Ancient Greece for Kids: A Captivating Guide to Greek History, from the Mycenean Civilization and the Trojan War through the Golden Age of Pericles to ... and Roman Conquests (History for Children)

This is a short and brief history of ancient Greece written primarily for children. The books is colourful and full of pictures and fun, interesting facts and also contains activities after each chapter. In a lot of the chapters the events of ancient Greece are compared to those in the modern day making it easier for children to understand and also see the difference between these two periods in time. It also contains a vast amount of references at the end giving children the opportunity to delve more into these areas of history. Would 100% recommend!

This is an excellent introduction to Ancient Greece, not too detailed, as it is specifically targeting a younger audience. This book provides the reader with an opportunity to test the subject and if it captures their imagination they can follow up the subject in more detail later on. Well done, Captivating History for creating a reference book for the children.

I thought this book covered a lot of information in a fun and informative way, it has fabulous fonts (Typeface) throughout as well as some nice illustrations to keep the reader enthralled while learning many facts about Ancient Greece long the way. Everything from the warring nations Greece faced or attacked during the ages to the love of their gods to the famous Greek people who shaped history which has left their impression on our world today. Be it poetry, architecture, mathematics, stories or even the philosophical minds this book will teach you how many things came about due to the Ancient Greeks civilisation. You also learn to appreciate how the Romans incorporated and loved a lot about the Greeks art and architecture and may elements of their society were borrowed from the Greeks.

This well written, not too long (given its target audience) and generally very interesting. This is a great stepping stone to jump off of and explore the subject in more detail later on. Well done Cap. History - great to see a paperback book from you.

Enough detail but not too much for younger readers, this guide provide an accessible means of introducing a difficult to understand period of history. Hopefully this little book will inspire further interest in the Ancient Greeks.

The subjects covered are good, and sure to give kids a good grounding in Greek history. Readers are encouraged to learn more, beyond the pages of the book. Unfortunately the fully justified font, whilst clearly chosen to be more appealing to kids, is actually quite fatiguing to read. There are numerous problems with syntax, grammar, type setting and page setting which doesn't help. The graphic content consists of small photos and maps, and I don't think they're tremendously appealing to kids. Clear illustrations seem to be completely missing. Some terms have been modified to try to make them more understandable to younger readers, but I don't think this is a good idea as it simply teaches children new to the subject the wrong terminology, when the proper terms aren't really any harder to understand. In short, it's not a *really* bad book(let), but there are certainly much better options available.