Ancient Greeks / Stephanie Turnbull ; designed by Catherine-Anne MacKinnon and Vici Leyhane ; illustrated by Colin King.

Title:

ISBN:

9780794549428

Personal Author:

Turnbull, Stephanie

Publication Information:

Tulsa, Oklahoma : EDC Publishing, 2015.

Physical Description:

32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.

General Note:

Includes index.

"Published in the USA by EDC Publishing"

Contents:

An ancient land -- Life in Greece -- Clothes and fashion -- What people ate -- A trip to market -- Feasts and fun -- Gods and goddesses -- Talking to the gods -- Heroes and monsters -- Olympic games -- Greek plays -- Mighty warriors -- Into battle -- Great Greeks.

Summary:

"Did you know that the ancient Greeks held the very first Olympic Games in Olympia - nearly 3,000 years ago? Find out how their Games differed from ours, and also about their warriors, gods and way of life in this exciting book."-- Back cover.

Geographic Term:

Greece -- Civilization -- To 146 B.C.

Added Author:

MacKinnon, Catherine-Anne

Leyhane, Vici

King, Colin, 1943-

Audience:

Decoding demand: 82 (very high) Semantic demand: 92 (very high) Syntactic demand: 76 (high) Structure demand: 87 (very high) Lexile

Audience:

IG650L Lexile

Series Title:

Usborne beginners.