Story of the World, Vol. 2 Audiobook: History for the Classical Child: The Middle Ages

I really like Susa Bauer’s books (The Well Trained Mind is a must read for parents). Book 1 (Ancient) is also really good and I definitely recommend it. This one has many inconsistencies and some of the examples she gives are absolutely ridiculous. I would say that any topic related to the Catholic Church should be viewed with skepticism (she demonstrates a biased view against the Catholic Church). This book is very mainstream so If you are homeschooling or looking for a classic book to teach/supplement history to you children at home I would say there are better ones to use.

I love this series. The stories and method of telling history as a continuing story helps the kids remember and push the information so that it sticks. The activity books are properly cool with the best activity in the first book being how to mummify a chicken. Properly gruesome and brilliant.

Absolutely brilliant cds. The boys (8 and 6) love them and we listen to them in the car all the time. I have learnt so much too!

A good place to start...but you need to make it your own. E.g. being American misses out skims some British history - like the Magna Carter

My 10 year old son loved this book as he is really into this time in histroy. It makes history very accessable to younger readers.