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Million-copy best-selling creator of the "Incredible Cross-Sections" series now brings his talent to a new challenge: Ancient Rome.
"Rome in a Day" is set in 128 AD, on a festival day and follows one day in the life of a father and his 9-year-old son, Titus Cotta Maximus, as they spend a public holiday together in ancient Rome.
Spend the day with father and son as they awake and breakfast in their home; make their way down to the busy streets; follow the procession to the Temple of Jupiter; take in the game at the Colosseum; conduct some family business at the busy docks; relax at the Baths of Trajan; and watch the races at the Circus Maximus before returning home at the end of the evening. A very full day!
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About the Author
Stephen is the winner of the New York Times Best Illustrated Book award, shortlisted for the two major UK picture awards - Greenaway and Maschler. He lives in Somerset. Text written by Andrew Solway.
From School Library Journal
Grade 3-7-How can an illustrator convey "the glory that once was Rome" to modern children when dealing with a landscape of weathered columns and wisteria? In City (Houghton, 1974), David Macaulay draws viewers in through carefully rendered close-ups of a fictitious, ancient site in the planning and design stages, brick by brick. These detailed cutaways and cross-sections deconstruct. Here, Biesty exposes the underground passages of the Colosseum, the bull being sacrificed in the Temple of Jupiter, the lack of privacy in the public restrooms, and the activity in both a wealthy politician's home and in a street scene. Life at the docks, baths, races, and Forum is interpreted by a cast of thousands and with touches of humor. The text consists of a brief narrative for each spread as it describes a festival-day routine through the movements of a senator and his son. Numerous labels, packed with information, are connected to the colorful panoramas. There is no bibliography, but the facts and re-creations are consistent with authoritative sources. Further fun awaits youngsters in the hands-on activities in Philip Steele's Step into the Roman Empire (Lorenz, 1997) and the characters and adventures in Caroline Lawrence's "Roman Mysteries" series (Roaring Brook).
Wendy Lukehart, Washington DC Public Library
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- PublisherScholastic Reference
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0439455464
- ISBN 13 9780439455466
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorBiesty Stephen
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