Unit 3: Building History Novels and Chapter Books

List of chapter books to go with Unit 3 of Big Ideas through History which covers the First Settlements and Cities, Putting Up Walls, European Megaliths, and Ancient Egyptians.

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I have not read all of these books and there is a wide range of levels. I suggest thoroughly researching the appropriateness of each book for your situation before sharing with your children.

(affiliate links)	Section 7: ———————— First Settlements and Cities	Section 8: ———————— Putting Up Walls	Section 9: ———————– European Megaliths	Peoples III: ———————— Ancient Egyptians
My Neolithic Diary
The Boy with the Bronze Axe
The Bear, The Bull and the Child of Light
Red Earth Sky
The Adventures of Obi and Titi: The Great Walls of Benin
The Window in the Wall
Building the Great Wall of China: An Isabel Soto History Adventure
Stone Spring: The Northland Trilogy
Carnac: A stone age adventure about the origins of the alignments
Mystery of the Megalith
Forecast From Stonehenge (Choose Your Own Adventure #19)
Heist of Stonehenge: An Ethan Sparks Adventure
Alphonse and the Stonehenge Mystery
Witchy Travel Tales 2: Sleepless in Stonehenge
Young Indiana Jones and the Circle of Death
Journey to Stonehenge
The Complete Kane Chronicles
Khu: A Tale of Ancient Egypt
Pharaoh’s Daughter: A Novel of Ancient Egypt
Egyptian Tales: The Plot on the Pyramid
Explore Ancient Egypt!: 25 Great Projects, Activities, Experiments
The Eyes of Pharaoh
The Crocodile Tomb (Gods and Warriors)
Cleopatra Confesses
Hot on the Trail in Ancient Egypt (The Time Travel Guides)
The Secret of the Sphinx: A Time-Travel Adventure to Ancient Egypt
An Egyptian Adventure (Histronauts)
Mummies in the Morning (Magic Tree House, No. 3)
Adventures in Ancient Egypt (Good Times Travel Agency)
The Time-Traveling Fashionista and Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile
Scarlett and Sam: Escape from Egypt
The Order of Time