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Burrell, R.E.C.

 
9780199171613: The Greeks (Rebuilding the Past S.)
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ISBN 10: 0199171610 ISBN 13: 9780199171613
Editorial: Oxford University Press, 1990

Sinopsis

Burrell and Connolly take us to opening night for a play by Euripides, the first Olympic Games, Alexander the Great's last battle, the rebuilding of the Acropolis, and through the whole fascinating history of Ancient Greece. The Greeks covers the centuries from the Minoans to the breakup of Alexander's empire and the conquest of Greece by Rome. Especially geared for the young reader, the short, fact-filled chapters with easy-to-read text is accompanied by Connolly's richly detiled and authentic illustrations.

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"A commendable introductory analysis of the development of the culture, life, and customs of ancient Greece.... The text is clearly written and readable."--School Library Journal "Will reach a broad age range, from advanced elementary grades through middle school. Children's illustrator Peter Connolly provides the colorful, authentic-looking recreations of historical fact that will lend to the easy appeal of these fact-filled guides... Provide[s] reviews of everyday life of the times, blending essays based on a range of historical sources with vivid descriptions of early monarchs and Greek... culture."--Children's Bookwatch "Above all what emerges from the text and the superb illustrations is a sense of vitality of a real world inhabited by real people who are absorbed, as we all are, by the daily round of the business of living, and affected, as we all are, by the march of events over which we have little or no control. The...(ancient) world is brought close to our own."--Literary Times Supplement (London) "A commendable introductory analysis of the development of the culture, life, and customs of ancient Greece.... The text is clearly written and readable."--School Library Journal "Will reach a broad age range, from advanced elementary grades through middle school. Children's illustrator Peter Connolly provides the colorful, authentic-looking recreations of historical fact that will lend to the easy appeal of these fact-filled guides... Provide[s] reviews of everyday life of the times, blending essays based on a range of historical sources with vivid descriptions of early monarchs and Greek... culture."--Children's Bookwatch "Above all what emerges from the text and the superb illustrations is a sense of vitality of a real world inhabited by real people who are absorbed, as we all are, by the daily round of the business of living, and affected, as we all are, by the march of events over which we have little or no control. The...(ancient) world is brought close to our own."--Literary Times Supplement (London) "A commendable introductory analysis of the development of the culture, life, and customs of ancient Greece.... The text is clearly written and readable."--School Library Journal "Will reach a broad age range, from advanced elementary grades through middle school. Children's illustrator Peter Connolly provides the colorful, authentic-looking recreations of historical fact that will lend to the easy appeal of these fact-filled guides... Provide[s] reviews of everyday life of the times, blending essays based on a range of historical sources with vivid descriptions of early monarchs and Greek... culture."--Children's Bookwatch "Above all what emerges from the text and the superb illustrations is a sense of vitality of a real world inhabited by real people who are absorbed, as we all are, by the daily round of the business of living, and affected, as we all are, by the march of events over which we have little or no control. The...(ancient) world is brought close to our own."--Literary Times Supplement (London) "A commendable introductory analysis of the development of the culture, life, and customs of ancient Greece.... The text is clearly written and readable."--School Library Journal "Will reach a broad age range, from advanced elementary grades through middle school. Children's illustrator Peter Connolly provides the colorful, authentic-looking recreations of historical fact that will lend to the easy appeal of these fact-filled guides... Provide[s] reviews of everyday life of the times, blending essays based on a range of historical sources with vivid descriptions of early monarchs and Greek... culture."--Children's Bookwatch "Above all what emerges from the text and the superb illustrations is a sense of vitality of a real world inhabited by real people who are absorbed, as we all are, by the daily round of the business of living, and affected, as we all are, by the march of events over which we have little or no control. The...(ancient) world is brought close to our own."--Literary Times Supplement (London)

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Burrell and Connolly take us to opening night for a play by Euripides, the first Olympic Games, Alexander the Great's last battle, the rebuilding of the Acropolis, and through the whole fascinating history of Ancient Greece. The Greeks covers the centuries from the Minoans to the breakup of Alexander's empire and the conquest of Greece by Rome. Especially geared for the young reader, the short, fact-filled chapters with easy-to-read text is accompanied by Connolly's richly detiled and authentic illustrations.

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Editorial
Oxford University Press
Año de publicación
1990
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0199171610
ISBN 13 
9780199171613
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Tapa dura
Número de páginas
114
Contacto del fabricante
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