Early Years and Middle Years:
Ashanti To Zulu: African Traditions by Margaret Musgrove
At the Crossroads by Rachael Isador
The Boy Who Sailed Around the World Alone by Robin Graham [this is the Young Person’s Edition of DOVE below; out-of-print, but readily available in libraries and used book stores]
Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema
Chidi Only Likes Blue by Ifeoma Onyefulu [NOTE: This author has produced MANY fabulous children’s books on African traditional life–all with beautiful photographs.”Chidi” is my family’s favorite.]
Children Just Like Me by Anabel Kindersley
Children Just Like Me: Celebrations by Anabel Kindersley
A Child’s Geography by Ann Voskamp [While not a traditional textbook, this is used like one for many families]
A Child’s Geography Vol II: Explore the Holy Land by Ann Voskamp [While not a traditional textbook, this is used like one for many families]
The Day Gogo Went to Vote by Eleanor Batezat Sisulu
Golimoto by Karen Lynn Williams
Herodotus and the Road to History by Jeanne Bendick
Jambo Means Hello: Swahili Alphabet by Muriel Feelings
A Life Like Mine by DK Publishing
Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe [Currently out-of-print, try the library]
Over the Green Hills by Rachel Isadore [Currently out-of-print, try the library]
Paddle to the Sea by Holling C. Hollings [Note: Beautiful Feet sells a lovely blank map set to go with the Hollings books–my kids treasure there maps still! They also have a curriculum guide for these books which some may find useful. We enjoyed the program.]
A School Like Mine by DK Publishing
Seabird by Holling C. Hollings
Tree in the Trail by Holling C. Hollings
When Africa Was Home by Karen Lynn Williams
A 21-st Century Charlotte Mason Education 