5th grade historical book list

Old Testament

Adam and His Kin, by Ruth Beechick
Behold Your Queen (Esther) by Gladys Malvern (older)
Exodus by Brian Wildsmith
Foreigner; The: The Story of a Girl Named Ruth by Gladys Malvern (older)
Hittite Warrior by Joanne Williamson (older)
Joseph by Brian Wildsmith
Moses by Leonard Everett Fisher
Sumer of Mesopotamia: The First Civilizations, by Caselli
Tirzah by Lucille Travis (older)

Egypt

Ancient Egypt by Daniel Cohen
Boy of the Pyramids by Ruth Fosdick
Cat of Bubastes G A Henty (older)
Children's Homer (older)
Egyptian Pyramids by Anne Steel
Egyptian Town by Scott Steedman
Flash Dog of Old Egypt
Golden Goblet by McGraw
Great Pyramid by Elizabeth Mann
I Tut; Boy Who Became Pharaoh by Schlein
Mara Daughter of the Nile by McGraw (older)
Pepi and The Secret Names (easy)
Pharaohs & Pyramids in Usborne's Time Traveler set
Pharoahs of Ancient Egypt by Payne (Landmark) (medium)
Pyramid by Macauley
Pyramids by Anne Millard
Senefer: A Young Genius in Old Egypt

Greece & Rome

Adventures of the Greek Heroes by Mollie McLean & Anne Wiseman.
Adventures of Ulysses by Gottlieb 1200 BC (Landmark) (medium)
Alexander the Great by Gunther 336 BC (Landmark) (medium)
Archimedes and the Door of Science by Bendick (medium)
Barabbas by Par Lagerkvist (also has a movie version)
Ben Hur by Lew Wallace (also has a movie version)
Beric the Briton: Roman Invasion by GA Henty (older)
Black Ships Before Troy by Rosemary Sutcliff
Bronze Bow by Speare
Buried City of Pompeii by S. Tanaka
Caesar Augustus' World by Foster (older)
Children of Ancient Greece by Louise Lamprey
Children of Ancient Rome by Louise Lamprey
Children's Homer by Padraic Colum
City by Macauley
Cleopatra by Stanley
Cleopatra of Egypt by Leonora Hornblow 69-30 BC (Landmark) (medium)
Conqueror and Hero: The Search for Alexander
Dark Ships Before Troy by Sutcliffe
Detectives in Togas by Winterfeld (older)
Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff
Eratosthenes: The Librarian Who Measured the Earth. (easy)
Exploits of Xenophon by Geoffrey Household 354 BC (Landmark) (medium)
For the Temple: Fall of Jerusalem by GA Henty (older)
Golden Days of Greece by Olivia Coolidge
Golden Fleece by Padraic Colum
Great Caesar by Plantagenet Somerset Fry. (older)
Greek Gazette from Usborne (medium)
Greek Myths & Stories by D'Aulaire )
Greek News etc. (medium)
Hannibal and His 37 Elephants (easy)
Herodotus for Boys and Girls by John S. White
In Search of Troy
Jesus of Nazareth by Fosdick (Landmark) (medium)
Julius Caesar by John Gunther 100-44 BC (Landmark) (medium)
Last Days of Pompeii by Lord Bulwer-Lytton
Life of Saint Patrick (Landmark) (medium)(Roman Britain)
Life of St. Paul by Fosdick (Landmark) (medium)
Lives of Famous Romans by Olivia Coolidge
Masada by Neil Waldman
Mystery of the Roman Ransom by Winterfeld (sequel to Togas)
Parthenon; The
Picture History of Ancient Rome by Richard Erdoes (medium)
Plutarch: Ten Famous Lives edited by Charles Robinson Jr. (medium)
Plutarch's Parallel Lives the translation by John S. White
Robe; The by Lloyd Douglas
Roman Colosseum by E. Mann
Roman News (medium)
Roman Record from Usborne (medium)
Rome & Romans in Usborne's Time Traveler set (picture)
Spartacus (also has a movie version)
Tombs and Treasures by Catherine Charley
Traitor Queen by Nancy Faulkner (Minoan) (older)
Trojan Horse by Emily Little
Vinegar Boy by Hauwse
We Were There With Caesar's Legion by Webb
Wonderbook by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Young Carthaginian by Henty (older)