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Literature

This section contains fiction and non-fiction items published between 1945 and 2024.  It does not include activity books and colouring books, which may be found in the leisure section.

For each entry, details of author, publisher, date of publication, type of work (picture book, YA novel etc.),and, where available, intended age group are included.

Where target age is not clear, decisions have been made according to our own estimations.  Entries also are tagged according to subject matter, such as ‘gladiators’, ‘slavery’, ‘Boudicca’, ‘Roman Britain’ etc., and searches may be conducted by any of these elements.

Title: British Museum Fun Book: Ancient Rome

Author: Sandy Ransford Publisher: British Museum Press Year: 2000
Genre: Non-fiction Intended age group: 6-11 Tags: Gladiators, Daily Life, Empire, Religion

Description: The book details various facts on ancient Rome for young readers, mainly incorporated within games. It includes lists of Roman writers, emperors, and Roman letters. It provides comic-like black-and-white illustrations with comical speech balloons for each subject. The book also includes games such as crosswords, reverse-order pictures, mazes, and more.