I didn't keep track of all the books we read last year for ancient history, but these are the ones that stood out.
2009-2010
- Cat of Bubastes (audiobook) by G.A. Henty
- Casting the Gods Adrift by Geraldine McCaughrean
- Ben and Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos by Robert Lawson (not ancient history, but a really funny book)
- D'Aulaires' Greek Myths by Ingri d'Aulaire
- The One-Eyed Giant by Mary Pope Osborne
- Return to Ithaca by Mary Pope Osborne
- Who Are You Calling a Wooly Mammoth? by Elizabeth Levy
- Tut's Mummy: Lost....and Found by Judy Donnelly
- Ice Mummy: The Discovery of a 5,000 Year-Old Man by Mark Dubowski
- Z is for Zeus by Helen L. Wilbur
- God's People by Geraldine McCaughrean
- Lift and Look Romans by Pam Beasant
- Who Were the Romans? by Phil Roxbee Cox
2010-2011
- Francis: The Poor Man of Assisi by Tomie de Paola
- Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland by Tomie de Paola
- Saint Valentine by Robert Sabuda
- The Squire and the Scroll: A Tale of the Rewards of a Pure Heart by Jennie Bishop
- Across a Dark and Wild Sea by Don Brown
- Brigid's Cloak by Bryce Milligan
- Caedmon's Song by Ruth Ashby
- The Adventures of King Arthur (Usborne) by Angela Wilkes
- Merlin: The Making of a King by Margaret Hodges
- Young Lancelot by Robert D. San Souci
- You Wouldn't Want to be a Crusader!: A War You'd Rather Not Fight by Fiona MacDonald
- We Come from India by David Cummings
- Snake Charmer by Ann Whitehead Nagda
- In the Heart of the Village: The World of the Indian Banyan Tree by Barbara Bash
- I Am Muslim by Jessica Chalfonte
- Muslim Holidays by Faith Winchester
- The White Nights of Ramadan by Maha Addasi
- The Three Princes: A Tale from the Middle East by Eric A. Kimmel