I came up with the idea for this year’s summer school way back at the end of last August, while we were still only in the second week of school. This reading list came together very quickly after I came up with the theme, and we already had many of the books on it. I have to admit that it’s rather heavy on the British history side of things, but I tried to find at least a few things from other countries, too. Aside from Olympic years, I have definitely never planned summer school this far in advance, and I’ve been chomping at the bit to get started for months! (As always, at the end of the list, there are few non-literary items that fit the theme.)
- King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
- Beowulf the Warrior
- The Canterbury Tales
- The Time Traveler’s Guide to Medieval England
- The Sword in the Tree
- The Knight at Dawn
- Magic Tree House Fact Tracker: Knights and Castles
- Viking Ships at Sunrise
- D’Aulaires’ Book of Norse Myths
- The Door in the Wall
- Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
- Saint George and the Dragon
- Marguerite Makes a Book
- Castle Diary
- Brother Egbert’s Christmas
- Castle
- Cathedral
- You Wouldn’t Want to Work on a Medieval Cathedral!
- You Wouldn’t Want to be a Medieval Knight!
- Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi
- Joan of Arc
- Son of Charlemagne
- Queen Eleanor: Independent Spirt of the Medieval World
- Stephen Biesty’s Cross-Sections Castle
- A Medieval Feast
- A Year in a Castle
- Arms and Armor
- Castle
- Medieval Life
- Knight
- The Medieval World: An Illustrated Atlas
- The Usborne Time Traveler
- The Usborne Book of Living Long Ago
- Great Medieval Projects You Can Build Yourself
- Design Your Own Coat of Arms
- The Medieval Castle Coloring Book
- Illuminated Letters Sketchbook
- Sinners & Saints: The Ultimate Medieval and Renaissance Music Collection
- Secrets of the Tower of London
- Secrets of Westminster
- NOVA: Building the Great Cathedrals
- Medieval Castle 3-D Puzzle