Story of the World, Vol. 1: History for the Classical Child: Ancient Times

My 8 yr old can’t get enough of this book. It’s great for Christian based as it relates the biblical world to real in terms of timeline. It’s even interesting for me to read, it’s simply an interesting book that you can’t put back. We are reading a chapter a day as a homeschooling family. Try to get it along with the workbook online which comes with students pages. Love it and you won’t regret it.

The book was very interesting ,the contents of the book depicts ancient cities rulers

Homeschooler here - thought I'd use this read aloud book to dull and lull my 3.5yo to sleep BUT IT DID THE EXACT OPPOSITE 😂😂. Both my toddler (TODDLER!!!) and myself were ACTUALLY captivated by the stories that we stayed awake reading chapter after chapter and wrecked our bedtime! I can't believe I'm actually saying this but gosh what a real difference a "living book" makes in terms of engagement and attention! I never liked or cared for middle eastern history but gosh this book held me up at night. Also, bought this as my first ever living book and wanted to know what the fuss was about. Did not disappoint at all!

I am very pleased with this book. It is my favorite part of our homeschooling routine as well as my children's. My children, ages 7 and 8, ask for this everyday and are disappointed if we have to skip a day. Sometimes we even read it at bedtime-they love it! I read it to them section by section, then we do the correspondng activities in the activity book. Every Friday, we take a test from the test booklet. I am amazed at how much information they obtain. The material is written in a way that makes history extremely interesting to them. The author explains things very well. It seems like when they have a question about the reading, it is answered in the next paragragh. It is thoroughly written. It is something the entire family can enjoy. I would reccommend this book to non-homeschooling families too. It is a great conversation topic at supper and it really sparks our interest leaving us thirsty for even more information on the topics that are covered. They have learned so much. I have learned so much too!

"The Story of the World" is world history simplified for small children. The author recommends using the text as a starting point, and pairing it with other texts such as "The Usborne Encyclopaedia of World History". With these two (very important) caveats in place, I cannot praise this series highly enough. The text is accessible and covers world history broadly and with a focus on relevance to society today. Some bogus reviews accuse the author of religious bias: this is simply not true. World religions and mythology are treated fairly and respectfully. What is true is that this book begins at circa 7000BC. At NO POINT does the author claim the world began in 7000BC (or that the world was created in seven days or any other religious belief) this is simply the point at which the book begins. (Indeed "The Usborne Encyclopaedia of World History", which we remember the author recommends, puts the creation of the Earth at 4550000000BC.) If you are a Young Earth Creationist, this book will neither support nor refute your beliefs. If you are not a Creationist, this book will still neither support nor refute your beliefs. This is simply a history book which starts at 7000BC. If you are desperate to teach your five year old child about human history before 7000BC, you'll need another book ("The Usborne Encyclopaedia of World History" is excellent, but Creationists should look to their Bibles). This series is a good story to tell children to kindle their interest in history. It covers major periods in history, world-wide and in roughly chronological order (making it easier to make sense of trends and consequences). A timeline is given in the back of the book to assist with learning.

My grade 1 daughter and I bought this book as a suggestion from a friend. We homeschool and wanted to add a bit of history to our curriculum. This book turned out to be one of our best purchases all year! My daughter loved every chapter and begged for me to read "just one more chapter" every time. We followed up each chapter with a craft, activity, or coloring page from the accompanying workbook. This book is so full of information that I was learning a lot too. My husband and mother have both asked if they can borrow the book to read as they both found it interesting too! All the information is written as a big long storyline to connect the different parts of history and it is written with enough detail to keep all readers engaged, and written with simple enough language that everyone understands,too! I can not give this book any less than 5 stars. It is worth its weight in gold. Not only will we be re-reading this book, but we will be ordering the next in the series. This is the best history book I've ever read.