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Deuteronomy 4:10 KJV

 

American Home School Publishing Books

From Ancient Greece to the World War 2 era, American Home School Publishing republishes children's books that are out of print. Their motto, "In the Interest of Children"™, is appropriate. At Lamp Post, we appreciate their efforts to bring back quality books from a bygone era.

American Homeschool Publishing Books at Lamp Post Homeschool Store

Ancient Greece

The Boys' and Girls' Herodotus

By John S. White, LL.D

0966706706

List $22.00

Sale $19.95

Lysis Goes to the Play

By Caroline Dale Snedeker

0966706749

List $13.95

Sale $12.95

The Spartan

By Caroline Dale Snedeker

The Spartan"The Spartan is the story of Aristodemos, the only survivor of The Battle of Thermopylae.  Follow Aristodemos through his childhood in Athens and Sparta until the great battle is fought."

"Throughout his life, until his valiant death, Aristodemos searches for redemption for his disgrace.  His life touches the lives of Miltiades, Aeschylus, Aristides the Just, Leonidas, and Pindar."

0966706781

List $15.95

Sale $14.49

Theras and His Town

By Caroline Dale Snedeker

"Young Theras, born an Athenian, is taken to Sparta by a relative when his father is lost at war.  He is forced to live like a Spartan, a brutal life with no pity for those who are not physically perfect and totally obedient to Spartan control."

0966706722

List $13.95

Sale $12.95

Ancient Rome

Caesar's Gallic War

By Olivia Coolidge

"In 1961, Olivia Coolidge wrote this account, both factual and fictional, of the Gallic War of 58 to 51 B.C., narrated by a fictitious soldier in Caesar's army, which provides a more vivid and readable companion to Caesar's "Commentaries on the Gallic War."

9780977900022

List $15.95

Sale $14.49

The Forgotten Daughter

By Caroline Dale Snedeker

Forgotten DaughterThe story of Chloe, the slave daughter of a Roman father and Grecian mother.  A 1934 Newbery Honor Book, The Forgotten Daughter is a "captivating story of adventure, love, Chloe's struggle with the anger and hatred she feels toward her father, and the forgiveness she learns that cleanses her soul."

0966706765

List $14.95

Sale $13.49

A Triumph for Flavius

By Caroline Dale Snedeker

Grade 3-5, A touching story of a young Roman boy, Flavius and his developing compassion for his captured Greek slave Ariphron.

0966706714

List $13.95

Sale $12.49

The White Isle

By Caroline Dale Snedeker

White Isle"The White Isle was one of the first books to bring young people a spirited picture of Roman life in Gaul and Britain and is one of Caroline Dale Snedeker's finest books."

This is the story of the exile of a patrician Claudian family in the White Isle.  Life in Britain is an adventure for Lavinia, the daughter.  Read along as Lavinia travels from Rome through Gaul to Britain where she learns about Christianity.

0966706730

List $14.95

Sale $13.49

Middle Ages

Twelve Bright Trumpets

Margaret Leighton

Twelve stories that span the Middle Ages from the withdrawal of the Roman legions from Britain to the fall of Venice as Queen of the Sea.  Twelve Bright Trumpets is a good tool to teach the general timeline of the Middle Ages to children from ages 10-13.

0966706757

List $14.95

Sale $13.49

We Were There Series

We Were There With Lewis and Clark

By James Munves

We Were There with Lewis & Clark by James MunvesAmerican Home School Publishing has reprinted this excellent title from the We Were There With series.  Originally published in the 1950s, We Were There With Lewis and Clark chronicles the famous expedition.

Ages 8-14

9780977900008

List $13.95

Sale $12.49

We Were There on the Oregon Trail

By William O. Steele

We Were There on the Oregon Trail by William O. SteeleAmerican Home School Publishing has reprinted this excellent title from the We Were There With series.  Originally published in the 1950s, We Were There on the Oregon Trail provides and "historical fiction account" of a young man who travels to Oregon to find his father. Takes place in the 1840s.

Ages 8-14

9780977900046

List $13.95

Sale $12.49

We Were There With the Pony Express

By William O. Steele

We Were There with the Pony Express by William O. SteeleAmerican Home School Publishing has reprinted this excellent title from the We Were There With series.  Originally published in in the 1950s, We Were There With the Pony Express is a fictional account of the days of the Pony Express.

Ages 8-14

9780977900039

List $13.95

Sale $12.49

     

World War II Era Books

Land of the Morning, A Civilian Internee's Poignant Memories of Sunshine and Shadows

By Jean McAnlis McMurdie

Land of the MorningLand of the Morning is a lovely remembrance of the time when the author lived in the Philippines at a rural mission station in the 1930s.  After Pearl Harbor, her family fled but were eventually captured and moved into a prison camp.  It is a beautiful story of God's care and a testimony to the faith of the author and her family.

0966706776

List $14.95

Sale $13.49

Hey, Mac!

William F. McMurdie

Hey, Mac!Hey, Mac! is a combat infantryman's story of his World war II experiences--mainly in "A" Company, 394th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division.

1880222418

List $14.95

Sale $13.49

Updated: 03/21/2008