A Child's History of the World
by V. M. Hillyer Author
A succinct world history written in conversational tone for young children. Note: The first four chapters are written from an evolutionary perspective. Purchasing Note: As of 10/14/07 Amazon does not have this title available. It looks like you can get a newer edition through Sonlight. Use the URL below.
Additional Details
- Resource Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 1417924551
- Print Status
- In Print
- Stories
- 91
- Pages
- 618
- Suggested Grades
- 1st - 6th
- Historical Setting
- 6000 BC - 2000 AD
- Publisher
- Calvert School
- Copyright
- 1997
- Written
- 1924
- URL
- http://www.sonlight.com/2H22.html
Stories
- 1 How Things Started
- 2 People Who Lived in Caves
- 3 Fire! Fire!! Fire!!!
- 4 From an Airplane
- 5 Real History Begins
- 6 The Puzzle Writers in Egypt
- 7 The Tomb Builders
- 8 A Rich Land Where There Was No Money
- 9 The Jews Search for a Home
- 10 Fairy-Tale Gods
- 11 A Fairy-Tale War
- 12 The Kings of the Jews
- 13 The People Who Made Our A B C's
- 14 Hard As Nails
- 15 The Crown of Leaves
- 16 A Bad Beginning
- 17 Kings with Corkscrew Curls
- 18 A City of Wonders and Wickedness
- 19 A Surprise Party
- 20 The Other Side of the World: India
- 21 All the Way Around the World in China
- 22 Rich Man, Poor Man
- 23 Rome Kicks Out Her Kings
- 24 Greece vs. Persia
- 25 Fighting Mad
- 26 One Against a Thousand
- 27 The Golden Age
- 28 When Greek Meets Greek
- 29 Wise Men and Otherwise
- 30 A Boy King
- 31 Picking a Fight
- 32 The Boot Kicks and Stamps
- 33 The New Champion of the World
- 34 The Noblest Roman of Them All
- 35 An Emperor Who Was Made a God
- 36 Thine Is the Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory
- 37 Blood and Thunder
- 38 A Good Emperor and a Bad Son
- 39 I_H__S____V_____
- 40 Barbarian Invaders
- 41 Barbarians Meet the Champions of the World
- 42 New Places - New Heroes
- 43 Being Good
- 44 A Christian Kingdom in Africa
- 45 A Camel Driver
- 46 Arabian Days
- 47 Two Empires, Two Emperors
- 48 Getting a Start
- 49 The End of the World
- 50 Real Castles
- 51 Knights and Days of Chivalry
- 52 A Pirate's Great Grandson
- 53 A Great Adventure
- 54 Tick-Tack-Toe; Three Kings in a Row
- 55 Three Kingdoms in West Africa
- 56 Bibles Made of Stone and Glass
- 57 John, Whom Nobody Loved
- 58 A Great Story Teller
- 59 Thing-a-ma-Jigger and What-cher-may-call-it; or, a Magic Needle and a Magic Powder
- 60 THELON GEST WART HATE VERWAS
- 61 Off With the Old, On With the New
- 62 A Sailor Who Found a New World
- 63 Fortune Hunters
- 64 The Land of Enchantment or The Search for Gold and Adventure
- 65 Along the Coast of East Africa
- 66 Rebirth
- 67 Christians Quarrel
- 68 Queen Elizabeth
- 69 The Age of Elizabeth
- 70 James the Servant or What's In a Name?
- 71 A King Who Lost His Head
- 72 Red Cap and Red Heels
- 73 A Self-Made Man
- 74 A Prince Who Ran Away
- 75 America Gets Rid of Her King
- 76 Upside Down
- 77 A Little Giant
- 78 Latin America and the Caribbean Islands
- 79 From Pan and His Pipes to the Phonograph
- 80 The Daily Papers of 1854-1865
- 81 Three New Postage Stamps
- 82 The Age of Miracles
- 83 A Different Kind of Revolution
- 84 A World at War
- 85 A Short Twenty Years
- 86 Modern Barbarians
- 87 Fighting the Dictators
- 88 A New Spirit in the World
- 89 A New BIG POWER in the World
- 90 Trying to Keep Peace
- 91 Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
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