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Top 10 Worst
Top Ten Worst Things About Ancient Greece You Wouldn't Want to Know
Readers discover the many struggles ancient Egyptians had to face on a daily basis including poor nutrition and backbreaking labor. The weirdest and wackiest historical facts about Egypt are found in this book, including disgusting diseases and mummies of every kind. Creative cartoon illustrations accompany these facts, making this book a trip through history that readers are sure to remember.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2012
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June 23, 2018
Depressing! Features the Olympics, women's lives, boys, wars and why they were happening, the violence, social hierarchy, politics, etc.
Really interesting facts featured in this!
Really interesting facts featured in this!
May 5, 2017
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December 20, 2012
We've read many of the books in the You Wouldn't Want To... series and our girls just love them. We just discovered this Top 10 Worst... series, too, and we were happy to note that the illustrator/series creator have collaborated on both.
This is a fascinating book, filled with ten different ways in which it would be unpleasant to live in Ancient Greece. The book describes each in some detail, although the information provided about each topic is relatively short and would not be comprehensive enough to base a report on.
The stories are interesting, but I think the book You Wouldn't Want to Be a Slave in Ancient Greece!: A Life You'd Rather Not Have was a bit more effective and engaging. Several of the illustrations were copied from that book (our oldest was sure to point that out.)
Our oldest discovered this book, along with several other similar ones at her elementary school library and I am excited to read them all. I love that our girls get excited to read nonfiction books. I thought they were all tedious and boring when I was young (and for the most part, I think they were!)
This is a fascinating book, filled with ten different ways in which it would be unpleasant to live in Ancient Greece. The book describes each in some detail, although the information provided about each topic is relatively short and would not be comprehensive enough to base a report on.
The stories are interesting, but I think the book You Wouldn't Want to Be a Slave in Ancient Greece!: A Life You'd Rather Not Have was a bit more effective and engaging. Several of the illustrations were copied from that book (our oldest was sure to point that out.)
Our oldest discovered this book, along with several other similar ones at her elementary school library and I am excited to read them all. I love that our girls get excited to read nonfiction books. I thought they were all tedious and boring when I was young (and for the most part, I think they were!)
February 28, 2020
I give lectures on ancient history and I thought I'd get some funny stuff from this book. NO. The best thing about this book is the title. I do not recommend this book!
May 1, 2015
good book about ancient greece!
July 13, 2014
It took me about 30 minutes to read this, and I consider it time wasted. Not very insightful history, too cynical for younger children. Nothing new for me to learn.
April 30, 2017
Much like the other picture book, Top 10 Worst Things about Ancient Rome, this book includes minimal information about Ancient Greece. But it's short and sweet, and it will still be a good resource for beginning learners on this topic. I would use this to frontload background information.
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