5 Top nonfiction books like The Middle Ages: From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of the Renaissance (The Story of the World #2) by Susan Wise Bauer, Jeff West

Cover of The Middle Ages: From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of the Renaissance (The Story of the World #2) by Susan Wise Bauer, Jeff West

The Middle Ages: From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of the Renaissance (The Story of the World #2)

By: Susan Wise Bauer , Jeff West

3.42

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Now more than ever, other cultures are affecting our everyday lives and our children need to learn …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Middle Ages: From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of the Renaissance (The Story of the World #2) by Susan Wise Bauer, Jeff West , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Secret of the Andes (Puffin Newberry Library) by Ann Nolan Clark

1. Secret of the Andes (Puffin Newberry Library)

By: Ann Nolan Clark

3.54

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

An Indian boy who tends llamas in a hidden valley in Peru learns the traditions and secrets of his … read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
  • school
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2. The Adventures of Robin Hood (Puffin Classics)

By: Roger Lancelyn Green , Arthur Hall

4.07

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Recounts the life and adventures of Robin Hood, who, with his band of followers, lived as an outlaw… read more

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  • historical
  • medieval
  • childrens
"Here have I come to die,' he said, 'and where else could I ask to die but in your arms?"

-Roger Lancelyn Green, The Adventures of Robin Hood (Puffin Classics)

"Underneath this little stone Lies Robert Earl of Huntington; No other archer was so good - And people called him Robin Hood. Such outlaws as he and his men Will England never see again."

-Roger Lancelyn Green, The Adventures of Robin Hood (Puffin Classics)

Cover of I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Treviño

3. I, Juan de Pareja

By: Elizabeth Borton de Treviño

3.76

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Told through the eyes of Velazquez's slave and assistant, this vibrant novel depicts both the beaut… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
  • school
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4. The Great and Terrible Quest

By: Margaret Lovett

3.97

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

Set in the late Middle Ages, a quick-witted orphan, abused by his grandfather, risks his life to ca… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
  • school
"Silver hidden in the gold, Young man hidden in the old, Laughing lord with weeping eyes, Bring king and ring before sunrise! -Hilarion, The Great and Terrible Quest"

-Margaret Lovett, The Great and Terrible Quest

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5. Adam of the Road

By: Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray

3.77

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

"A road's a kind of holy thing," said Roger the Minstrel to his son, Adam. "That's why it's a good… read more

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  • historical
  • medieval
  • childrens
  • school
Cover of On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4) by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams

6. On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they leave their little house on the pra… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
"Mary was too scared to move. Laura was too scared to stand to still."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

"Snow as fine and grainy as sugar covered the windows in and sifted off to the floor and did not melt."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

"When gloomy clouds across the sky Cast shadows o'er the land, Bright rays of hope illumine my path, For Jesus holds my hand."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

"All day the storm lasted. The windows were white and the wind never stopped howling and screaming. It was pleasant in the warm house. Laura and Mary did their lessons, then Pa played the fiddle while…"

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

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7. The Silver Branch

By: Rosemary Sutcliff , Charles Keeping

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Intrigue, plotting, and battles in the second of Rosemary Sutcliff's best-selling trilogy which beg… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
"Does one refuse to ride with an Emperor?' 'If one is wise, one does not."

-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Silver Branch

"I simply--don't know," Flavius said, and then suddenly explosive: "I don't know and I don't care! Go to bed."

-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Silver Branch

"The young Centurion, who had been completely still throughout, said very softly, as though to himself, "Greater love hath no man--" and Justin thought it sounded as though he were quoting someone els…"

-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Silver Branch

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8. The Courage of Sarah Noble

By: Leonard Weisgard , Alice Dalgliesh

3.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1707, young Sarah Noble and her father traveled through the wilderness to build a new home for t… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
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9. The Bronze Bow

By: Elizabeth George Speare

4.01

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. –from the Song of David (2 Sa… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
  • school
"the demons that make a person afraid are the hardest to cast out."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Bronze Bow

"It is the hate that is the enemy. Not men. Hate does not die with killing. It only springs up a hundredfold. The only thing stronger than hate is love."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Bronze Bow

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10. The Door in the Wall

By: Marguerite de Angeli

4.88

Format: 242 pages,

The bells clang above plague-ridden London as Robin lies helpless, cold, and hungry. The great hous… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
Cover of The Hidden Treasure of Glaston by Eleanore Myers Jewett

11. The Hidden Treasure of Glaston

By: Eleanore Myers Jewett

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

Amidst great mystery, Hugh is left in the care of Glastonbury Abbey by his father who must flee to … read more

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  • historical
Cover of Dangerous Journey: The Story of Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, Oliver Hunkin, Alan Parry

12. Dangerous Journey: The Story of Pilgrim's Progress

By: John Bunyan , Oliver Hunkin , Alan Parry

3.83

Format: 95 pages, Hardcover

The world-famous, much-loved classic Pilgrim's Progress is here retold for children. This abridged … read more

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  • childrens

13. The Shakespeare Stealer (Shakespeare Stealer, #1)

By: Gary L. Blackwood

3.74

Format: None pages, Paperback

Widge is an orphan with a rare talent for shorthand. His fearsome master has just one demand: steal… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
  • school
Cover of The Middle Ages: From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of the Renaissance (The Story of the World #2) by Susan Wise Bauer, Jeff West

14. The Middle Ages: From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of the Renaissance (The Story of the World #2)

By: Susan Wise Bauer , Jeff West

3.42

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Now more than ever, other cultures are affecting our everyday lives and our children need to learn … read more

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  • history
  • childrens
  • school
  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • medieval
  • education

15. A Murder for Her Majesty

By: Beth Hilgartner

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Horrified at having witnessed her father's murder and fearing that the killers are agents of Queen … read more

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  • historical
  • school

16. Favorite Poems Old and New

By: Leonard Weisgard , None

3.49

Format: 182 pages, Hardcover

This is a collection of over seven hundred classic and modern poems grouped by children's interests… read more

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17. George Muller: The Guardian of Bristol's Orphans (Christian Heroes: Then & Now)

By: Janet Benge , Geoff Benge

4.23

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

This series chronicles the exciting, challenging, and deeply touching true stories of ordinary men … read more

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18. A Lion to Guard Us

By: Clyde Robert Bulla

3.56

Format: None pages, Paperback

The inspiring story that TheNew Yorkercalled "an exciting tale with top-notch writing," about one g… read more

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19. A Child's History of the World

By: V.M. Hillyer

3.41

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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20. Understood Betsy

By: Dorothy Canfield Fisher

4.22

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

For all of her nine years, fragile Elizabeth Ann has heard her Aunt Frances refer in whispers to he… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
  • school
"What's the matter?" asked the teacher, seeing her bewildered face. "Why—why," said Elizabeth Ann, "I don't know what I am at all. If I'm second-grade arithmetic and seventh-grade reading and third-gr…"

-Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Understood Betsy

21. The Twenty-One Balloons

By: William Pène du Bois

4.15

Format: 222 pages,

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22. The Bark of the Bog Owl (The Wilderking Trilogy, #1)

By: Jonathan Rogers , None , None

4.25

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Twelve-year-old Aidan Errolson comes from a long line of adventurers. His grandparents were among t… read more

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  • childrens
"You don't want to be killed. I don't either. But wouldn't you rather die once than die every day of your life?"

-Jonathan Rogers, The Bark of the Bog Owl (The Wilderking Trilogy, #1)

"Who knows what the future holds? Only the One God," explained Aidan. "You just live the little bit of life that you can see in front of you. You live it well. And that gets you ready for whatever unf…"

-Jonathan Rogers, The Bark of the Bog Owl (The Wilderking Trilogy, #1)

23. Whatever Happened to Penny Candy?

By: Richard J. Maybury

5.00

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

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24. Galen and the Gateway to Medicine

By: Jeanne Bendick

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

We know about Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine. But we owe nearly as much to Galen, a physician … read more

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25. Exploring Creation: With Astronomy

By: Jeannie Fulbright

4.14

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

This wonderful book uses the classical and Charlotte Mason methodology to give elementary school st… read more

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26. The Second Mrs. Gioconda

By: E.L. Konigsburg

3.92

Format: None pages, Paperback

THE GREATEST ARTIST OF HIS TIME AN APPRENTICE WITH A LARCENOUS HEART AND AN AVERSION TO THE TRUTH A… read more

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27. Master Cornhill

By: Eloise Jarvis McGraw

4.00

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

Victim of both the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London, a homeless, penniless eleven-year-old… read more

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28. Really Very Crunchy: A Beginner's Guide to Removing Toxins from Your Life without Adding Them to Your Personality

By: Emily Morrow

4.20

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Find your Inner Crunchy without becoming that person with this helpful guide from social media star… read more

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  • nonfiction
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29. Modern Miss Mason

By: Leah Boden

4.30

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

For every mother who desires to cultivate a lasting foundation of curiosity and wonder for her chil… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • childrens
  • education
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30. International Children's Bible Field Guide

By: Larry Richards

3.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Bible study tool no child's bookshelf should be without! The International Children's Bible Fie… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • school

31. The Kingdom Strikes Back

By: John Holzmann

2.69

Format: 28 pages, Paperback

An overview of God's heart for the nations as expressed in history from Abraham to the present. … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • school

16 must-read childrens books like The Middle Ages: From the Fall of Rome to the Rise of the Renaissance (The Story of the World #2) by Susan Wise Bauer, Jeff West

Transform Your Habits

Secret of the Andes (Puffin Newberry Library)

Ann Nolan Clark

3.54

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The Adventures of Robin Hood (Puffin Classics)

Roger Lancelyn Green , Arthur Hall

4.07

Transform Your Habits

I, Juan de Pareja

Elizabeth Borton de Treviño

3.76

Transform Your Habits

The Great and Terrible Quest

Margaret Lovett

3.97

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Secret of the Andes (Puffin Newberry Library)

Ann Nolan Clark

3.54

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Adam of the Road

Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray

3.77

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Thimble Summer

Elizabeth Enright

3.75

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A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32

Joan W. Blos

3.54

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