Day Book Series

Books from this detailed, well-written British series are hard-to-find in the United States. These are excellent for junior high and even high school level. I would not suggest paying stratospheric prices for them--perhaps $15-20 at most. Some should be available for $10 or less.

These were published in the early 1970's by Robert Tyndall in Great Britain, South Africa, and Australia and by Abelard-Schuman in New York (but probably not all titles).

Each book follows several characters through daily life--a king, a merchant or priest, a soldier or peasant, a woman, and a child. The books are well-written, carefully researched, and are illustrated with clear color and black-and-white reproductions of contemporary objects.

I have also read them aloud to younger children, but with younger ones it works better, imho, to read all of a character's story in sequence. (The text switches between characters throughout the day.)

One Day in Ancient Britain by Gillian Knight*

One Day in Ancient China by Raymond Lamont Brown*

One Day in Ancient Greece by Kenneth Allen

One Day in Ancient Rome by Kenneth Allen

One Day in Cromwell's England by Robert Gallagher*

One Day in Inca Peru by Kenneth Allen*

One Day in Medieval England by Michael Hobbs

One Day in Napoleon's France by Eric Underwood*

One Day in Regency England by Alastair Scott

One Day in Roman Britain by Kenneth Allen

One Day in Russia, 1917 by Philip Bolsover

One Day in Shakespeare's England by Avis Murton Carter

One Day in Tutankhamun's Egypt by Kenneth Allen

One Day in Victorian England by Alastair Scott

One Day in World War I by Michael Hobbs*

One Day in World War II by Michael Hobbs

One Day with the Aborigines by Michael Hobbs

One Day with the Eskimos by Gillian Knight*

One Day with the Huron Tribe by Marion Field*

One Day with the Japanese Warriors by Raymond Lamont Brown*

One Day with the Pilgrim Fathers by Philip Bolsover (haven't seen but am almost certain it exists)

One Day with the Vikings by Avis Murton Carter

I have been unable to verify that the books marked with asterisks were published. They are listed as future publications on the dust jackets of books that I own.

These books are all very hard-to-find in the US; most are more readily available in Canada and the UK.