I Wonder Why the Romans Wore Togas: And Other Questions about Ancient Rome

by Fiona MacDonald

Book Overview

Nothing brings ancient history to life like thinking about what ancient people did that we can relate to today . I Wonder Why Romans Wore Togas takes an accessible approach to the subject with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0753450577
• ISBN13: 9780753450574
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Kingfisher
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 1.0" x 1.0"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A LOOK AT THE ANCIENT WORLD

Ancient worlds are revisited in Romans Wore Togas by Fiona MacDonald. Youngsters will smile at the rollicking illustrations of days long past, while they learn what Roman children played with, visit the site of the world's first shopping mall, and see what Emperor Augustus did about high-rise apartments. Published in the Kingfisher series "I Wonder Why," this amazingly complete text leaves little to wonder about as data is skillfully woven into sometimes comically recreated scenes from early everyday life.

History that appeals to kids

One can quibble about some of the information presented here,but the format and text got my five year old's attention, and I'mgrateful for any history book that can appeal to someone this young. Some of the facts were suitably "gross", (vomitoria, communal bathrooms) but they generated discussion, and isn't that the idea?