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Suleiman the elephant
By Margret Rettich, Elizabeth D Crawford. 1986
In 1551, Prince Max of Austria married Princess Maria of Spain. One of their wedding presents was an Indian elephant.…
As the procession went from Spain to Vienna, the people came to watch the gigantic beast pass by. Grades K-3. c1986. Uniform title: Soliman der Elefant.Red star & green dragon: looking at New China
By Lila Perl. 1983
Marco Polo (Connais-tu? ; #3)
By Johanne Ménard. 2010
Connais-tu Marco Polo, le plus intrépide voyageur du Moyen Âge? Ce fils de marchand de Venise parti au bout du…
monde à l'âge de 17 ans? Celui dont les aventures extraordinaires ont inspiré de grands explorateurs comme Christophe Colomb? Années 1-3. 2010.Land beyond the river: Europe in the age of migration
By Richard B Lyttle. 1986
This history of Europe from the 2nd through the 9th centuries brings to life migrating Vandals, Goths, Huns, Vikings, Moslems,…
Mongols, Angles and Saxons, along with figures such as Genghis Khan, Alfred the Great, Mohammed and Attila the Hun. For junior and senior high readers. c1986.Au temps des mousquetaires
By Nathalie Bailleux. 1999
"Au temps des mousquetaires" est un titre faisant partie d'une collection destinée aux jeunes lecteurs. L'enfant est initié à des…
pans de l'histoire. Ici, il se retrouve en compagnie d'un mousquetaire du roi. Il a l'occasion d'en apprendre davantage sur la cour et ses intrigues, les campagnes militaires, la vie d'une compagnie et d'assister à un duel mémorable. Années 3-6. 1999.Au temps de Charlemagne (Des enfants dans l'histoire)
By Françoise Lebrun. 1999
"Au temps de Charlemagne" est un titre faisant partie d'une collection destinée aux jeunes lecteurs. L'enfant est initié à des…
pans de l'histoire. Ici, il se retrouve avec Charlemagne, empereur d'Occident, alors qu'il combattait les musulmans d'Espagne. Années 3-6. 1999.Iraq (Major world nations)
By J. P Docherty. 1999
Explores the people, history, culture, land, and economy of this Middle Eastern country, once called Mesopotamia, which is considered the…
"cradle of civilization." Also briefly discusses its modern wars with neighbours Iran and Kuwait. Grades 5-8. c1999.In the land of the Taj Mahal: the world of the fabled Mughals
By Ed Rothfarb. 1998
Traces the history of the three-hundred-year Mughal dynasty in northern India. Describes the Mughals' arrival in the fifteenth century led…
by Babur, who conquered and remained to rule. Examines the development of Islam during the interchange of cultures, as the Mughals interacted with the local Hindu traditions. For junior and senior high readers. 1998.In medieval Europe (from the years 1000 to 1500), whatever work you got, you were stuck with. You might be…
a barber, chopping off people's hair (and sickly limbs), a rich lord, or work in a castle, the Church, or in law and order. It might have been fun or exciting to be a knight or an actor, but wait till you find out what a Gong Farmer did! Grades 3-6. Bestseller 2004. 2003.Black potatoes: the story of the great Irish famine, 1845-1850
By Susan Campbell Bartoletti. 2001
Chronicles the disaster that occurred in Ireland when the potato crop failed for five years straight. Describes the heartbreaking plight…
of the peasants, who depended on potatoes for all their meals. A million died of starvation, and many more were forced to emigrate to America. Grades 5-8. Winner of Robert F. Sibert Award. 2001.Adventures on the ancient Silk Road
By Priscilla Galloway, Dawn Hunter. 2009
Presents accounts of three explorers who journeyed on the Silk Road: Xuanzang, a seventh-century Buddhist pilgrim from China; Genghis Khan,…
the early-thirteenth-century Mongolian conqueror; and Marco Polo, the late-thirteenth-century Venetian merchant who traveled to the Chinese court. Includes cultural facts about places along the various routes. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 5-8. Winner of the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children's Non-fiction. 2009.À l'époque des chevaliers (Des enfants dans l'histoire)
By Danielle Arnaud, Noël Augendre. 1998
"À l'époque des chevaliers" est un titre faisant partie d'une collection destinée aux jeunes lecteurs. L'enfant est initié à des…
pans de l'histoire. Ici, il se retrouve en France à la fin du XIIIe siècle. Années 3-6. 1998.A home for foundlings
By Marthe Jocelyn. 2005
Inspired by a desire to learn about her grandfather's childhood in an English orphanage, the author researched the London Foundling…
Hospital. Founded in 1739, the institution took in babies whose desperate mothers might otherwise have abandoned them, and trained them to be useful citizens. With benefactors like the artist William Hogarth and the composer George Frideric Handel, the facility cared for approximately 27,000 children for over 200 years. Grades 5-8. 2005.Victoria: Queen And Empress (Immortals of history)
By Neil Grant. 1970
Vikings (History in a hurry #Vol. 2)
By John Farman. 1997
Victorians (History in a hurry #Vol. 3)
By John Farman. 1997
Tudors (History in a hurry #Vol. 4)
By John Farman. 1997
The pirate queen
By Emily Arnold McCully. 1995
Portrays the life of the legendary sixteenth-century Irish swashbuckler Grania O'Malley, who was known as the cunning and intrepid "sea…
queen." Her adventures included saving her father's life in battle, bearing a child at sea, and boldly opposing Ireland's English invaders. Grades 2-4. c1995.Growing up in 13th century England
By Alfred Leo Duggan. 1962
An account of how young people in England lived and were trained for adulthood in the 1270's. Describes the everyday…
lives of children from different social classes. For junior and senior high readers. 1962.Red land, Yellow River: a story from the Cultural Revolution
By Ange Zhang. 2004
In 1966, Zhang was a teen in Beijing when Mao Zedong began the Cultural Revolution. Though he was the son…
of a "bad guy" (a famous writer), he became swept up in the revolution, until the violence and his father's arrest made him question its goals. In 1968 was sent to a small village to learn how to farm, where he discovered his true calling - art. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 2-4 and older readers. 2004.