Wendee wrote to ask about any book recommendations I might have for her 14 y.o. son who loves history.
A search on Amazon turned up some likely candidates, so I thought I'd post the link here for any other parents or kids who might be looking for something good to read. . .
Turn of the Century Boys' Adventure Books (it's not likely that these will have any offensive or age-inappropriate scenes in them)
C.S. Lewis' Space Triology
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Actually I've seen warnings that some of the G.A. Henty books deal with Protestant/Catholic matters from a Protestant viewpoint. We haven't actually gotten to any so I can't say.
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Emmanuel books (Catholic) covers the Mother of Divine Grace syllabi
Sonlight (evangelical Christian) - it's usually easy to identify the protestant missionary stories in the catalog to skip in favor of saint's biographies. Read-aloud books may for younger kids MAY include topics that need to be discussed - that's why some are read alouds, not readers.(some do, some don't; instructor's guides come with notes warning you)
Veritas Press (reformed/ Calvinistic). They carry a kid's bio of St. Augustine whose prologue actually claims he should NOT be considered Catholic! But I've found some great books there.
Susan Wise Bauer's Well-Trained Mind recommendations. I think some were in the book itself and some in the activity guides for Story of the World. She's writing History of the World, 4 corresponding volumes for high school/adult.
For younger kids: WinterPromise. (evangelical Christian). More nonfiction than Sonlight which tends toward historical fiction.
Our own bookshelves. I don't know if you can have too many books, but you can have more books than available wall space for shelves.
Marie
Check out the first 2 books of "The Young Chesterton Chronicles" By John McNichol. Author's Website http://youngchestertonchronicles.com/ First book "The Tripods Attack" http://youngchestertonchronicles.com/ and Second Book "The Emperor of North America" http://youngchestertonchronicles.com/
ReplyDeleteAlso John is soon to release "The King's Gambit" another teen boy oriented novel.
I'm glad Chesterton has been mentioned. Belloc is also very good. In particular, his How the Reformation Happened might be of interest for a young man interested in history.
ReplyDeleteThe works of J.R.R. Tolkien are also very good, as they almost take the form of a real quasi-mythical history.