As I mentioned here, we’ll be embarking on a study of the prehistoric world after Christmas. I’m making our curriculum myself so I’ve started by putting together a book list. I’m excited about all the cool titles I’ve written down to investigate and the ones I already know that we’ll love. We’ve done a lot of reading on dinosaurs and I’ve yet to add our favorite dinorsaur books to the list, but here’s what I’ve got so far (I’ve put in links for titles I’ve described in greater detail for Non-Fiction Monday):
Books I Know We’ll Use
Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of World History (I’d seen this title recommended for homeschoolers many times, but I didn’t realize until recently that it begins with the formation of the universe and contains a large section on prehistory)
Life on Earth: The Story of Evolution by Steve Jenkins
When Bugs Were Big, Plants Were Strange, and Tetrapods Stalked the Earth and When Fish Got Feet, Sharks Got Teeth, and Bugs Began to Swarm by Hannah Bonner
Reign of the Sea Dragons by Sneed Collard III
Rare Treasures: Mary Anning and Her Remarkable Discoveries by Don Brown
Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs
Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life
The Kids’ Natural History Book: Making Dinos, Fossils, Mammoths, and More (Kids Can! Series) by Judy Press
Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House #1) by Joan Pope Osborne (and accompanying research guide)
DK Evolution Revolution: From Darwin to DNA by Robert Winston
Books I Want to Investigate
Born With a Bang: The Universe Tells Our Cosmic Story, Lava to Life, and Mammals Who Morph by Jennifer Morgan
Our Family Tree: An Evolution Story by Jennifer Westberg Peters
The Best Book of Early People by Margaret Hynes
You Wouldn’t Want To Be Mammoth Hunter by John Malam
The Cartoon History of the Universe by Larry Gonnick
DK Eyewitness Evolution and Eyewitness Prehistoric Life
Kingfisher Encylopedia of Evolution
On This Spot, An Expedition Back Through Time by Susan Goodman
Prehistoric Earth BBC DVD set
Usborne Great Prehistoric Search
Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Sharks and Other Sea Monsters
One Beetle Too Many by Kathryn Lasky
What Darwin Saw: The Journey That Changed The World by Rosalyn Schanzer
I discovered these books from the excellent list of Prehistory and Ancient history “living books” at Funschooling,the delightful prehistory curriculum posts at Satori Smiles, the fantastic new Ink Think Tank database, this list at Library of Books, Links, and More, and a few rabbit trails I followed on Amazon.