This is the list I've been sharing in Google Docs with my local co-op friends. It's very tailored to the needs of my children, but perhaps you'll find it useful. For the most part, we'll read a narrate. Children too young to type their own narrations will dictate to me. I imagine that our lesson books will be embellished with medieval style illuminations. Fonts and spacing tend to get messed up when I transfer from Google Docs. If I try to fix it, you will never read it here at Typepad, so please excuse the messups:-).
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For Christian (high school). Christian brings a huge amount of knowledge to this time period, since it's been an interest of his for years, but he's not a strong reader. The books on his list are books from Stephen's list that he hasn't previously read. Anything that doesn't appear on his list but does appear on Stephen's, Christian has read. This list is formidable for him but I think his interest will carry him over the bumps.
(400-600)
Arthurian Legend
Beowulf
Beowulf : A New Telling
Saints
+Augustine Came to Kent (Living History Library)
+Citadel of God
504
Belisarius: The First Shall Be Last
700s
Son of Charlemagne
Vikings
Rolf and the Viking Bow
Sword Song
Namesake: The Story of King Alfred OR
Harald the Ruthless: The Saga of the Last Viking Warrior
1000-1100s
British Monarchy
The Hidden Treasure of Glaston
If All the Swords in England: A Story of Thomas Becket
Murder in the Cathedral
Ivanhoe
The Red Keep
Big John’s Secret
Crusades
Ramsay Scallop
Saints
+St. Dominic and the Rosary
+St. Anthony and the Christ Child
Scottish Rebellion and William Wallace
Door in the Wall
1200-1300s
+St. Elizabeth’s Three Crowns
Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales
::Listen Together Family Literature:
Stories of Beowulf Told to Children (myaudioschool)
Stories of King Arthur’s Knights Told to Children (myaudioschool)
Robin Hood (myaudioschool)
Arabian Nights (myaudioschool)
Arabian Nights (Jim Weiss)
King Arthur (Jim Weiss MP3)
Odds Bodkin: The Hidden Grail: Sir Percival and the Fisher King
Redwall (audio CD) (audible audio-MP3)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (audible download)
For Stephen (11): Strong reader and highly motivated learner:
(400-600)
Between the Forest and the Hills
Beowulf
Stories of Beowulf Told to Children (audio)
Arthurian Legend
Stories of King Arthur’s Knights Told to Children (audio)
Arthur of Albion (Barefoot Books)
Saints
+Augustine Came to Kent (Living History Library)
+Benedict: Hero of the Hills
700s
Son of Charlemagne
Castles and Cathedrals
Castle (Macauley)
Cathedral
Vikings
D’Aulaire’s Norse Gods and Giants
Beorn the Proud
Rolf and the Viking Bow
Sword Song
900s
+The Little Duke
1100s
+The Secret World of Hildegard
The Hidden Treasure of Glaston
If All the Swords in England: A Story of Thomas Becket
The Red Keep
Crusades
Francis and Clare: Sts. of Assisi
Saints
+St. Dominic and the Rosary
Scottish Rebellion and William Wallace
Door in the Wall
1200-1300s
Good Masters, Sweet Ladies I think I might use this one for memory work and recitation so I'll probably find the audio version as well.
+St. Elizabeth’s Three Crowns
Canterbury Tales
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (Marcia Williams version)
For Katie (7) and Karoline (3) and Nicholas (9)
Nick will read some of these on his own, but the bulk of his private literature reading will be from the Real Learning Elementary A List.
(400-600)
Arthurian Legend
The Sword in the Tree
Stories of King Arthur’s Knights Told to Children (audio)
Jim Weiss' King Arthur (audio)
Arthur of Albion (Barefoot Books)
Merlin and the Making of a King (Hodges)
The Kitchen Knight (Hodges/Hyman)
Perceval: King Arthur's Knight of the Holy Grail
Sword in the Stone in Favorite Medieval Tales
Knights
Picture Books:
Knights in Shining Armor (Gibbons)
Good Night, Good Knight
The Bravest Knight
The Making of a Knight: How Sir Earned His Armor
Bearskin
Barefoot Book of Knights
Saints
+Holy Twins
+Across A Dark & Wild Sea by Don Brown (1-2)
+Brendan the Navigator: A History Mystery About the Discovery of America by Jean Fritz. (2)
+The Secret World of Hildegard
+Francis, Poor Man of Assisi
Dragons:
Picture Book Read-Alouds:
The Reluctant Dragon (Grahame)
Herb, the Vegetarian Dragon (Barefoot Books)
St. George and the Dragon
The Dragon and the Knight
The Squire and the Scroll
The Tale of Custard the Dragon
The Reluctant Dragon
Castles and Cathedrals
Castle
Ms. Frizzle’s Castle
Castle Diary: The Journal of Tobias Burgess, Page
Vikings
D’Aulaire’s Norse Gods and Giants
Eric the Red the Viking Adventurer
Leif the LuckyThe Viking Adventure
Robin Hood
Favorite Medieval Tales (Osborne)
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood (Pyle)--Chapter Book classic starts
Crusades
Minstrel in the Tower
Door in the Wall ?
1200-1300s
Dick Whittington and His Cat
Marguerite Makes a Book
Canterbury Tales
Chanticleer and the Fox
Favorite Medieval Tales Mary Pope Osborne
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales (Marcia Williams)
Comments or Questions?