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FORGOTTEN CLASSICS FAMILY LIBRARYFreedom Series (F)1 Stories of Columbus2 Stories of the Pilgrims3 Stories of Early American History4 Stories of George Washington5 Stories of Lafayette6 Stories of the Government7 Stories of the American Frontier8 Stories of Abraham Lincoln9 Stories of Grant and Lee10 Stories of World War I11 Stories of American History12 Stories of Great LivesStory Hour Series (S)1 Stories of Paintings2 Stories and Rhymes for Young Children3 Imaginative Stories from Many Lands4 Stories from Greek Mythology5 Stories of Legendary and Epic Heroes6 Stories of Great Lives7 Stories from Nature8 Stories from the Bible9 Stories from History10 Stories from Great Literature11 Stories That Teach Values12 Stories of ChristmasWorld History Series (W)1 Stories of China and India2 Stories of Holland and Spain3 Stories of the British Isles4 Stories of Greece and Rome5 Stories of France and Canada6 Stories of the Holy Land & Ancient Civilizations7 Stories of Arabia and the Crusades8 Stories of Ancient Egypt and Africa9 Stories of Mexico and South America10 Stories of Germany and Russia11 Stories of World History12 Stories of Notable LivesNature, Art and Music Series (N)1 Stories of Stars2 Stories of Rocks3 Stories of the Ocean and Sea-Life4 Stories of Plants and Trees5 Stories of Insects6 Stories of Animals7 Stories of Birds8 Stories of Gardening9 Stories of Music and Art History, Part I10 Stories of Music and Art History, Part II11 Stories of Hymns, Folk Songs and Great Music12 Stories from OperasGreat Lives Series (G)1 Stories of Great African-Americans2 Stories of Great Artists3 Stories of Great Greeks and Romans4 Stories of Great Humanitarians5 Stories of Great Inventors6 Stories of Great Leaders7 Stories of Great Men8 Stories of Great Musicians9 Stories of Great Spiritual Leaders10 Stories of Great Scientists11 Stories of Great Women12 Stories of Great WritersResources (R)1 Children’s Classics2 Classics3 Music4 Plays5 Rediscovered Classics6 Things to Make and Do7 Images8 Links and Videos

MONTH 1Stories of Christopher ColumbusThe Age of Exploration (1500s)Learn more about Columbus as well as other explorers of the New World.Forgotten Classics LibraryFoundation Reading: F1 (1-119)Childhoods of Famous Americans:John Smith by BartonPocahontas by SeymourMovies, Music, and AudiosEric the Conqueror (1961)Viking/British story in 786 A.D.Christopher Columbus (1949)Starring Frederic March*Pocahontas (1995)Animated DisneyJim Weiss:Tales from Cultures Far and NearLandmark Books:The Voyages of Christopher ColumbusBy Sperry Armstrong 1451-1506Balboa: Swordsman and ConquistadorBy Felix Riesenberg 1475-1519Ferdinand Magellan: Master MarinerBy Seymour Pond 1480-1521The Voyages of Henry HudsonBy Eugene Rachlis 1560-1611Pocahontas and Captain John SmithBy Marie Lawson 1595-1617Exploration - 1500s (1)Online Library: F1Viking: Leif EriksonEnglish: Henry HudsonThe CabotsSir Walter RaleighJohn SmithFrench: Samuel de ChamplainRobert de la SallePortuguese: Ferdinand MagellanSpanish: Alvar Nunez Cabeza deVacaPonce de LeonVasco Nunez de BalboaHernando de SotoBartolome de las CasasFrancisco Vasquez de CoronadoItalian: Amerigo VespucciRecent BooksYear of Columbus 1492by Genevieve Foster (1969)Columbus by d’Aulaire (1955)Leif the Lucky by d’Aulaire (1941)Junior Classics:6-260, 272, 274The Story of ChinaConnecting Thought: Columbus wanted to find a shorter route to China because he had read all about it in Marco Polo's writings.Foundation Reading: W1 (Part 1: China)Online Library: W1*Fairy and Folk Tales of China: S3*Epic and Legendary heroes of China: S5Religion: G9Had You Been Born in a Different Faith(Ch. 4: Confucianist)*Mulan (1998) animated DisneyThe Conqueror (1956)John Wayne as Genghis KhanGenghis Khan (1965)Omar SharifCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)1779 Qing DynastyKeys of the Kingdom (1944)Gregory Peck as young priest in China55 Days in Peking (1963)Boxer RebellionCharlton Heston, Ava GardnerThe Sand Pebbles (1966)1920's China, aboard American gunboatSteve McQueenThe Last Emperor (1987) (not for children)Life of Puyi (1908-1967)9 Academy AwardsThe Blue Kite (1993)Life after Mao in ChinaLove is a Many Splendored Thing (1955)Hong Kong during Cultural RevolutionWilliam Holden, Jennifer JonesThe Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)Ingrid BergmanThe Good Earth (1937)China (1)FC Stories:Confucius S9-69*The Story of Ping (1933)By Marjorie Flack*The 5 Chinese Brothers (1996)By Claire Bishop*Tikki-Tikki-Tembo (1968)By Arlene Mosel*Little Pear (1931)By Eleanor LattimoreHouse of 60 Fathers (1956)By Meindert DeJong(Second Sino-Japanese War)Red Scarf Girl (1998) by Ji-Li Jiang(Memoir of young girl in CulturalRevolution)Homesick, My Own Story (1982)By Jean FritzGladys Aylward, the Little Woman (1970)By Christine HunterThe Small Woman (1957)By Alan Burgess (The Inn of theSixth Happiness based on book)Pageant of Chinese History (1934)By Elizabeth SeegerYoung Fu of the Upper Yangtze (1933)By Elizabeth LewisThe Good Earth (1932)By Pearl S. Buck Wild Swans by Jung Chang (1991)(3 generations of women in modernChina)

MONTH 1The Story of China (Cont.)Forgotten Classics LibraryRecent BooksMovies, Music, and AudiosChina (1)Landmark Books:Genghis Khan and the Mongol HordeBy Harold Lamb 1162-1227The Adventures & Discoveries of Marco PoloBy Richard Walsh 1259-1324Clipper Ship DaysBy John Jennings mid 1800’sThe Man Who Changed China: The Story ofSun Yat-Sen by Pearl S. Buck 1866-1925My Book House:1-764-137Junior Classics:2-1984-1689-22Stories of JapanConnecting Thought: China and Japan are neighbors with two distinct histories.Foundation Reading: W1-Smith’s ‘Historyof Japan In One-Word Syllables’Online Library: W1*Folk and Fairy Tales: S3*Epic and Legendary Heroes: S5Religion: G9Had You Been Born in Another Faith(Ch. 5: Shintoist)*The Tale of the Mandarin DucksBy Katherine Paterson (2001)Crow Boy (1955) Taro YashimaSadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes(1977) by Eleanor Coerr,Post-WWII JapanPassage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story(1997) by Ken Mochizuki(1940, WWII Japan. One man canmake a difference.Landmark Books:Commodore Perry and the Opening of JapanBy Ferdinand Kuhn 1794-1858Junior Classics:2-1914-205Music:Opera: The Mikado (1939) R12Gilbert and SullivanSakura Cherry Blossoms R3Jim Weiss:A Treasury of Wisdom, Japan in 1890Japan (1)My Book House:1-783-1656-222Shogun (1980) TV miniseries1600's JapanRichard ChamberlainEmpire of the Sun (1987)Japan-China conflict, 1937A young Christian BaleTora! Tora! Tora! (1970)1941 attack on Pearl HarborMartin BalsamMidway (1976)Battle of 1942Charlton Heston, Henry FondaThirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)WWII bombing mission in JapanSpencer Tracy, Van JohnsonSayonara (1957)Post WWII JapanMarlon BrandoThe Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)Satirical post WWII look atJapanese/American relationsMarlon Brando, Glenn FordGrave of the Fireflies (1988)Animated but definitely not for childrenunder 12. Very sad and emotional warstory of young children.

MONTH 1Stories of Other Asian Countries: Thailand (Siam),Vietnam, Korea, etc.Forgotten Classics LibraryFoundation Reading: W1Recent BooksMy Book House:6-191Online Library: W1Music:Musical: The King and I (1956)1860’s Siam (Thailand)Yul Brynner, Deborah KerrOther Asian Countries (1)Junior Classics:2-1784-310Movies, Music, and AudiosAnna and the King of Siam (1944)Irene Dunn, Rex HarrisonAnna and the King (1999)Jodie Foster, Yun Fat-ChowBridge on the River Kwai (1957)WWII film, 1942-3 BurmaRailway construction filmed in Sri LankaWilliam Holden, Alec GuinnessThe Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)Korean War 1951-2William Holden, Grace KellyThe Overture (2004)A story of Thailand’s classical musicObjective, Burma! (1945)Special ops in remote Burmese jungleErrol FlynnStories of Polynesia, Australia, and New ZealandConnecting Thought: More neighbors in the South Pacific.Foundation Reading: W1 –The Story ofAustralia by A. Grove Day (1960)(Landmark book online)Online Library: W1Call It Courage (1941) by Armstrong PerryJourney of Mafatu, Newbery AwardKon-Tiki (1950) by Thor HeyerdahlTrue account of sea voyage to provePolynesia settled by native Peruvians.Landmark Books:Captain Cook Explores the South SeasBy Armstrong Sperry 1728-1779Junior Classics:4-19-306Music:Musical: South Pacific (Rodgers &Hammerstein)(1958) Rosanno Brazzi, Mitzi Gaynor(2001) Glenn Close, Harry Connick, Jr.South Pacific (1)My Book House:3-59, 816-202*Babe (1995)Set in New ZealandKon Tiki (1950) Thor HeyerdahlRecreating the Kon-Tiki trip betweenPeru and the South SeasMutiny on the Bounty(1939) Clark Cable, Charles Laughton(1962) Marlon Brando, Richard HarrisMutiny in the South SeasHeaven Knows, Mr. AllisonStranded on a South Pacific island in1944 WWIIRobert Mitchum, Deborah KerrThe Other Side of Heaven (2001)Missionary work in Tonga, 1950’sAnne HathawayMan From Snowy River (1982)Set in AustraliaKirk DouglasReturn to Snowy River (1988)

MONTH 1The Story of IndiaConnecting Thought: Columbus originally thought he had reached India and so he called the natives 'Indians'.Forgotten Classics LibraryFoundation Reading: W1 (Part 2: India)Online Library: W1Recent Books*One Grain of Rice (1997) by Demi*Rikki-Tivvi-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling Gandhi-An Autobiography:The Story of My Experiments With Truth*Fairy Tales of India: S3Religion: G9Had You Been Born in a Different Faith(Ch. 1: Hindu)(Ch. 3: Buddhist)My Book House:1-792-118, 1783-765-1829-12910-175Junior Classics:2-15, 25, 212, 3494-23Classics:*Little Black Sambo by Helen Brennerman S3 8-38*#Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling R110-365*#The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling R1*#The Secret GardenBy Frances Hodgson Burnett R1(The story originates in India)*#A Little PrincessBy Frances Hodgson Burnett R1(Story originates in India)Mother Theresa: In the Name of God’s Poor(1997)Million Dollar Arm (2014)Filmed partly in IndiaIndia (1)FC Stories:*The Gift of Poesy S10-4From the Ramayana of India*The Quails S11-82Prince Siddartha S9-78A Lesson for Kings (Buddha) S11-263The Red Thread of Courage S11-72Landmark Books:Exploring the HimalayaBy William O. DouglasMovies, Music, and AudiosBollywood movies: R8*The Jungle Book (1967) animated DisneyThe Jungle Book (1942)Real people and animals*Rikki-Tivvi-Tavi, animated R8Narrated by Orson Welles*The Secret Garden(1949) Margaret O’Brien(1993)*A Little Princess(1939) Shirley Temple R8(1995)The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968)Crimean War, Trevor HowardThe Jewel in the Crown (1984)End of the British raj in IndiaGandhi (1982)Story of Gandhi (1869-1948)Ben KingsleyMusic:Opera: Song of India from Sadko R3By Rimsky-KorsakovMusical: The Secret GardenClassic: India music R3Jim Weiss:The Jungle Book (1800’s)Stories of Scandinavia: Denmark, Finland, Sweden, NorwayConnecting Thought: Learn about the land of the Viking explorers.Foundation Reading: W1Sidgwick’s ‘The Story of Norway’Online Library: W1*Epic and Legendary Heroes:Frithiof S5-285Norse and Scandinavian Heroes S5FC Stories:Ole Bull (Norway) S6-135Jenny Lind (Sweden) S6-94Jacob Riis: A Pigrim from Denmark S6-295*Leif the Lucky by d’Aulaire (1941)*D’Aulaire’s Norse Gods and Heroes (1969)*All the Flicka, Dicka and Rikka books(Sweden) by Maj Lindman (1940's)*Pippi Longstocking (Sweden)By Astrid Lindgren (1945)*Pelle’s New Suit (1900)By Elsa Bestow*The Golden Name Day (1955)By Jennie LindquistLandmark Books:The VikingsBy Elizabeth Janeway (8th-11th Centuries)*Frozen (2013) animated DisneyInspired by Andersen’s Snow Queen*The Little Mermaid (1989) animated DisneyInspired by Andersen’s Little MermaidMusic:*Hans Christian Andersen (1952)Danny KayeSong of Norway (1970)Florence HendersenStory of Edward Grieg. Gorgeous scenesof Norway and beautiful music.BallerinaDanish film shown on Disney’sWonderful World of Color (1954-55)(Continued on next page)Scandinavia (1)*Fairy and Folk Tales:Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland*Children of the Northlights by d’Aulaire (1935)