Study the past if you would define the future.
Confucius
Help your child love history with these books!
General History:
The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child (4 volumes) by Susan Wise Bauer
A Child’s History of the World by Virgil M. Hillyer
History Quest (Pandia Press), first 2 volumes (Early Times, Middle Times) available to the date (2/2021)
Everything You Need to Ace World History in One Big Fat Notebook: The Complete Middle School Study Guide (This book has some bias included (informative but wiped away slave trade and biased writing on the Opium War)
A Little History of the World by E. H. Gombrich
An Interactive history adventure series
The Story of People: A first book about humankind (2nd Graders and under)
A Street Through Time: A 12,000 Year Journey Along the Same Street Reading Level: Q
People in History
Genevieve Foster series
Ordinary People Change the World series (3rd Graders and under)
Little Heroes series (2nd graders and under)
European History
The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages 400-1000 (The Penguin History of Europe) by Chris Wickham The Penguin History of Europe (7 book series)
The Story of Civilization series by Phillip Campbell
Fun Reads about History
Horrible History by Terry Deary
You Wouldn't Want to series
What was/Who was series
I Survived series
Ranger in Time series
The Watsons Go to Birmingham–1963
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Guts and Glory series
American History
Everything You Need to Ace American History in One Big Fat Notebook: The Complete Middle School Study Guide
A History of US (11 volumes) by Joy Hakim
The Rainbow Book of American History by Earl Schenck Miers
The Landmark History of the American People (2 volumes) by Daniel J. Boorstin and Ruth Boorstin
Fun Read about American History
Steve Sheinkin books
Rush Revere series
If you were a kid series (reading level: O)
Encyclopedia
History Year by Year: The History of the World, from the Stone Age to the Digital Age
Timelines of Everything
The New Children's Encyclopedia (Visual Encyclopedia)
History!: The Past as You've Never Seen it Before
Asians are an essential part of this world who have contributed in making America, and the world a better place.
This is a world for all!
Read books about the fantastic Asian Americans around you!
Their history, their culture and their stories sparkle too.
We're not separate races. There's only one human race.
Alveda King
Great Authors:
1. Grace Lin
2. Kelly Yang
3. Ed Young
4. Gene Luen Yang
5. Laurence Yep
6. Jon J. Muth
7. Linda Sue Park
Picture Books (3-6 yrs):
1. Grandfather's journey
2. Bee-bim bop!
3. Peek! A Thai Hide-and-seek
4. In a Village by the Sea
5. Ruby's Wish
6. The Lotus Seed
7. Tikki Tikki Tembo
8. Stone Soup
Award Winners for 5-6 graders
1. A Single Shard
2. The Night Diary
3. Listen, Slowly
4. A Wish in the Dark
Others:
Mindy Kim series
Water Buffalo Days: Growing Up in Vietnam
Red Scarf Girl
Science is everything but boring!
Here are a list of comic books that are super fun and informational:
Science Comics Series
Cartoon Guide Series
Manga Guide series
The Physics of Superheroes: More Heroes! More Villains! More Science! Spectacular Second Edition
Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry
The Dialogues: Conversations about the Nature of the Universe (The MIT Press)
Lunar New Year, also called Spring Festival, festival typically celebrated in China and other Asian countries. 2021 is a year OX. Let's read and celebrate!