the Age of Exploration
best books for K-8
Below are the best children's books about the Age of Exploration and famous explorers. This is an exciting period in World History. In fact, thirty years later, I still remember learning about it as a child in elementary school (and I really wasn't much of a history buff back then.)
Below are children's books about the Age of Exploration and some of the key explorers. We
couldn't find many books for the younger grades (K-Gr.2) on this era
[That's understandable, of course. Knowing about the Age of Exploration
is not exactly one of the core standards for K-2!] Therefore, we
combined the two groups together to make this one list.
Books on the Age of Discovery
a.k.a the Age of Exploration
In 1492
by
Jean Marzollo
Preschool - 1st grade
Where Do You Think
You're Going,
Christopher Columbus?
by Jean Fritz
3rd grade & Up
Follow the Dream
The Story of Christopher
Columbus
by Peter Sis
2nd grade - 4th grade
Adventures of the
Treasure Fleet
China Discovers the World
by Ann Bowler
Kindergarten - 4th grade
The Discovery of
the Americas
by Betsy & Guilio Maestro
3rd grade - 6th grade
Exploration
and Conquest
by Betsy & Guilio Maestro
3rd grade - 6th grade
Beyond the Sea of Ice
The Voyages of Henry Hudson
by Joan Elizabeth Goodman
4th grade - 7th grade
Explorers Who
Got Lost
by Diane Dreher
3rd grade - 6th grade
The World in 1492
by Jean Fritz and other
well known authors!
Who Was First?
Discovering the Americas
by Russell Freedman
5th grade - 8th grade
The World Made New
by Marc Aronson
5th grade - 9th grade
Who Really
Discovered America
Unraveling the Mystery and
Solving the Puzzle
5th grade - 7th grade
Sir Walter Raleigh &
the Quest for El Dorado
by Marc Aronson
7th grade & Up
Magellan's World
by Stuart Waldman
3rd grade - 7th grade
Stowaway
by Karen Hesse
5th grade & Up
Who Was
Ferdinand Magellan
by S. A. Kramer
3rd grade - 6th grade
To the Edge
of the World
by Michele Torrey
5th grade - 8th grade
Anacaona: Golden
Flower, Haiti, 1490
(The Royal Diaries series)
5th grade - 8th grade
Pedro's Journal
A Voyage with Christopher Columbus
by Pam Conrad
3rd grade - 6th grade
Quest
by Kathleen Benner Duble
7th grade & Up
Morning Girl
by Micheal Dorris
3rd grade & Up
The Sea King
Sir Francis Drake & His Times
by Albert Marrin
6th grade & Up
The King's Fifth
by Scott O'Dell
6th grade & 8th grade