I'm so glad that you are getting a chance to enjoy the literature found within our guides! My boys love the books too, and I must confess that I thoroughly enjoy sifting through books to find the "best" ones.
At this point, we have not completely pinned down the storytime selections or the extension pack for our newest guide which will pick up with the time period after the resurrection of Christ and go forward to the time of Columbus and the early stages of Jamestown. We are very close to having these in place, but are still working to find a few key books which can then affect the other selections.
We are, however, fairly certain of our spines for the history portion of the program, so I will share those (but bear in mind that there may be some tweaking among the resources as we utilize them this year with my oldest son).
For our history spines for the new guide we are currently planning on the following books:
The Discovery of New Worlds by M.B. Synge
http://www.yesterdaysclassics.com/previ ... review.pdf
Description on this page: http://www.yesterdaysclassics.com/catal ... alog=world
The Middle Ages: Streams of History by Ellwood Kemp http://www.yesterdaysclassics.com/previ ... review.pdf
Monks and Mystics: Volume 2 by Mindy and Brandon Withrow
http://www.historylivesseries.com/?page_id=5
The Mystery of History Volume III (Reader only) by Linda Lacour Hobar
http://www.themysteryofhistory.com/volumeIII.shtml
I cannot tell you how excited we are about this combination of resources. We are overjoyed with the combination of the first 3 books for the period from the resurrection up to the renaissance. Then, with MOH III coming out as a full-color student reader (separate from its companion volume), we fell in love with the design, content, and layout of this fascinating book. It is Linda's best work to date, and she has truly outdone herself with this one!
These 4 resources will provide a Christ-centered narrative view of this important period in history, and we know the Lord led us to these book choices, two of which were just released (or brought back in print) in 2008 and the other two released (or brought back in print) in 2005 and 2006. We are grateful to be writing and planning at a time when the Lord has brought forth such excellent material.
Blessings,
Carrie
He has an Aug birthday, so really could be considered a grade earlier if we wanted to do so. I doubt we will use extensions with these...the later guides look so meaty even without the extensions. 