28 Books on Ancient Greece for Upper Elementary

Ancient Greece (True Books: Ancient Civilizations)

Ancient Greece: An Interactive History Adventure (You Choose: Historical Eras)

You Wouldn't Want to Be a Slave in Ancient Greece! (Revised Edition)

Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #10: Ancient Greece and the Olympics: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #16: Hour of the Olympics (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))

Life in Ancient Greece Coloring Book (Dover History Coloring Book)

Spend the Day in Ancient Greece: Projects and Activities that Bring the Past to Life (Spend The Day Series)

Explore Ancient Greece!: 25 Great Projects, Activities, Experiments (Explore Your World)

Great Greeks: Fun poems for kids about Ancient Greece FREE for Kindle!

History News: The Greek News

Ancient Greece (Modern Rhymes about Ancient Times)

Percy Jackson's Greek Gods

Horrible Histories: Groovy Greeks

Percy Jackson and the Olympians 5 Book Paperback Boxed Set (new covers w/poster) (Percy Jackson & the Olympians)

Percy Jackson Graphic Novels

The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War (Step into Reading)

Ancient Greece Discovery Kit (Dover Fun Kits)

Magic Tree House #16: Hour of the Olympics

D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths

Adventures in Ancient Greece (Good Times Travel Agency)

Everyday Life in Ancient Greece (Jr. Graphic Ancient Civilizations)

Olympians Graphic Novel Series by George O'Connor

Selections Available from Usborne Books

Greek Myths & Legends

Usborne IL The Greeks

Illustrated Stores from the Greek Myths

Greek Myths for Young Children

Mini Greek Myths for Children

The Usborne Book of Greek Myths

Sticker Dressing Greek Myths

As with any recommendations please evaluate and make your own decision for your own family.

14 Book Series for Upper Elementary Boys

When my son graduated from picture books it was so hard to find books that looked interesting to him!  Here is a great list of chapter books for upper elementary one of them is bound to interest your son (but probably more than one will!).

The Secrets of Droon Series


A Series of Unfortunate Events


Dragonbreath Series

Encyclopedia Brown Series

Sugar Creek Gang Series

I Survived Series


Wishbone Series


The Chronicles of Narnia Series

The Library of Doom Series

Redwall Series


Little Britches Series


Geronimo Stilton Series


How to Train your Dragon Series

Dog Tag Series

Other offerings from Usborne Books

Extreme Adventures Series


Oliver Moon Series


Jack Russell:  Dog Detective Series

Many of these series even have pictures which is a bonus for my 3rd grade son, he can read at higher levels, but misses having pictures!  These series have all been read by us or recommended by others with boys in age range of 8-10.  As with any recommendations please evaluate and make your own decision for your own family. 

Poppins Book Nook–To The Laboratory! #Giveaway

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Poppins Book Nook–Space Explorer’s Camp Kit, other Space Activities, #Giveaway and #FREE Space DVDs (Linky Party)

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Space Explorer’s Camp Kit

This is a great kit from Usborne Books, this particular kit is a combination of the Junior and Apollo kit, but they also offer the kits separately.  A great educational tool!

Check out some other Space related activities:

(includes links to even more Space Activities)

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Skrafty Minecraft Astronomy Class

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Beyond Our Planet Bundle Giveaway! Every month the Poppins Book Nook group will be offering readers a chance to win a brand new storybook or product that ties in with our theme for the month. This month one lucky entrant will win a bundle of fun for the theme of Beyond Our Planet.  This bundle will include a copy of the storybookThe Moon Book by Gail Gibbonsand a Space& Astronauts Bucket Playset.

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Poppins Book Nook–Using Folk Tales in your Geography Studies *GIVEAWAY*

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What better way to learn about other countries than through fun and entertaining folk tales from around the world!

Great stories with beautiful illustrations, this book lives up to the great Usborne name of books!

The Baobab Tree - a story from Africa
Baba Yaga the Flying Witch - a story from Russia
The Stonecutter - a story from Japan
Dick Whittington - a story from England
The Three Wishes - a story from Scandinavia
The Fish that Talked - a story from India
King Midas and the Golden Touch - a story from Ancient Greece
Brer Rabbit Down the Well - a story from America
The Magic Pear Tree - a story from China
The Genie in the Bottle - a story from the Middle East

Fun for all ages!  A great early reader book for first/second graders or a read aloud for younger children. 

Find the country on the map before and after reading.  Illustrate the story yourself on a small piece of paper to place on the map for that country/region!

Other Resources for some of the countries included in this book:

Africa -
Free Africa Unit Studies and Lapbooks
Africa Unit Study
Montessori Inspired Africa Activities
Animals from Africa FREE 3-part cards
Short clip about the Baobab Tree
Mosaic Baobab Tree Placemat

Russia -
Free Russia Lapbook
Witch Art Project
How to use a Mortar and Pestle video
Try it yourself if you have one!

Japan -
Free Japan Lapbook
Montessori – Japan

England -
Free England Lapbook
Montessori – England

India -
Free India Lapbook
Montessori – India

Greece -
Free Ancient Greece Lapbook

China -
Free China Lapbook

Poppins Book Nook Giveaway!

Every month the Poppins Book Nook group will be offering readers a chance to win a brand new storybook or product that ties in with our theme for the month. This month one lucky entrant will win a copy of the E.H.M. curriculum Journey into the World of Folktales (PDF) and one copy of the book that is required to teach it called Around the World in 80 Tales by Saviour Pirotta to further their learning all about folktales. Entrants must be 18years or older and reside in a country that receives U.S. Postal mail. This giveaway is brought to you by the company Enchanted Homeschooling Mom who is owner and founder of the Poppins Book Nook. By entering this giveaway you are also acknowledging that you have read and agree to all of the Rafflecopter terms & conditions as well as Enchanted Homeschooling Mom's disclosures found here. Just enter the Rafflecopterbelow to win:

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The Sorcerer’s Apprentice Unit with FREE Printable

To accompany our unit study and review of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice with our Maestro Classics review I made this counting by 2’s worksheet

(Click on image to enlarge, then right click and save to print)

In addition to the great activity suggestions on the website; we also had fun wearing this wizard hat and waving a magic wand!

Doing some magic tricks of our own which we learned from these great Kid Kits from Usborne Books

and reading

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