Illuminations Literature

If you are using Illuminations, the amazing new literature-based unit studies from Bright Ideas Press, then this selection of literature is just for you!  We are excited to partner with Bright Ideas Press to bring you the best in literature for your students!  If you would like to purchase Illuminations, click on the link above or the banner below, and it will take you to our Illuminations affiliate page with Bright Ideas Press.  

Black Horses for the King
$5.95   $3.57
Softcover, 217 pgs, 9780152063788

The story of King Arthur as it has never been told before. Galwyn, the son of a bankrupt and dishonored aristocrat, has always had an ear for languages. So when Lord Artos--later known as King Arthur--needs an interpreter to help him buy large horses to breed a troop strong enough to carry armed warriors against the Saxon invaders, Galwyn gets a chance to redeem his father's honor and make a name for himself. 

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Softcover, 32 pgs, 9780689825842

When De Witt Clinton, a young politician, first dreams of building a canal to connect the Hudson River with the Great Lakes, folks don't believe such a thing can be done. But eight long years after the first shovelful of earth is dug, Clinton realizes his vision at last. The longest uninterrupted canal in history has been built, and it is now possible to travel by water from the American prairie all the way to Europe!

 

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The Trumpeter of Krakow
$4.95   $2.97
Softcover, 224 pgs, 9780689715716

A Polish family in the Middle Ages guards a great secret treasure and a boy's memory of an earlier trumpeter of Krakow makes it possible for him to save his father.

 

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