Books like The Story of Mankind

Looking for books like The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon (Juvenile Nonfiction · grades 3–7)? The 10 titlesbelow are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

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10 books similar to The Story of Mankind

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Why each is a match

Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglassgrades 3–7
Same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction) and overlapping grades (3–7).
Snowflake Bentleygrades K–3
Same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction) and overlapping grades (K–3).
The Glorious Flightgrades K–3
Same genre (Juvenile Nonfiction) and overlapping grades (K–3).
Gay Neck, The Story of a Pigeon & Ghond The Huntergrades 3–7
Overlapping grades (3–7) and the same era (1920s).
Hitty Her First Hundred Yearsgrades 3–7
Overlapping grades (3–7) and the same era (1920s).
Shen of the Sea Book (Illustrated)grades 3–7
Overlapping grades (3–7) and the same era (1920s).
Smoky the Cowhorsegrades 3–7
Overlapping grades (3–7) and the same era (1920s).
Tales from Silver Landsgrades 3–7
Overlapping grades (3–7) and the same era (1920s).
The Boxcar Children490L
Overlapping grades (2–4) and the same era (1920s).
The Dark Frigategrades 3–7
Overlapping grades (3–7) and the same era (1920s).

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