my kids can read that will go along with it."

My answer has always been to look at the catalog;  look at all the books used in Core D (the first year of  American history) and Core E (the second year of American history) and get all the books that aren't used in the condensed version (D+E).

To make things easier for my customers, I have done the work for you. Here is a list of all the books not used in Core D+E but which are used in D and E separately. I should note that not all these books pertain to American History, but they are engaging books for children 8-11 years old.)

If you would like the complete list of the books used in Sonlight's program, you can email me for a free catalog. This would make a great resource for you even if you aren't homeschooling. Summer or family readers anyone?

Core D books not used in Core D+E:

History Books

• Adoniram Judson: Bound for Burma [American Missionaries]
• And Then What Happened Paul Revere?
• Incans, Aztecs and Mayans
• From Sea to Shining Sea for Young Readers  (5 day)
• The Light and the Glory for Young Readers    (5 day)
• The Very First Americans   (5 day)
• The Winter at Valley Forge   (5 day)

Read Aloud Books

• Calico Bush
• A Child's Introduction to Poetry
• The Journeyman
• Justin Morgan Had a Horse [One of my daughter Kari's favorites from this Core]
• The Sign of the Beaver
• Swift Rivers
• The Candymakers  (5 day)
• Lawn Boy  (5 day)
• The Secret of the Sealed Room  (5 day)
• Tree in the Trail  (5 day)

Readers--Regular and Advanced

• The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
• The Courage of Sarah Noble
• A Lion to Guard Us
• Meet George Washington
• Meet Thomas Jefferson
• Robert Fulton, Boy Craftsman
• Sarah Whitcher's Story
• The Skippack School
• Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims
• The Thanksgiving Story
• Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia
• George Washington: Our First Leader
• The Corn Grows Ripe
• Mr. Revere and I
• Naya Nuki
• Stone Fox [Watch out, a tear jerker!]
• The Story of Eli Whitney
• Tikta' Liktak
• Vostaas:White Buffalo's Story of Plains Indian Life

Core E books not used in Core D+E:

History

• Lincoln: A Photobiography
• Story of the USA, Book 3 
• Story of the USA, Book 4
• William Wilberforce
• The World Wars
• American Tall Tales (CD-5 day)
• Sounding Forth the Trumpet, For Young Readers (5 day)
• South America (workbook)
• A Unit about Canada (5 day)

Read-Alouds

• The Winged Watchman
• Half Magic (5 day)
• The Kitchen Madonna (5 day)
• The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs
• Thee, Hannah!

Readers

• All of a Kind Family
• Bruchko
• From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
• George Washington Carver
• Gone Away Lake
• The Perilous Road
• Plain Girl
• Sing Down the Moon
• The Terrible Wave

I hope this is helpful to you and I pray that you and your children will have wonderful conversations about these stories as you learn together.

Blessings,
Jill