Review by Booklist Review
What do gladiators, bad weather, mammals, and pirates have in common? Not a lot subject-wise, but they're consistently popular topics with kids. Visually reminiscent of DK books, although simpler, the Navigators series delves into the subject at hand with nuggets of easily digestible information in the form of text boxes, word definitions, engaging photographs and artwork, and labeled diagrams. Ancient Greece provides an overview of daily life, art, games, philosophers, and battles and touches on Greece's legacy for the modern world. Structurally consistent, and with an informative Investigate section in the back matter, which includes pertinent websites, books, and museum exhibition suggestions, this series offers the legions of pirate-, animal-, weather-, and ancient civilization-obsessed kids out there a solid resource for school or pleasure, and it should be particularly appealing to reluctant readers.--Kelley, Ann Copyright 2010 Booklist
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Review by Horn Book Review
In twenty double-page spreads, the volume briefly discusses many aspects of ancient Greek society and culture, from geography and daily life to mythology and war. The pages are heavily dominated by illustrations and photographs; while the main pictures are eye-catching, the overall layout is very busy: text boxes, smaller images, and sideways text (mostly website addresses) clutter the pages. Glos., ind. (c) Copyright 2011. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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