THE ROMAN NEWS: "Caesar Stabbed" - Softcover

Andrew Langley; Philip De Souza

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0744528755 ISBN 13: 9780744528756

Publisher: Walker Books, 1998

Synopsis

Offering information, this book teaches you about Ancient Rome.

About this title

About the Author:

Andrew Langley has been writing books for children for over twenty-five years. He is a full-time writer and journalist, and lives with his family in Wiltshire and (when he can) Aveyron, France. Philip De Souza is a lecturer in Greek and Roman History at University College Dublin, and a consultant on historical and archaelogical books for children.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 5 Up. Browsable reads to whet the appetite. The "editors" (authors) of these two volumes have hit upon a unifying theme to chronicle the accomplishments of the ancients?a newspaper style. The Roman News and The Greek News are not exactly major city dailies; their format is more suggestive of a news magazine or at least a Sunday section highlighting fashion, sports, trade, food, and the military. Each page presents readable articles complete with headlines, boldface, column breaks, illustrations, and, often classifieds: instruments for sale; racing chariots built to order; reusable wax tablets. The front page (book cover) suggests a scope of approximately 1200 years, and the rise and fall of each empire is explained. A publisher's disclaimer also cautions that the ancients did not have newspapers (of course, they didn't even have paper!), but if they had, "they would have been reading...." Similar comments dart in and out of the news stories so that the entire tone is more human interest than ready reference. Such editorializing, however, only slightly distracts from the facts, which are accurate. Significant dates and events are all newsworthy. "Olympic Games Spoiled," "Caesar Stabbed," and "Hannibal Invades" are typical stories. The slightly oversized pages with decorative borders, sidebars, ads, and cartoons create an interesting layout. Many teachers would probably rejoice with the delivery of The Greek or Roman News as a project for a social-studies or whole-language unit. Kids can adopt this highly readable, albeit slightly sensationalized journalistic style. All in all, serviceable reporting.?Harriett Fargnoli, Great Neck Library, NY
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About this edition

• Publisher: Walker Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0744528755
• ISBN 13: 9780744528756
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32