The Sumerians

Ancient World (Macmillan)

by Pamela Odijk

Describes the civilization of the Sumerians, who inhabited the land which today is Iraq, in the beginning of the fourth millennium B.C.

47 pages, Library Binding

First published March 1, 1990

About the author

Pamela Odijk is an Australian author of children's history books. She was a former librarian, mainly working in several university libraries, State Library of Queensland, National Library of Australia, and TAFE libraries for over 30 years.
She changed careers and became a full-time author of 27 history books published by Macmillan, a gardening book, and a book on writing published by Information Australia, plus 300 feature articles for various newspapers and popular magazines.
She and her husband Herman Odijk live in Australia, when they are not traveling the world.

Reviews

[Michael Fitzgerald · Rating 4 out of 5]

Packed with information, grouped into various categories. Illustrations are mostly photographs. Contains a glossary and index. Although there are some longer narratives, much of the text is presented in short bursts: a page/section might have a paragraph each for half a dozen subtopics. Hence, it might not be ideal to read straight through, but could be used in conjunction with another text (even historical fiction) to provide additional details, explanations, and context.

[Ahdom · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Sumerians are an interesting area of ancient history. It still amazes me to learn about this culture. This book is certainly aimed at a younger age, but it is packed with some great information and some good charts. There are also some great "info graphics" and awesome images throughout. This book does a good job of giving you an understanding of the culture of the Sumerians in a very short space. I will likely check out all of her books that I library owns to accompany my other books on the respective subject. I recommend these books for all ages.

[Legsoffury · Rating 2 out of 5]

short simple sentences. Not really a research book, more like an summarized intro to Sumeria. I think this might have been written for youth readers, and for that purpose it deserves more then 2 stars.