The following books are included in the Sonlight homeschool curriculum for children ages 7-9. The focus of this curriculum is Intro to World History. These books can be purchased as a package from Sonlight or directly from Amazon or another retailer. If you decide not to purchase the books from Sonlight and you want to use them for homeschool I recommend purchasing the Level C Instructor's Guide from Sonlight.
History & Geography:
Window on the World
by Daphne Spraggett, with Jill Johnstone
Recommended Age: 6
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History & Geography:
Peter the Great
by Diane Stanley
History & Geography:
Eric the Red and Leif the Lucky
by Barbara Schiller
History & Geography:
Good Queen Bess
by Diane Stanley
History & Geography:
Michelangelo
by Diane Stanley
History & Geography:
Gladys Aylward
by Janet Benge
History & Geography:
With Two Hands: True Stories of God at work in Ethiopia
by Rebecca Davis
Read Aloud:
Cornstalks: A Bushel of Poems
by James Stevenson
Read Aloud:
The Twenty-One Balloons
by William Pène du Bois
Recommended Age: 10
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Also: Newbery Medal Winners
Read Aloud:
The Door in the Wall
by Marguerite de Angeli
Recommended Age: 10
Also: Newbery Medal Winners
Read Aloud:
Strawberry Girl
by Lois Lenski
Recommended Age: 10
Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades 4-6
Also: Newbery Medal Winners
Read Aloud:
The Little Riders
by Margaretha Shemin
Read Aloud:
The Apprentice
by Pilar Molina Llorente
Read Aloud:
The Aesop for Children
by Aesop, illustrated by Milo Winter
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Read Aloud:
Red Sails to Capri
by Ann Weil
Read Aloud:
White Stallion of Lipizza
by Marguerite Henry
Read Aloud:
And the Word Came with Power
by Joanne Shetler
Read Aloud:
The Cricket in Times Square
by George Selden
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Also: Mensa for Kids Excellence in Reading Grades K-3
Also: Reading Roadmaps 3rd Grade
Read Aloud:
Tales of Robin Hood
by Tony Allan
Read Aloud:
The School Story
by Andrew Clements
Read Aloud:
The Minstrel in the Tower
by Gloria Skurzynski
Also: Reading Roadmaps 2nd Grade
Read Aloud:
Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great
by Gerald Morris
Read Aloud:
Captain Nobody
by Dean Pitchford
Read Aloud:
The Penderwicks
by Jeanne Birdsall
Also: National Book Award Young People's Literature Winners
Read Aloud:
Sticks Across the Chimney
by Nora Burglon
Read Aloud:
About Average
by Andrew Clements