American History in Juvenile Books, and World History in Juvenile Books – A Chronological Guide.
By Seymour Metzner. Published by H.W. Wilson Company,
1966 and 1973 respectively. About 350 pages each.
Both of these books are a treasure trove of books for all
ages and many genres that go along with specific countries and periods of
history. In the American History volume, the chapters begin with the Age of
Discovery 800-1550 through to Contemporary American 1920 to the time of
publication. The world history volume is organized by continent and then
specific countries.
Each chapter includes biographies, fiction, other
nonfiction, and some have anthologies listed. And the books are categorized by
reading levels: Level One for third grade and below; Level Two for fourth and
fifth grades and up; Level Three for sixth or seventh grades and up.
The listing for each book includes author, title,
publisher and date of publication, number of pages and if the book includes
textual illustrations and/or maps.
The book includes a directory of publishers and
distributors, an author index, a biographical subject index, and a title index.
Each book has over 2000 titles. An amazing collection! For any time period you
are studying as a family, you can find suggestions for each of your children’s
age level and reading level. And if you are growing your lending library, you
might be able to learn about books in a time period you are lacking in your
collection.
I highly recommend both resources for American and world
history. I’ve had fun going through my books and putting a pencil check mark
beside the titles I have. And I’ve also learned about some authors and titles
and started to search for the ones I don’t yet have in my lending library.
Looks like there are quite a few copies for sale for a little over $20.
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