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Last updated: December 1, 2024
Below you will find links to reviews of books which are used in Veritas Press‘s curriculum. Please use their website/catalog for complete lists.
If you don’t find what you’re looking for, let me hear from you! This will tell me which books are priorities.
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Geography – Legends & Leagues
1st Grade – Legends & Leagues
2nd Grade – Legends & Leagues: South
3rd Grade – Legends & Leagues: East (currently in, review to come summer 2025)
History Readers: Old Testament, Ancient Egypt (Level 1)
(in reading order)
The Dragon and the Garden (Wilson)
In the Time of Noah (Wilson)
Noah: The Rescue Plan (Mackenzie)
The Great Pyramid (Mann)
Sarah & Abraham: The Wonderful Promise (Mackenzie)
The 5,000-Year-Old Puzzle (Logan)
Seeker of Knowledge (Rumford)
Tirzah (Travis)
Tut’s Mummy (Donnelly)
The Golden Goblet (McGraw)
The Egyptian Cinderella (Climo)
History Readers: Old Testament, Ancient Egypt (Level 2)
(in reading order)
Adam and His Kin (Beechick)
The Great Pyramid (Mann)
Tales of Ancient Egypt (Green)
Riddle of the Rosetta Stone (Giblin)
Mara, Daughter of the Nile (McGraw)
Mystery of the Egyptian Scroll (Peters)
Tirzah (Travis)
The Golden Goblet (McGraw)
The Cat of Bubastes (Henty)
God King (Williamson)
History Readers: New Testament, Greece, Rome (Level 1)
(in reading order)
The Trojan Horse (Little)
Black Ships Before Troy (Sutcliff)
Book of Greek Myths (D’Aulaires)
A Triumph for Flavius (Snedeker)
Detectives in Togas
Theras and His Town
Lysis Goes to the Play
Cleopatra
Jesus: The Promised Child
John the Baptist
Little Miriam of Galilee
Quintus
Pompeii…Buried Alive (Kunhardt)
Hostage Lands
Against the World
History Readers: New Testament, Greece, Rome (Level 2)
(in reading order)
Black Ships Before Troy (Sutcliff)
Twice Freed (St. John)
Book of Greek Myths (D’Aulaires)
A Triumph for Flavius (Snedeker)
Hittite Warrior
Detectives in Togas
Theras and His Town
Lysis Goes to the Play (Snedeker)
A Sparrow Alone (Petersen)
Quintus
Hostage Lands
Against the World
History Readers: Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation (Level 1)
(in reading order)
St. George and the Dragon (Hodges)
Chanticleer and the Fox (Chaucer)
Minstrel in the Tower (Skurzynski)
Door in the Wall (de Angeli)
A Medieval Feast (Aliki)
Joan of Arc (Stanley)
Leonardo’s Horse (Fritz)
Fine Print (Burch)
Michelangelo (Venezia)
Martin Luther (Maier)
History Readers: Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation (Level 2)
(in reading order)
Augustine (Zeeuw)
Beowulf (Rebsamen)
The Story of Rolf & the Viking Bow (French)
Son of Charlemagne (Willard)
Door in the Wall (de Angeli)
The King’s Shadow (Alder)
King Arthur & His Knights (Green)
Big John’s Secret (Jewett)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Green)
Joan of Arc: Heavenly Warrior (Stanley)
The Beggars’ Bible (Vernon)
Ink on His Fingers (Vernon)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (Konigsburg)
Thunderstorm in the Church (Vernon)
Macbeth (Shakespeare)
The Shakespeare Stealer (Blackwood)
This Was John Calvin (Van Halsema)
History Readers: Explorers to 1815 (Level 1)
(in reading order, not all listed)
The Courage of Sarah Noble (Dalglilesh)
The Matchlock Gun (Edmonds)
History Readers: 1815 to Present (Level 1)
(in reading order, not all listed)
Literature 1
(in alphabetical order)
The Biggest Bear (Ward)
Billy and Blaze (Anderson)
Blueberries for Sal (McCloskey)
Bread and Jam for Frances (Hoben)
Caps for Sale (Slobokina)
A Chair for My Mother (Williams)
Corduroy (Freeman)
Curious George (Rey)
Floss (Lewis)
Frog and Toad Are Friends (Lobel)
Harry the Dirty Dog (Zion)
Little Bear (Minarik)
The Little Engine That Could (Piper)
A New Coat for Anna (Ziefert)
The Velveteen Rabbit (Williams)
Literature 2
(in alphabetical order)
Baby Island (Brink)
The Borrowers (Norton)
A Child’s Garden of Verses (Stevenson)
The Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook (Brisley)
Owls in the Family (Mowat)
The Adventures of Pinocchio (Collodi)
The Railway Children (Nesbit)
The Velveteen Rabbit (Williams)
Literature 3
(in reading order for live VSA class)
Charlotte’s Web (White)
Homer Price (McCloskey)
Misty of Chincoteague (Henry)
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Lewis)
Peter Pan (Barrie)
The Emperor’s New Clothes (Bustard)
Random House Book of Fairy Tales
Stuart Little (White)
The Magician’s Nephew (Lewis)
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Carroll)
The Story of the Treasure Seekers (Nesbit)
The Dragon of Lonely Island (Rupp)
Literature 4
(in reading order for live VSA class)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Dahl)
Faerie Gold (Hunsicker)
Dangerous Journey (Hunkin)
Mary Poppins (Travers)
The Hobbit (Tolkien)
Leepike Ridge (Wilson)
Twenty-One Balloons (Pène du Bois)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Twain)
Literature 5
(in reading order for live VSA class)
Swiss Family Robinson (Wyss)
Heidi (Spyri)
Old Yeller (Gipson)
Anne of Green Gables (Montgomery)
Treasure Island (Stevenson)
Robinson Crusoe, abridged (Defoe)
The Secret Garden (Burnett)
Where the Red Fern Grows (Rawls)
Lad: A Dog (Turhune)
Literature 6
(the below order has not been confirmed)
Around the World in Eighty Days (Verne)
Kidnapped (Stevenson)
The Jungle Book (Kipling)
A Christmas Carol (Dickens)
Little Women (Alcott)
The Yearling (Rawlings)
The Call of the Wild (London)
White Fang (London)
Fahrenheit 451 (Bradbury)
Fellowship of the Ring (Tolkien)
Omnibus II Secondary
(in alphabetical order)
Omnibus III Secondary
(in alphabetical order)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Twain)
Little Women (Alcott)
PLEASE REMEMBER:
The above are not always complete lists.
Always refer to Veritas Press’s catalog and website for up-to-date information.
Thank you!
