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Catherine Fet
Since the times of ancient European civilizations, overseas exploration and trade have been an important part of European life and culture. This book tells of the greatest voyages and discoveries…
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Like many kids his age, my 8-year-old son is fascinated by science. I took him to science ‘shows’ and lectures for kids on both sides of the Atlantic, and bought…
Kids are endlessly fascinated with Ancient Egypt. The pyramids, the tombs, the mummies, the jackal- and ibis- and cow-headed gods, the Book of the Dead - what a thrill! The…
All those 'how to be polite' books for kids, meh...
'Teach your teddy bear good manners'...yawn.
My kid - and maybe your kid, too - doesn't mind if his teddy…
Sona si Latine logueris! (Honk if you speak Latin!)
This is a book of English-to-Latin translation and sentence building exercises, an optional companion to the Latin for Kids textbook. It…
Alchemy and Dragons is an independent reading and fantasy fiction activity book for kids ages 7-11. The reading level is 2nd grade and up.
My 7-year-old son loves magic wands…
Your kid has fallen in love with unicorns - great! Capitalize on this lucky turn of events to introduce your young unicorn lover to the major eras of European history…
This book follows the tradition of teaching history in a story-based format. The often-politicized social studies approach to history focuses on economic and class underpinnings of historical events and on…
Practical everyday magic spells for the young fans of Harry Potter, Descendants, Sofia the First, and other books and films of the magic fantasy genre.
This is activity material for ages 8 and up, and a book for independent reading with the core vocabulary at 2nd-3rd grade level (US), or around reading level 4.
When…
The Truth About Lies, Liars, and Lying is a 33-page independent reading book for kids ages 7-10. It is reading level 4.
The book is colorful, heavily-illustrated, humorous, and informative…
This is a Level 2 Reader book: 4-6 simple sentences per page,1st-2nd grade vocabulary, large type, lots of colorful pictures on every page. Great for kids who have started reading…
Church Latin for the Third Millennium is a 10-lesson step-by-step introduction to Church Latin. The focus is on developing fluency in reading, and on easily recognizing Latin grammatical forms in…
This book teaches history to children following the traditional, story-based method based on tales of heroes and kings. You will find here no modern, ideology-fuelled interpretations. Just historical figures, and…
This book closely follows the gospel stories of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection from the Annunciation through Pentecost. It has the dual goal of introducing young readers to the gospel…
As a kid, I loved history. But whenever a history book started a boring dive into the economy, class structure, and archaeological finds of this or that era, I turned…
When I first discovered that my 8-year-old kid believed that the adventures of Odysseus were the actual history of ancient Greece, I panicked and bought him a stack of children’s…
If your kid is mixing magic potions in the kitchen sink and they make all the dish soap mysteriously disappear, maybe he/she is ready for a real textbook on the…
This is a Level 1 Reader book: 2-4 simple sentences per page, kindergarten - 1st grade vocabulary, large type, lots of colorful pictures on every page.
Old legends tell us…
A book about the native inhabitants of North America as represented by the most prominent figures of their history. This is traditional biography, accurately portraying the character and historical contribution…
Like other books in this 'heritage history' series, "The Victorian Era in Europe - Age of Empires - for Kids" presents the events of mid-to-late 19th century European history through…
Catherine Fet, Leonid Trostanetsky
In elementary school, math word problems were the bane of my existence. I could crunch numbers with ease, but word problems were tricky because of the logical sorting you have…
