Suggested Reading List
Early Readers
Little Archaeologist
Dan Taylor
Ages 3 and under
No Bones About it: Archaeology for Kids
Pfiffikus
Ages 4-8
Archaeologists on a Dig
Sue Fliess and Mia Powell
Ages 4-8
The Street Beneath My Feet
Charlotte Guillain and Yuval Zommer
Ages 4-8
Archaeologists Dig for Clues
Kate Duke
Ages 4-8
Maybe You’ll be an Archaeologist
Amy E Reid and J Rene Perez
Ages 4-8
Elementary School
We Dug Up the World: Unearth Amazing Archaeology Discoveries
Alexandra Stewart
Ages 6-8
Shipwreck Search: Discovery of the H.L. Hunley
Sally M. Walker and Elaine Verstraete
Ages 7-10
Hidden Army: Clay Soldiers of Ancient China
Jane O’Connor
Ages 6-8
Tales of Ancient Worlds: Adventures in Archaeology
Stefan Milosavljevich and Sam Caldwell
Ages 8-10
Finding the Titanic
Robert D. Ballard and Ken Marschall
Ages 6-9
Stones, Bones, and Petroglyphs: Digging into Southwest Archaeology
Susan E. Goodman and Michael J. Doolittle
Ages 8-10
Archaeology for Kids Series
Baby Professor
Ages 6-9
Amazing Archaeology Series
Julie Murray
Ages 6-10
What Happened to Pompeii?
Baby Professor
Ages 8-11
How the Sphinx Got to the Museum
Jessie Hartland
Ages 6-9
Lessons from Our Ancestors: Uncovering Ancient World Wisdom
Raksha Dave and Kimberlie Clinthorne-Wong
Ages 8-12
What is an Archaeologist? National Geographic Kids
Libby Romero
Ages 8-12
The Lost Wreck of the Isis
Robert D. Ballard
Ages 9-12
Egyptian Mummy: Unwrap an Egyptian Mummy
Lorraine Jean Hopping
Ages 8-10
Archaeology for Kids: Uncovering the Mysteries of Our Past
Richard Panchyk
Ages 9+
Sharuko: El arqueólogo peruano Julio C. Tello / Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello
Monica Brown and Elisa Chavarri
Ages 6-11
Archaeology for Young Explorers: Uncovering History at Colonial Williamsburg
Patricia Samford, David L. Ribblett, Suzanne Coffman, and Donna Sheppard
Ages 9+
Bertha Parker: The First Woman Indigenous American Archaeologist
Mari Bolte
Ages 7-9
What’s for Supper? Native American Foods in Ouachita Mountains (PDF)
Quachita Chapter, Arkansas Archeological Society
Ages 7-9
Shipwrecks: Exploring Sunken Cities Beneath the Sea
Mary M. Cerullo
Ages 10-12
Middle School
The Encyclopedia of Preserved People: Pickled, Frozen, and Mummified Corpses from Around the World
Natalie Jane Prior
Ages 7-13
Archaeology: Cool Women Who Dig
Anita Yasuda and Lena Chandhok
Ages 9-13
Accidental Archaeologists: True Stories of Unexpected Discoveries
Sarah Albee
Ages 8-13
The Children of the Past: Archaeology and the Lives of Kids
Lois Miner Huey
Ages 9-14
Dig It!: Archaeology for Kids
Caitlin Sockin
Ages 8-13
Unearthing Ancient Worlds: The Tomb of King Tutankhamen
Michael Woods and Mary B. Woods
Ages 10-13
Can You Dig It? Archaeology Lost and Found in the Sands of Time
Amanda Baker
Ages 8-13
If Stones Could Speak: Unlocking the Secrets of Stonehenge
Marc Aronson
Ages 10-14
Shipwrecked!: Diving for Hidden Time Capsules on the Ocean Floor
Martin W. Sandler
Ages 10-14
The Hero Schliemann: The Dreamer Who Dug for Troy
Laura Amy Schlitz and Robert Byrd
Ages 9-13
The Young Oxford Book of Archaeology
Norah Moloney
Ages 12-15
The Egyptology Handbook
Emily Sands
Ages 9-13
Archaeologists in Action
Megan Kopp
Ages 8-13
High School
The Treasures of the Seven Seas: Cleopatra and the Mystery of the San Diego
Marianne Meyer Bianchi & Franck Goddio
Ages 8-13
Digging Deep: How Science Unearths Puzzles from the Past
Laura Scandiffio
Ages 12-16
Disasters at Sea: A Visual History of Infamous Shipwrecks
Liz Mechem
Ages 12-15
The Practical Archaeologist: How We Know What We Know About the Past
Jane McIntosh
Ages 15+
Fiction
Shipwreck Fever
Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld and Ilene Richard
Ages 6-9
The Tomb Robber and King Tut
Sarah Gauch and Allen Garns
Ages 8-11
The Mystery of the Graveyard of the Atlantic
Carole Marsh
Ages 8-12
Isabel Soto Archaeology Adventure Series
Various authors
Ages 8-13
Samantha Sutton Series
Jordan Jacobs
Ages 9-12
Motel of Mysteries
David Macaulay
Ages 8+