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10 best books like Rome Antics (David Macaulay): The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus, Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back, The Golden Sandal: A Middle Eastern Cinderella Story, The Last Quest of Gilgamesh, The Greek News, The Crane Wife, Beautiful Warrior: The Legend of the Nun's Kung Fu, The Dragon Prince: A Chinese Beauty the Beast Tale, Temple Cat, The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War

The Gods and Goddesses of Olympus
AuthorAliki
ISBN0064461890
Long, long ago in ancient Greece, people began telling wonderful stories to explain the mysteries of life. These myths featured gods and goddesses, mighty beings who look human but have amazing powers and live forever. Now you can meet these extraordinary characters and hear their legends, brought...
Thirteen Moons on Turtle's Back
AuthorJoseph Bruchac
ISBN0698115848
"Unusual and intelligent...An exemplary introduction to Native American culture with its emphasis on the importance of nature." — Publishers Weekly

In Native American legend, the thirteen scales on Old Turtle's back hold the key to the thirteen cycles of the moon and the changing...
The Golden Sandal: A Middle Eastern Cinderella Story
AuthorRebecca Hickox Ayres
ISBN0823415139
Poor Maha! Her jealous stepmother makes her do all the housework while her selfish stepsister lazes about.

Since Maha's father is away fishing most of the time, there is no one to help or comfort her. All that begins to change when Maha finds a magical red fish. In return for sparing his life, the...
The Last Quest of Gilgamesh
AuthorLudmila Zeman
ISBN0887763286
In his final quest, Gilgamesh, still mourning the death of his dear friend Enkidu, sets out to find the key to immortality. His journey is perilous. He must fight ferocious serpents and wild lions. He travels through bitterly cold caves, across scorching deserts, and over the fatal waters of the Sea...
The Greek News
AuthorAnton Powell
ISBN0763603406
"These entertaining, deftly organized books will make terrific light-hearted additions to cirriculum units on ancient civilizations." — Publishers Weekly

Stop the presses! What if ancient civilizations had daily newspapers? And they were amusing and compellingly informative?...
The Crane Wife
AuthorOdds Bodkin
ISBN0152163506
Here is my blackboard response on The Crane Wife and Dawn, two traditional tales on the same theme that were quite relevant and depressing after screwing up big time with a physically and intellectually beautiful girl this summer.

What They Were About (NECESSARY SPOILER ALERTS)

The...
Beautiful Warrior: The Legend of the Nun's Kung Fu
AuthorEmily Arnold McCully
ISBN0590374877
This is the kind of a story that could have come from the minds of Disney's finest writers and animators during the days when Disney feature films were just about the biggest thing in show business. The quality is that high.

Beautiful Warrior is the story of two Chinese girls whose lives seem unconnected,...
The Dragon Prince: A Chinese Beauty the Beast Tale
AuthorLaurence Yep
ISBN0064435180
When a poor farmer falls into the clutches of a dragon, only Seven, his youngest daughter, will save him—by marrying the beast.
Publishers Weekly praised "Yep's elegant, carefully crafted storytelling" and Mak's "skillfully and radiantly rendered illustrations" in this captivating and...
Temple Cat
AuthorAndrew Clements
ISBN0618111395
The little cat living in a temple in the ancient city of Neba has everything he could wish for. But from his perch in a courtyard tree, he can see the world beyond the temple walls. There, children play in the streets. There, other cats roam free. So one night the temple cat slips out. During his long, hard...
The Trojan Horse: How the Greeks Won the War
AuthorEmily Little
ISBN0394896742
My parents bought me this book when I was very young and I've happily bought copies first for my nephew and now for my daughter. It's a simple, spare account of the Trojan War focusing on the causes of the war and the end of the war itself.

The Trojan Horse introduces a handful of the Iliad's cast--Odysseus,...
Cleopatra
AuthorDiane Stanley
ISBN0688154808
Cleopatra is a partial biography picture book written and illustrated by Diane Stanley and Peter Vennema. The book begins with Cleopatra at age 18, when she was crowned Queen of Egypt in 51 BC. The book covers her struggle for power against the advisors of her young brother, the King. Cleopatra allied...
Tutankhamen's Gift
AuthorRobert Sabuda
ISBN0689817304
Small and frail, Tutankhamen was an all but ignored member of the royal family of the great Egyptian pharoah Amenhotep III. At the school of the "menoi," or tutors, he did not excel at physical activities with the other royal princes. Keeping to himself, he observed and admired the work of his father's...
The Great Wall Of China
AuthorLeonard Everett Fisher
ISBN0689801785
1. This book gives an historic account of why the Great wall of China was built. It gives fun fact and many pictures that show the hard work it took to build and just how big it is. We learn that China built the wall to keep the invading Mongols out of China.
2. For grades 2-4
3. I would use this with world...
The Librarian Who Measured the Earth
AuthorKathryn Lasky
ISBN0316515264
A perfect introduction to mathematical concepts for young readers, written by a Newbery honor-winning author!

This colorfully illustrated biography of the Greek philosopher and scientist Eratosthenes, who compiled the first geography book and accurately measured the globe's circumference,...
Jabutí the Tortoise: A Trickster Tale from the Amazon
AuthorGerald McDermott
ISBN0152053743
Of all the animals in the rain forest, Jabutí was the favorite. His shell was smooth and shiny, and the songs he played on his flute were sweet.
But his music was a reminder, too, of the mischievous pranks Jabutí sometimes played. His song reminded Tapir of being tricked, Jaguar of being fooled,...
The Rose in My Garden
AuthorArnold Lobel
ISBN0688122655
This is a beautifully done book that follows along to the tune of "This Is the House That Jack Built" although focusing on the subject matter of an unknown gardener's flowers. As such the reader is taken on a journey where slowly the perceived garden is seen one added flower species at a time even as garden...
Roman Diary: The Journal of Iliona of Mytilini: Captured and Sold as a Slave in Rome - AD 107
AuthorRichard Platt
ISBN0763634808
Relive the drama of the Roman Empire through the eyes of a young Greek slave in this latest installment in an acclaimed historical series.

Iliona never imagined that her sea voyage from Greece to Egypt would lead her to Rome. But when her ship is boarded by pirates, that’s where she ends up —...
You Wouldn't Want to Be Cleopatra!: An Egyptian Ruler You'd Rather Not Be
AuthorJim Pipe
ISBN0531189236
- Humorous Handy Hints that relate directly to the text are provided on each spread.
- High interest topic for children of all ages.
- Includes Table of Contents, glossary, and index.
- Draws in even the most reluctant reader with a lighthearted tone and hilarious illustrations.
-...
You Wouldn't Want to Be a Roman Gladiator!
AuthorJohn Malam
ISBN0531162044
Think again! This delightful series brings something unusual to the study of history: humor. You Wouldn't Want to... revels in the darker side of life in ancient times. The reader is on center stage as he or she gets a tour through life as a slave, warrior, explorer -- even a mummy! Hilarious illustrations,...
Traveling Man: The Journey of Ibn Battuta, 1325-1354
AuthorJames Rumford
ISBN0618083669
Ibn Battuta was the traveler of his age—the fourteenth century, a time before Columbus when many believed the world to be flat. Like Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta left behind an account of his own incredible journey from Morocco to China, from the steppes of Russia to the shores of Tanzania, some seventy-five...
Tales from Shakespeare
AuthorMarcia Williams
ISBN0763623237
Shakespeare made accessible for young readers!

Come wend your way along London’s Thames River to the Globe Theatre, where seven favorite Shakespearean plays are being performed! Marcia Williams brings to life ROMEO AND JULIET, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, JULIUS CAESAR, HAMLET, MACBETH,...
Greek Gods and Goddesses
AuthorGeraldine McCaughrean
ISBN0689820844
Here are fifteen wonderful stories about the Greek gods and goddesses -- Zeus, the most powerful; his wife Hera; and their large, extended family. In the splendid retellings, Geraldine McCaughrean vividly recreates the world of these powerful characters who also possessed human attributes and...
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