《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
Gr 2-5Two flawed series entries. The full-color illustrations are attractive, but do not always correspond to the accompanying texts. A more serious problem, however, is the writing. Commas are sprinkled willy-nilly. Appalling mistakes in punctuation, syntax, and grammar appear on every page. In describing foods eaten by Egyptians, Morley writes that sometimes there were more fish and fowl caught than could be eaten and so "...the surplus were gutted, dried in the sun and then stored in jars of salt." It is unfortunate that this basic history series is so fraught with errors.Ann M. Burlingame, North Regional Library, Raleigh, NC (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
《儿童读物杂志》(Horn Book)书评
Each double-page spread is headed by a historical fact about the civilization (such as 'A Viking's family was loyal' or 'The Romans believed in ghosts') followed by supporting documentation presented in simple text and detailed color illustrations. Although the sometimes offbeat content is intriguing, the presentation is scattershot and the page layout is quite busy. Glos., ind. From HORN BOOK 1997, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.