Books Recommended for Volume 2
Below, you will find books recommended by Rebecca Avery, author of The Weaver Curriculum, as well as books recommended by Weaver users.
Some of these books are no longer in print and you will need to search for alternative titles. Be sure to check your local library and book reseller shops, as older books can often be found there.
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Books Recommended by Original Author:
- Ancient Egypt, Milliken Books
- The Young Naturalist, Usborne Books
- A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23, by Phillip W. Keller / Zondervan Publishing House
- The Sun’s Family, Milliken Books
- Handbook of Invention & Discovery, Usborne Books
- Colonies Move Toward Independence, Milliken Books
- The Revolutionary War, Milliken Books
- A New Nation Is Born, Milliken Books
- Weather, Milliken Books
- Kings and Queens, Usborne Books
Books Recommended by Weaver Users:
- CHAPTER 1
- Simple Series, by Patricia Armentrout / The Rourke Press, Inc.
- Early Reader Science Series, by Michael Dahl / Bridgestone Books
- CHAPTER 2
- Dig This!: How Archaeologists Uncover Our Past, by Michael Avi-Yonah / Runestone Press
- Tell Me About the Human Body, by Emma Beare
- CHAPTER 3
- Desert Mammals (True Book), by Elaine Landau / Children’s Press
- Deserts (Living World Series), by Dr. C. Catchpole / Dial Books for Young Readers
- A Night and Day in the Desert, by Jennifer Owings Dewey / Little, Brown and Company
- Smudge, The Little Lost Lamb, by James Herriot / St. Martin’s Press
- Mountain Born, by Elizabeth Yates / BJUP
- Student Atlas, Merriam-Webster, Inc
- CHAPTER 4
- Amazing Experiments with Electricity and Magnetism, by Navarro & Jimenez / B E S Publishing Co
- Open Circuits: The Inner Beauty of Electronic Components, by Oskay & Schlaepfer / No Starch Press
- CHAPTER 5
- World’s Greatest Leaders, by Wonder House Books
- Never Give In: The Extraordinary Character of Winston Churchill, by Stephen Mansfield / Cumberland House Publishing
- Ronald Reagan, by Dinesh D’Souza / Free Press
- CHAPTER 6
- Reptiles And Amphibians: A Guide to Familiar American Species (A Golden Nature Guide), by H.S. Zim, Ph.D., Sc.D. & H.M. Smith, Ph.D. / Western Publishing Co.
- Kingsnakes (The Snake Discovery Library), by S. Bargar & L. Johnson / Rourke Enterprises, Inc.
- Amazing Snakes, Eyewitness Juniors
- S-S-snakes! (Step-Into-Reading, Step 3), Lucille R. Penner
- The Nile (Rivers of the World), by Julia Waterlow / Raintree Steck-Vaughn Publishers
- Protecting Rivers and Seas, Usborne Books
- Enjoying God’s World – Science Reader, A Beka Books
- Farm Animals, Usborne Books
- Where Food Comes From, Usborne Books
- Internet-Linked Children’s Encyclopedia, Usborne Books
- Children’s Atlas of the World, Reader’s Digest
- CHAPTER 7
- Where Food Comes From, Usborne Books
- Poke-a-Dot: The Night Before Christmas (Board Book), Melissa & Doug
- CHAPTER 8
- What Makes You Ill?, Usborne Books
- The Usborne Internet-Linked Book of Knowledge, Usborne Books
- Why Do People Eat?, Usborne Books
- Where Food Comes From, Usborne Books
- What’s Inside You?, Usborne Books
- Fruit, Scholastic First Discovery Book
- Wings, Wheels and Water, Usborne Books
- Enjoying God’s World, A Beka Books
- What Makes It Rain?, Usborne Books
- Inspector Bodyguard Patrols the Land of U, by Vicki Cobb / Simon & Schuster
- The Human Body Book (Coloring Book), Dorling Kindersley
- CHAPTER 9
- The World of the Bible for Young Readers, by Yair Hoffman / Viking Kestrel
- Book of World Wildlife, Usborne Books
- Birds, Usborne Books
- Science Close-Up Gemstones, by Lin Bass / Golden Book
- Mountains and Volcanoes, by Eileen Curran / Troll Communications
- A Kid’s Guide to Staying Safe Around Fire (Kids’ Library of Personal Safety), by Maribeth Boelts / PowerKids Press
- Storm Cloud: A Weather Predicting Instrument, Bitten / Chronicle Books
- CHAPTER 10
- Three Young Pilgrims, by Cheryl Harness / Bradbury Press
- The Story of the Thirteen Colonies (Landmark Books, 115), by Clifford Lindsey Alderman / Random House
- A Girl Called Samson: A Novel, by Amy Harmon / Lake Union Publishing (Kindle)