This book comes from a great series called "You Wouldn't Want To..." showing students the rough side of living in different historical periods. This book tells of what it would have been like to like in a medieval castle. This book, as well as the other books in the series does not leave out the gro...
One of the things on my nephew's list of cool stuff is ninjas. This book was marvelous to him. My sister and I are pretty sure that he is some sort of reincarnated warrior, because if it has to do with pre-modern battle, he's totally on board with that. At numerous points in this story I heard hi...
Another fun one in this series. I'm finding that the more I read these books, the more I feel that they work best as supplements after having already read some on the topic. I don't recommend them as stand-alones because the information isn't presented in the most concise way. I think of these mor...
I really, really love the tale of Ernest Shackleton and his unbelievable antarctic expidition aboard the Endurance. What an incredible tale of survival! This children's book about this event was remarkably well done--it captured the drama and the courage, the struggle and the triumph, but it was a...
Gosh, this was disjointed. I found this so difficult to read and to follow! For instance, on one page a nice discussion of the Easter Island heads was presented, but on the facing page there was a discussion of the Tunguska Incident, the Nazca lines, and I don't recall--something else. Nothing on...
It is a real challenge for me to review this book. It is just right for my 8 year old niece. The content is there, it's presented in a great, factual, yet fun way, the illustrations are interesting to her, and they entertain her, the diverse subject matter of the books in this series excites her (...
You Wouldn't Want to Be a Roman Gladiator is not for kids younger than 2nd or 3rd grade, I think, but it's a very informative and engrossing way to teach history to kids in the appropriate age bracket. The book does not shy away from telling readers exactly what gladiators did, and what they experi...
It's no secret that my daughter and I absolutely adore this series and this one is no exception. She actually declared this her favorite of all the 'You Wouldn't Want to' titles. As always, I have to caution that these are not for the faint of heart. All of the titles are incredibly gruesome, but...
This series is perfect for young readers who are fond of gross-out humor and gory details. The series (and this title in particular) are not for the faint of heart. I believe this is the most gruesome installment yet - even worse than You Wouldn't Want to Be an Egyptian Mummy!: Disgusting Things Y...
This is another solid offering from one of my favorite non-fiction/history picture book series. Here we learn about how a pyramid was built and what life was like for the various workers - scribes, artists, masons, but mostly the poor farmers who were conscripted into service each year after the Ni...
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