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caylieratzlaff's review
3.0
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC of this novel. 3.5/5 stars.
I’ll preface this with saying that I don’t normally review “kids books” but I’m also trying to find lower reading level and high interest books for my students grades 9-10, plus this book appealed to my history side as well…so I figured why not?
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. The art is beautiful and it’s a nice combination of history and folklore and mythology that goes into the lost places of history. It gave a broad view of each of the places it chose to go into, and it even provided necessary background and mythology to understand the significance and cultural aspect of each place.
It was easy to read, but I’m not sure why there were so many places on the map for Europe and Asia thay got in-depth pages, but not the same for Australia and the Pacific Islands or South America. I also know this is for kids, but the language that glazed over conquerors and colonizers and named them invaders and only briefly mentioned them killing the natives was upsetting.
I’ll preface this with saying that I don’t normally review “kids books” but I’m also trying to find lower reading level and high interest books for my students grades 9-10, plus this book appealed to my history side as well…so I figured why not?
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. The art is beautiful and it’s a nice combination of history and folklore and mythology that goes into the lost places of history. It gave a broad view of each of the places it chose to go into, and it even provided necessary background and mythology to understand the significance and cultural aspect of each place.
It was easy to read, but I’m not sure why there were so many places on the map for Europe and Asia thay got in-depth pages, but not the same for Australia and the Pacific Islands or South America. I also know this is for kids, but the language that glazed over conquerors and colonizers and named them invaders and only briefly mentioned them killing the natives was upsetting.
the_sassy_bookworm's review
4.0
⭐⭐⭐⭐ -- Fun cover on this book!
I know this book is aimed at the younger crowd but I have to say that I enjoyed the heck out of it. I am a sucker for mythology and lost civilizations and this really hit the spot. Especially as there were several I had never heard of before! It's a visually stunning book. The illustrations are gorgeous. The maps are gorgeous. The book itself is well laid out and easy to follow. It's full of interesting facts and myths. Honestly, i would have been over the moon to get a book like this as a child.
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