Get Wrapped Up in Reading 2017 Book List
This summer read stories of civilizations from around the world reflected in the Carlos Museum’s collections from ancient Egypt, the Near East, Greece and Rome, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and the Americas. Be sure to check out the Family Pass and visit the Museum with your family!
Artful Stories Picture Books
Mummy Cat, by Marcus Ewert and Lisa Brown. Clarion Books, 2015.
The Little Hippo, by Anja Klauss and Geraldine Elschner. Prestel, 2014.
We’re Sailing Down the Nile, by Laurie Krebs and Anne Wilson. Barefoot Books, 2008.
Bill and Pete, by Tomie DePaola. Puffin Books, 1996.
The Star-bearer: A Creation Myth from Ancient Egypt, by Dianne Hofmeyr and Jude Daly. Frances Lincoln Children’s Books, 2012.
My Painted House, My Friendly Chicken, and Me, by Maya Angelou and Margaret Courtney-Clarke. Crown Books for Young Readers, 2003.
The Coming of Night: A Yoruba Creation Myth from West Africa, by James Riordan. Frances Lincoln Children’s Books, 2011.
Why the Sky is Far Away: A Nigerian Folktale, by Mary Joan Gerson and Carla Golembe. Little, Brown, 1995.
Lila and the Secret of Rain, by David Conway and Jude Daly. Frances Lincoln Children’s Books, 2011.
King David & Akavish the Spider, by Sylvia Rouss and Ari Binus (illustrator). Apple & Honey Press, 2015.
Gilgamesh the King, by Ludmila Zeman. Tundra, 1998.
The Revenge of Ishtar, by Ludmila Zeman. Tundra, 1998.
The Last Quest of Gilgamesh, by Ludmila Zeman. Tundra, 1998.
I Once Was a Monkey: Stories Buddha Told, by Jeanne M. Lee. Farrar, Straus and Giraux, 1999.
Ganesha’s Sweet Tooth, by Sanjay Patel and Emily Haynes. Chronicle Books, 2012.
The Fantastic Adventures of Krishna, by Demi. Wisdom Tales, 2013.
Abuela’s Weave, by Omar S. Castañeda, Enrique O. Sanchez. Lee & Low Books, 1995.
The Sad Night: The Story of an Aztec Victory and a Spanish Loss, by Sally Schofer Mathews. HMH Books for Young Readers, 2001.
The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest, by Lynne Cherry. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990.
When Clay Sings, by Byrd Baylor and Tom Bahti. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1972.
Storm Boy, and Frog Girl, by Paul Owen Lewis. Tricycle Press, 2001.
Kunu’s Basket: A Story from Indian Island, by Francis Lee DeCora and Susan Drucker. Tilbury House, 2012.
Grandmother Spider Brings the Sun, by Geri Keams and James Bernadin (illustrator). Cooper Square Publishing, 1997.
Bilingual Books
Los Perros Magicos de los Volcanos (Magic Dogs of the Volcanoes), by Manlio Argueta, Elly Simmons (illustrator). Children’s Books, 1990. (English/Spanish)
La Lagartija Y El Sol: A Folktale in English and Spanish (The Lizard and the Sun), by Alma Flor Ada and Felipe Dávalos (illustrator). Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 1997. (English/Spanish)
Talking with Mother Earth: Poems, by Jorge Argueta and Lucia Perez Angela. Groundwood, 2006. (English/Spanish)
Tasunka: A Lakota Horse Legend, by Donald F. Montileaux. South Dakota State Historical Society, 2014. (English/Lakota)
Tibetan Tales for Little Buddhas, by Naomi C. Rose and Palsang Tenzin. Clear Light Publishing, 2004. (English/Tibetan)
Early Readers
Step into Reading Series, Random House Books for Young Readers. Tut’s Mummy: Lost…and Found by Judy Donnelly; Pompeii—Buried Alive, by Edith Kunhardt Davis; The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War, by Emily Little; Trail of Tears, by Joseph Bruchac.
In the Beginning: Creation Stories From Around the World, by Virginia Hamilton and Barry Moser (illustrator). Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988.
The Silk Route: 7,000 Miles of History, by John S. Major and Stephen Fieser (illustrator). HarperCollins, 1996.
Wise Fool: Fables from the Islamic World, by Shahrukh Husain and Micha Archer. Barefoot Books, 2015.
The Odyssey, retold from the epic poem by Homer, Manuela Adreani (illustrator). Sterling Children’s Books, 2016.
Athena and the Olive Tree and other Greek Myths, by Geraldine McCaughrean and Tony Ross. Orchard, 2001.
Anubis Speaks! A Guide to the Afterlife by the Egyptian God of the Dead, by Vicky Alvear Shecter and Antoine Revoy (illustrator). Boyd Mills Press, 2013.
Hades Speaks! A Guide to the Underworld by the Greek God of the Dead, by Vicky Alvear Shecter and Antoine Revoy (illustrator). Boyd Mills Press, 2014.
You Wouldn’t Want to Live Without Writing!, by Roger Canavan, Mark Bergin (illustrator). Franklin Watts, 2015.
You Wouldn’t Want to be an Egyptian Mummy!, by David Stewart and David Antram (illustrator). Franklin Watts, 2012.
You Wouldn’t Want to be a Roman Gladiator!, by John Malam and David Antram (illustrator). Franklin Watts, 2001.
Digging for Troy: From Homer to Hisarlik, by Jill Rubalcaba and Eric H. Cline. Charlesbridge, 2011.
Mummies Made in Egypt by Aliki. Reading Rainbow Books, 1985.
Exploring the Life, Myth, and Art of Ancient Egypt, by Joann Fletcher. Rosen Publishing, 2009 (available on PINES at Georgia Public Libraries).
Aida, told by Leontyne Price and Leo and Diane Dillon (illustrators). Voyager Books, 1990.
Mama Miti: A True Story of Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya, by Donna Jo Napoli and Kadir Nelson (illustrator). Simon & Schuster, 2010.
The Barefoot Book of Buddhist Tales, by Sherab Chodzin, Alexandra Kohn, and Marie Cameron. Barefoot Books, 1999.
The Chiru of High Tibet: A True Story, by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and Linda Wingerter (illustrator). HMH Books for Young Readers, 2010.
Prince of Fire: Story of Diwali, by Verma Jatinder and Nilesh Mistry (illustrator). Barefoot Books, 2007.
The Corn Grows Ripe, by Dorothy Rhoads. Puffin Newbery Library, 1993.
The Chocolate Tree: A Mayan Folktale, by Linda Lowry, Richard Keep, and Janice Lee Porter (illustrator). Millbrook, 2009.
The Shaman and the Water Serpent, by Jennifer Owings Dewey and Benton Yazzie (illustrator). University of New Mexico Press, 2007.
Ancient America, by Cathryn J. Long. Greenhaven Publishing, 2002 (available on PINES at Georgia Public Libraries).
Chapter Books
The Story of Gilgamesh (Save the Story), by Yiyun Li and Marco Lorenzetti (illustrator). Pushkin Children’s Books, 2016.
The Story of Antigone (Save the Story), by Ali Smith, Laura Paoletti (illustrator). Pushkin Children’s Books, 2016.
Goddess Girls series (Athena the Brain, Persephone the Phony, Aphrodite the Beauty, Artemis the Brave), by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams. Aladdin, 2012.
Heroes in Training series (Zeus and the Thunderbolt of Doom, Poseidon and the Sea of Fury, Hades and the Helm of Darkness, Hyperion and the Great Balls of Fire), by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams. Aladdin, 2014.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, by Rick Riordan. Disney-Hyperion, 2006.
The Heroes of Olympus series, by Rick Riordan. Disney-Hyperion, 2007.
The Kane Chronicles series, by Rick Riordan. Disney Hyperion and Puffin Books, 2010-2012.
The Trials of Apollo series, by Rick Riordan. Disney Hyperion, 2016.
Pegasus series, by Kate O’Hearn. Aladdin, 2013-2017.
Troy, and Ithaka, by Adele Geras. HMH Books for Young Readers, 2002 and 2007.
Tales from the Odyssey, by Mary Pope Osborne. Disney/Hyperion Books, 2010.
The Tale of Troy, by Roger Lancelyn Green and Michelle Paver. Puffin Books, 2012.
Alexander the Great Rocks the World, by Vicky Alvear Shecter. Darby Creek Publishing, 2006.
The Seven Wonders series (The Colossus Rises, Lost in Bablyon, The Tomb of Shadows, The Curse of the King, The Legend of the Rift), by Peter Lerangis. HarperCollins, 2013.
Horus and the Curse of Everlasting Regret, by Hannah Voskuil. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2016.
Facing the Lion: Growing Up Maasai on the African Savanna, by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola. National Georgraphics Children’s Books, 2005.
Twenty Jataka Tales, by Noor Inayat Khan. Pilgrims Publishing, 2005.
The Ash Mistry Chronicles (The Savage Fortress, City of Death, and World of Darkness), by Sarwat Chadda. Scholastic, 2013.
Ramayana: Divine Loophole, by Sanjay Patel. Chronicle Books, 2010.
Popol Vuh: A Sacred Book of the Maya, by Victor Montejo. Groundwood,1999.
Call Me Ixchel: Mayan Goddess of the Moon (A Treasury of Glorious Goddesses), by Janie Havemeyer. Goosebottom Books, 2014.
The Jaguar Stones series (Middleworld, The End of the World Club, The River of No Return, and The Lost City), by J&P Voelkel. Egmont, 2010.
The Birchbark House, by Louise Erdrich. Hyperion for Children, 1999.
Sweetgrass Basket, by Marlene Carvell. Dutton Children’s Books, 2005.
Children of the Long House, by Joseph Bruchac. Puffin Books, 1998.
Young Adult Books
Cleopatra’s Moon and Curses and Smoke, by Vicky Alvear Shecter. Arthur A. Levine Books, 2011 and 2014.
Minotaur, by Phillip W. Simpson. Month9Books, 2015.
Beauty’s Daughter: The Story of Hermione and Helen of Troy, by Carolyn Meyer. HMH Books for Young Readers, 2013.
The Prince and the Zombie: Tibetan Tales of Karma, by Tenzin Wangmo. Shambhala Publications, 2015.
Ramayana: A Tale of Gods and Demons, by Ranchor Prime. Mandala Classics, 2004.
Wabanaki Blues, by Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel. The Poisoned Pencil, 2015.
Graphic Novels and Comic Books
The Olympians series (Artemis, Zeus, Athena, Apollo, Hera, Hades, Aphrodite, Poseidon, Ares), by George O’Conner. First Second, 2010-2016.
The Odyssey, a graphic novel by Gareth Hinds based on Homer’s epic poem. Candlewick Press, 2010.
Sita: Daughter of the Earth, graphic novel by Saraswati Nagpal. Campfire Graphic Novels, 2011.
Amar Chitra Katha Illustrated Classics series (Rama, Hanuman, Vishnu, Krishna and more!). India Book House, 1970-2006.
Dawn Land by Joseph Bruchac and Will Davis. First Second, 2010.
Red: A Haida Manga, by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas. Douglas & Mclntyre, 2009.
For more information about the Carlos Museum’s Get Wrapped Up in Reading 2017 summer reading program, contact Alyson Vuley at 404-727-0519 or [email protected].
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This partnership program is made possible in part by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services to Georgia Public Library Service under the Library Services and Technology Act.