Books About Ancient Greece

These living books about Ancient Greece will bring history to life.

Books About Ancient Greece for All Ages

• Big Buildings of the Ancient World: X Ray Picture Book by Joanne Jessop
• In Search of Troy by Giovanni Caselli
• It’s Greek to Me by Michael Macrone
• The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Peter A Clayton
• The Stuff They Left Behind Portfolios

Books About Ancient Greece for Grades 1-3

• A City Through Time by Philip Steele
• Alexander the Great by Demi
• Archimedes, Mathematician and Inventor by Martin Gardner
• Atalanta’s Race by Shirley Climo
• D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths by Ingri and Edgar d’Aulaire
• Galileo and the Stargazers by Jim Weiss (audio CD)
• Greek Myths by Ann Turnbull
• Greek Myths by Jim Weiss (audio CD)
• Greek News by Anton Powell
• Heroes in Mythology by Jim Weiss (audio CD)
• Persephone and the Pomegranate by Kris Waldherr
• She & He: Adventures in Mythology by Jim Weiss (audio CD)
• The Adventures of Odysseus by Hugh Lupton
• The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky
• The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War by Emily Little
• You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Slave in Ancient Greece! by Fiona MacDonald

Books About Ancient Greece for Grades 4-6

• A City Through Time by Philip Steele
• Adventures of the Greek Heroes by Anne M. Wiseman and Mollie McLean
• Alexander the Great by Demi
• Archimedes and the Door of Science by Jeanne Bendick
• The Beautiful Stories of Life: Six Greeks Myths Retold by Cynthia Rylant
• D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths by Ingri and Edgar d’Aulaire
• Demeter and Persephone by Hugh Lupton
• Famous Men of Greece (Greenleaf Press) by John H Haaren
• Galileo and the Stargazers by Jim Weiss (audio CD)
• Greek Myths by Ann Turnbull
• Greek Myths by Jim Weiss (audio CD)
• Greek News by Anton Powell
• Heroes in Mythology by Jim Weiss (audio CD)
• Orpheus and Eurydice by Hugh Lupton
• Persephone and the Pomegranate Kris Waldherr
• She & He: Adventures in Mythology by Jim Weiss (audio CD)
• The Adventures of Odysseus by Hugh Lupton
• The Children’s Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy by Padraic Colum
• The Iliad for Boys and Girls by Alfred John Church
• The Odyssey for Boys and Girls by Alfred John Church
• The Parthenon: The Height of Greek Civilization by Elizabeth Mann
• Theseus and the Minotaur by Hugh Lupton
• You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Slave in Ancient Greece! by Fiona MacDonald

See more living history book suggestions as well as the history sequence we follow.

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