If I Were a Kid in Ancient Rome

by Lou Waryncia

If I Were a Kid in Ancient Rome <> Hardcover <> LouWaryncia <> CricketBooks

Genres: History, Italy, Ancient History

32 pages, Hardcover

Published February 15, 2007

Reviews

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great pictorial overview of life in ancient Rome. Very generic of course but a good introduction for a kid or for an adult who knows little about the topic.

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoy this series of children's books.Lots of information packed in a short ,easy to read format with colorful illustrations.

[Elizabethe · Rating 3 out of 5]

A book with good digestible information on various aspects of daily life in Ancient Rome. This is good for a first pass through Roman History on a classical homeschooling cycle. I did a read aloud 1 or 2 chapters at a time with my K child as we do our first past through ancient history to give them a general sense of what life was like in the Roman Empire. I might give it as an option for an older child to read on the second pass through in the Logic stage, when they are 10 - 12 or so.

This is more of a "culture" book than a history book as much of the information is not tied to specific dates or places -- this is a huge lack and the reason for 3 stars instead of 4. "Ancient Rome" is a phrase that refers to a thousand-year time span. Surely daily life changed during that time. In the chapter on the Coliseum, the book refuses to provide a year for when it was built. I mean really, dates are not toxic.

[Natalie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this book to be a useful resource for ancient civilization research for elementary-aged students. It offers a lot of insight into the Ancient Roman culture.

[The Brothers · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very nice overview of what life was like in ancient Rome (and a bit surprising to learn how not so very different their lives were from ours!).

Great illustrations and photos.