The Who Was? History of the World Paperback – October 8, 2019

Really CUTE book , Interesting and perfect for kids ! I gifted this to a girl and she like it !Can help you to get out of the phone and read more often( habits for kids )

I found this book at another bookseller but needed extra copies, hence my Amazon purchase of this title. THE WHO WAS: HISTORY of the WORLD, by Paula K. Manzanero, is my additional text with ESOL students in my zoom class. First, a reasonable cost, so that I could afford a copy for each student. Second, even though my students are adults, the format & vocabulary were sufficient w/out being too childish. Next, they & I liked the coverage of history from ancient cultures through very present events: Asia, Europe, the Americas, the USA, Africa, & the Middle East. Each event covers two pages (hence it is selective, but objectively balanced) w/a running timeline at the bottom of each page, throughout the book, of persons, discoveries, events, developments, wars...great highlights of well-known & lesser known history. I learned history I didn't know as well as perhaps my students! It helped their vocabulary, was a good change from our text, & even will be a book for them to share in their families. I myself have given it as gifts to relatives already. I think it has a potential readership that spans many ages.

Great

9 yo great-grandson loves this book. He has a real interest in history and keeps this book at hand everyday. Great book for young minds!

It was fun for me asking my pupils to name all the people on the cover.Anyone they could not name that was the person they had to read about first,that was fun.I am pleased to say I knew them all.

This book offers a quick/brief rundown of a series of highlights from history in, predominantly, a timeline format.There are a lot of 2-3 page entries that are nicely written, concise entries... I really like the way this book weaves in vocabulary lessons, using the words in context as well as explaining them.The timeline mentions when historical figures are born, then later they'll be referenced in an entry, providing a nice sense of "what happened during their life".All in all, a nicely done book.

The media could not be loaded. I love this book it’s a great little book. Has lots of good little tidbits of information.

This was a great book to add on to history lessons for our kids. I've even created lesson from this book. The stories are short, pictures are clear (black and white) and overall the book is very good.