Time Traveler

I should probably order another copy of this book because my children have such a hard time sharing it! As the product description states, the book covers four historical civilizations by introducing the reader to a family who lived during each time period. The drawings are amazingly detailed and, as another reviewer stated, they fill each and every page. There is so much information, but it is engaging rather than intimidating, even for my five year old son and seven year old daughter. The various members of the families in each time period take us home, into the kitchen, to play, to school, to work, to the market, to battle, to a feast, to a farm, and of course, to Pyramids, castles, the Colosseum, and on and on. We get a really informative window into what the people of each time and place had available to them (waterways, food, housing materials, weaponry) and learn how they used each to their advantage. All of this is presented in bright colors and kid-friendly illustration (cartoonish, rather than text book looking- sort of reminds me of Where's Waldo?). They could look at it for hours. We have used this as an invaluable resource for our Classical style homeschooling, but the children often look at it apart from school time. I highly recommend it to anyone for any elementary aged child.

We used this book as part of the Sonlight curriculum for 1st and 2nd grades. My son loved this book; it brought history to life for him, and made it more exciting. It wasn't my favorite, but it really added fun to the course and my son's enthusiasm made the whole lesson more fun.

This book is recommended for ages 9-12, but my 6-year-old ate it up and my 4-year-old enjoyed it too. I bought it because my girls are going through a knights and castles thing, and this was recommended as a good place to learn about them. I thought we'd just read that section and put it on the shelf until the other subjects came up. Well my 6-year-old saw things differently. She loves this book. She loves the way it is laid out and what she is learning from it. She had no interest in Vikings or Romans or Egyptians before this, but now she wants more on all these topics. And it is a fun book for me to read too. It is reminding me of things I hadn't learned since I was a child, and the diagrams are so clear that maybe I am learning things better than I did when I was a child.

WOW, this is a compilation of four different civilizations, it includes ALOT of information on understanding how these ancient groups lived. I have learned alot of interesting facts every time I haved looked through the pages. The illustration in it is amazing, there is not a corner left empty in this huge book!