I Wonder Why Romans Wore Togas and Other Questions about Ancient Rome

by Fiona Macdonald

This highly popular and long-running series has been revamped for a new generation of readers, with a clean, crisp redesign and colourful covers. The series explores questions that young readers ask about the world around them in an unrivalled child-friendly style. The conversational format is perfect for delivering solid information in a natural, amusing and imaginative way..

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Picture Books, Italy, School

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Fiona Macdonald studied history at Cambridge University and at the University of East Anglia. She has taught in schools, adult education and university, and is the author of numerous books for children on historical topics.

Reviews

[Maria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Roman tells us a lot about Ancients word. Like how they live? What work they do? Its great that how they use to be a great empire!!

[Ella · Rating 4 out of 5]

A nice, informative non-fiction book all about Ancient Rome. Each double-page spread has a range of questions answered which children may have such as 'Who did Romans worship?' and 'Did all Romans live in Rome?'. The pages are a mixture of illustrations and short but descriptive answers which makes the book engaging to read. Children could open the book at any page and find answers to their questions without having to read the whole book. A great book for research purposes or for reading for pleasure in KS2.

[Tracy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great friend picked this up for me so that I could be amazed, amused and inspired.

[Ashlee · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the Wonder Why books - bright colorful pictures mixed in with short interesting facts!

[Diana · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a really enjoyable children's history book.

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun and informative.