2020 Summer Reading Challenge

Dig Into Summer Reading Challenge!

June 1 - August 31, 2020

Calling all future archaeologists! Read TWO books on our all things archaeology- themed reading list, then send an email (with your parents' help!) including the names of the books, an illustration, and a short paragraph about what you learned to Ms. Candice Cravins, Assistant Director, at ccravins@southalabama.edu. All ages are welcome to participate!

Everyone who completes the challenge will win a bookmark and a copy of our graphic novel "Jean-Paul's Daring Adventure: Stories from Old Mobile!"

2020 USA Archaeology Museum Summer Reading Challenge Book List

Elementary School Reading List
• The Street Beneath My Feet by Charlotte Guillain
• Archaeologists Dig for Clues by Kate Duke
• Archaeology for Kids: Uncovering the Mysteries of Our Past by Richard Panchyk
• Shipwrecks: Exploring Sunken Cities Beneath the Sea by Mary Cerullo
• Stones, Bones, and Petroglyphs: Digging into Southwest Archaeology (Ultimate Field Trip) by Susan Goodman
• The Young Oxford Book of Archaeology by Norah Moloney
• I Can Be an Archaeologist by Robert Pickering
• The Magic School Bus Shows and Tells: A Book About Archaeology by Joanna Cole
• Finding the Titanic by Robert Ballard
• The Titanic: Lost and Found (Step into Reading) by Judy Donnelly
• You Wouldn’t Want to be a Mammoth Hunter! by John Malam
• You Wouldn’t Want to be an American Colonist! by Jacqueline Morley
• The Cave Painter of Lascaux by Roberta Angeletti

Middle School Reading List
• National Geographic Investigates: Ancient Celts: Archaeology Unlocks the Secrets of the Celts' Past by Jen Green
• National Geographic Investigates: Ancient Inca: Archaeology Unlocks the Secrets of the Inca's Past by Beth Gruber
• National Geographic Investigates: Ancient Maya: Archaeology Unlocks the Secrets of the Maya's Past by Nathaniel Harris
• National Geographic Investigates: Ancient Egypt: Archaeology Unlocks the Secrets of Egypt's Past by Jill Rubalcaba
• National Geographic Investigates Ancient Pueblo: Archaeology Unlocks the Secrets of America's Past by Anita Croy
• Hands-On Archaeology: Real-Life Activities for Kids by John White
• If Stones Could Speak: Unlocking the Secrets of Stonehenge by Marc Aronson
• National Geographic Investigates: Ancient China: Archaeology Unlocks the Secrets of China's Past by Jacqueline Ball
• The Tomb of King Tutankhamen (Unearthing Ancient Worlds) by Michael Woods

High School Reading List
• The Treasures of the Seven Seas: Cleopatra and the Mystery of the San Diego by Marianne Bianchi
• Pompeii: The History, Life and Art of the Buried City by Marisa Panetta
• The Encyclopedia of Preserved People: Pickled, Frozen, and Mummified Corpses from Around the World by Natalie Prior
• Disasters at Sea: A Visual History of Infamous Shipwrecks by Liz Mechem

Have an archaeology book not on this list you'd like to read? No problem! Email Candice at ccravins@southalabama.edu and she'll approve it!