DEANNA in CO'S SL 1 HISTORY SUPPLEMENT LIST 

Notes: 

1) Sonlight materials are marked with the note (SL) and the year they are used. 

2) One of our libraries uses a system that marks books by three 
different interest levels. I have used this for their books since 
it makes it easier to identify which books will be of interest to 
younger children. "E" books are mostly picture books. "I" books are 
slightly longer books, often easy chapter books, which contain more 
information. 

3) Anything not explicitly noted as "Christian" may contain some 
references to evolution or to other religions. I have, however, 
only included secular material that in my opinion has enough value 
to make it worth dealing with the amount of problematic content it 
contains. 

4) This list is specifically geared to my very bright, 6yo, 
history-oriented dd, and is intended to supplement SL's Basic 1. 
Anything that seemed to demand a longer attention span or a bigger 
vocabulary than my dd had, and anything that I thought would take 
too much time to read as a supplement, I have not included. I've 
included some simple picture books, but many of these books do 
demand a fair attention span and ability to grasp history. 

Geography: 
Children of Europe 
My First Atlas 
People (SL PreK) 
Rand McNally Children's Atlas of the World 
Stories from Africa - (SL PreK) Christian 

General History: 
The Bible Comes Alive (Clifford and Barbara Wilson) - 
Christian - adult book 
Children's Encyclopedia (SL K) 
Diana Waring's What In the World's Going On Here? audio tapes - Christian 
Diana Waring's True Tales from the Times of Ancient 
Civilizations and the Bible tape - Christian 
Diana Waring's Ancient Civilizations and the Bible workbook - Christian 
Find Waldo Now 
Living Long Ago (SL K) 
A Street Through Time - fascinating, little text but detailed 
historical pictures 
Then and Now (SL PreK) 
Visual Factfinder World History 
What the Bible Is All About for Young Explorers - Christian 

Prehistory: 
Adam and His Kin (Ruth Beechick) - adult book - how the 
Biblical account of early man may have happened 
Dinosaurs and the Bible (Gary Parker) (AIG) Christian video - made 
for older kids but my 6yo likes it 
Dry Bones and Other Fossils (Gary Parker) - Christian- one of my 
6yo's favorites 
The First Dog (Jan Brett) E - nice; not Christian but not 
evolutionary either 
The Great Dinosaur Mystery and the Bible (John D. Morris) - Christian 
I Can Be an Archaeologist (Robert B. Pickering) E 
Ice Mummy (Step Into Reading) - rather graphic photos of a real 
mummy frozen in the ice 
The Language Wars (Ruth Beechick) - Christian - adult 
book - good info on Genesis and dates 
Life in the Great Ice Age (Michael and Beverly Oard) - Christian 
Marty and the Fossil Adventure (ICR video) J - 
Christian - part 1 of 2-part video series - a fun, 
humorous adventure of two professors, one trying to 
show evidence to support Creation and the other 
evolution - of course the creationist wins! :) - my 6yo loves these! 
Marty and the Last Dinosaur (ICR video) J - Christian - part 2 of series 
Mik's Mammoth (Roy Gerrard) E - OK; not terribly meaty but fun 
Mummies, Dinosaurs, Moon Rocks: How We Know How Old Things Are - 
evolutionary but interesting 
Noah's Ark (Rien Poortvliet) - Christian - Beautiful pictures of 
animals and defense of Creation 
Noah's Ark and the Lost World (John D. Morris) - Christian 
Old Testament Days (Nancy Sanders) craft book - get this only if 
you're a "hands-on" person or your kids will bug you to death! :) 
Painters Of the Caves (Patricia Lauber) I - excellent; up-to-date 
info re: Neanderthal Man 
Skara Brae: The Story Of a Prehistoric Village (Olivier Dunrea) I - 
a rather unique story of how people lived in an early village in 
the British Isles 
Skeletons In Your Closet (Gary E. Parker) - Christian - another 
of my 6yo's favorites! :) 
What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs? (John Morris) E - Christian 
Wild and Woolly Mammoths (Aliki) E - contains some references to evolution 

Early Civilizations: 
Cultural Atlas of First Civilizations (Erica C.D. Hunter) 
(Cultural Atlas for Young People) I 
The First Civilizations (Giovanni Caselli) (History of Everyday 
Things) - evolutionary - be sure you read "Skeletons in Your Closet" 
before reading this. 
Pyramids (Anne Millard) - mostly Egyptian but includes references 
to many other cultures including early American as well as Assyrian, Babylonian, etc. 
Visual Dictionary of Ancient Civilizations (Eyewitness) - my 6yo 
loved the pictures in this 

Ancient Egypt: 
Adventures in Ancient Egypt (Linda Bailey) E - my dd really enjoyed 
this time-travel story 
Ancient Egypt (Ancient Civilizations for Children) video - my dd 
also really liked this 
Ancient Egypt (George Hart) (Eyewitness) I - too much written info 
for a 6yo but the pictures are worth it 
Ancient Egypt (Robert Nicholson) (Journey Into Civilization) I - 
simple, fun, includes some activities 
Ancient Egypt: A Guide to Egypt in the Time of the Pharoahs (Sally 
Tagholm) (Sightseers) J - New Kingdom-specific 
Ancient Egypt: My World (Amanda Martin) easy crafts & info 
Ancient Egyptians and Their Neighbors (Marian Broida) craft book - 
one of few books that includes nearby cultures 
Egyptian Craftsman (Giovanni Caselli) (A Day In the Life) I 
Egyptian News (Scott Steedman) J - fascinating; maybe too much info 
for some 6yo's 
Egyptian Town (Scott Steedman) - good - not as hard as The Egyptian News 
Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt (Leonard Everett Fisher) - 
interesting! No value statement on their gods. 
The Great Pyramid (Elizabeth Mann) I - focuses on how the Great 
Pyramid may have been built 
Greenleaf Guide to Ancient Egypt - a little advanced for most 6yo's 
Growing Up In Ancient Egypt (Rosalie David) 
Hatshepsut: His Majesty, Herself - fascinating account of the only 
female Pharoah 
In Search of Tutankhamun (Giovanni Caselli) - rather detailed but 
interesting - great pictures 
Mummies (Joyce Milton) (All Aboard Reading) E - easy reader 
(about SL2 level); pretty simple 
Mummies in the Morning (Mary Pope Osborne) (Magic Tree House) 
Mummies Made In Egypt (Aliki) (Book I and video E) - book has a 
couple of graphic sections - I haven't seen the video yet 
Old Testament Days (Nancy Sanders) craft book (see note above under Prehistory) 
Pyramids (Anne Millard) - excellent; primarily Egyptian 
Technology in the Time of Ancient Egypt (Judith Crosher) I - interesting! 
Zekmet the Stone Carver (Mary Stolz) E - neat story about the making 
of the sphinx