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Literature:

OTHERS: Stories From Shakespeare, A Tale of Two Cities, Adventures of Ulysses, Don Quixote, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Jane Eyre, Jason and the Argonauts, Kidnapped, Moby Dick, Tales of King Arthur, Tales of the Trojan War and Wuthering Heights. These books would be good as read alouds for younger ones or as an introduction to classics for older readers in the grammar stage.

Music:

First Book of the Recorder
Piano Course Book One & Book Two (Going OP)
OTHERS: Recorder Tunes for Children, Easy Recorder Tunes for Children, Piano Tunes for Children, Easy Piano Tunes. An excellent and inexpensive program for this stage would be to use the four "recorder" books listed here. Use the "First Book of the Recorder" as your foundation text for learning to play, then use the other books for weekly practice pieces to learn. This could easily last 2-3 years depending on how ambitious you are. You can also get "First Book of the Recorder" packaged with a recorder!

Art:

OTHERS: I Can Draw Animals, I Can Draw People, What Shall I Draw?, Origami, Papercraft

Year 1

History (Ancients):

Who Built the Pyramids?
Who Were the Romans?
OTHERS: Encyclopedia of the Ancient World, Ancient Greeks IR, Romans IR, Egyptians IR

Science (Biology):

Flowers Sticker Book
You and Your Body (OP)-same titles are in Pocket Scientist Red book
Suggested: Usborne's First Encyclopedia of the Human Body was released after this book was published. Since TWTM recommends other books in the First Encyclopedia series, this book would be excellent for the basic text while studying the human body.
OTHERS: Spiders IR, Under the Sea IR, Tadpoles and Frogs IR, Bears IR, Caterpillars and Butterflies IR, Night Animals IR, Farm Animals IR, Eggs and Chicks IR, Insects Sticker Book, How Flowers Grow IR, First Book of Nature (an excellent source for plants and animals), Starting Gardening, Science with Plants, Science and Your Body

Year 2

History (Medieval):

Who Were the Vikings?
What Were Castles For?
The Medieval Messenger (OP)
Living in Castle Times (OP) suggested: Castles IR, Knights IR, See Inside Castles

Science (Earth & Sky):

*First Encyclopedia of Our World
*First Encyclopedia of Space
*Spotter's Guide: The Night Sky
Earth and Space
OTHERS: Sun, Moon and Stars IR; Living in Space IR

Year 3

History (Renaissance):

Who Were the First North Americans?

Science (Chemistry):

*First Encyclopedia of Science
*IL Science Encyclopedia
Science With Water
Science in the Kitchen
OTHERS: Chemistry Experiments

Year 4

Science (Physics):

*First Encyclopedia of Science
*IL Science Encyclopedia
Electricity (going OP)
Jets (OP)
OTHERS: Science with Magnets, How Things Work,

History: (Modern)

OTHERS: No Suggestions

Grammar:

OTHERS: Improve Your English (spelling, grammar and punctuation)

Art:

Complete Book of Drawing (This book will NOT provide adequate instruction in art--despite the title--and my suggestion would be to go with the one volume suggested below in OTHERS)
*Story of Painting (OP) suggested: Introduction to Art (this is a beautiful, captivating art book)
OTHERS: Art Ideas, Art Skills, Art Projects (these three titles are also available in one volume and would provide plenty of art ideas to last all four years), Introduction to Modern Art (a nice addition to the above-mentioned Introduction to Art)

Music:

*Understanding Music (OP) suggested: Introduction to Music
OTHERS: Music Theory for Beginners

Year 1

History (Ancients):

Rome and Romans
Make this Egyptian Temple (OP)
Make this Greek Temple (OP)
Make this Egyptian Mummy
OTHERS: Encyclopedia of the Ancient World, Greek Gazette, Pharaohs & Pyramids, Visitor's Guide to the Ancient World, Roman Army, Mummies & Pyramids, Greeks, Make This Trojan Horse, Archaeology (a fascinating look at uncovering ancient civilizations)

Science (Biology):

OTHERS: Complete Book of the Human Body, Complete Book of the Microscope (highly recommended!), The Natural World, Living World Encyclopedia, Mysteries & Marvels of Nature, The Young Naturalist, Amazing Animal Facts & Lists, Seas and Oceans Facts & Lists, Understanding Your Body, Genes & DNA, all animal and plant Spotter's Guides

Year 2

History (Medieval):

Make this Medieval Castle
Make this Viking Settlement (OP)
Viking Raiders
Kings & Queens (OP)
OTHERS: Castles, Knights, Knights & Castles, World of Shakespeare, Viking World

Science (Earth Science):

*Spotter's Guide: The Night Sky
Encyclopedia of Planet Earth
OTHERS: Weather & Climate, Earthquakes & Volcanoes, Rocks & Fossils, Rocks & Minerals Spotter's Guide, Planet Earth Facts & Lists, Book of Astronomy & Space, Space IL , Astronomy IL ,Space Facts

Year 3

Science (Chemistry):

OTHERS: Mysteries & Marvels of Science

Year 4

History (Modern):

OTHERS: Encyclopedia of World Geography, Victorians, Introduction to Asia, Introduction to Second World War, True Stories of the First World War, True Stories of the Second World War

Science (Physics):

OTHERS: Electricity and Magnetism, Electronics

Math:

OTHERS: The Illustrated Dictionary of Math (this is a must!)

Science:

*Illustrated Dictionary of Science
*Spotter's Guide: The Night Sky
OTHERS: Complete Book of the Microscope (highly recommended!)