Presents a basic history of ancient Greece including Greek Gods, Athena's City, Athenian Democracy, Athenian Children, Sparta, Olympic Games, Trojan War, Persian Wars, Symposium, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and Alexander the Great.
Colorful illustrations and see-through cutaways that reveal daily life in ancient Greece, showing typical houses, warships, theater, and the marketplace.
Readers will learn how the ancient Greeks filled a typical day. They will read about professional life and home life, including the roles of women and children. And they will recognize studying, exercising, and spending time with family as aspects common to their own lives.
Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back to retrieve a lost story in ancient Greece, where they witness the original Olympic games and are surprised to find what girls of the time were not allowed to do.