READING LEVEL: 3.2 AR POINTS: 0.5

Pompeii…Buried Alive by Edith Kunhardt (1987) 48 pages. [A Step into Reading book: Level 3 Grades 2-3]

Excellent historical account, for young readers, of the destruction of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii (in Italy). Provides just enough information to keep them from getting bored.

Step into Reading has a large selection of books for levels of reading from 1 to 4. This particular book is definitely homeschool worthy!

Originally posted on Creative Madness Mama.This level four early reader is one that I've seen on nearly all the lists for a recommended read. As soon as AppleBlossom was set free on an adventure of self-reading this was one that she read again and again recounting the adventure and fear that those people must have endured! This reader didn't scare her with the tale, but filled her with a thirst for more.
This review was originally posted on Creative Madness Mama.

This book has heavily impacted me as a child well into adulthood. 20 years later reading as an adult has brought out the childhood love for the story of Pompeii.

The story of Pompeii is about a volcano’s sudden eruption, killing thousands of people who lived on Mount Vesuvius. It follows the lives of the people. People coming to sell things, fishermen bringing fish, farmers bringing vegetables, and shepherd bringing sheep. No one in the town suspects the fate that is bestowed upon them. After being buried alive, the volcanic ashes fell on Pompeii for 2 days. Ashes cooled and became hard, but what they find years later still chokes me up a bit.

A great easy read for adults, and a great educational story for children. It really is a great versatile book that can be read 10, 20, 30… years down the road.

I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
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My kids LOVED this book. I read it aloud and they read it countless times.

Note: does include a page spread of drawings of a skeleton, a plaster cast of a victim, and a plaster cast of a dog who died in Pompeii. The skeleton is a little creepy, mostly because its jaw is gaping.

I like this book because this is a true story. People of Pompeii did not know there was a volcano so when it erupted people did not know what to do.They ran to the lake and the people in the big house got in a boat. The people on the other side of the bay watched and the boy that was on the other side of the bay wrote letters. Nobody knows when it will erupt again. Scientists found holes in the ground and they were bodies.

Very short read aloud to go along with our unit on ancient Rome. Could easily be read independently. Not too scary, informative, short chapters, and illustrations on each page.

1. This book for 2nd graders was sort of scary and I'm 31 years old. ("When will the giant wake up again?")
2. Pouring plaster into the holes to make human forms was awesome.
3. I was to visit Pompeii now.
4. When I read Vesuvius I automatically think of The Lego Movie.
5. Good job Pliny.
6. Also, the name of the book is terrifying. BURIED ALIVEEEEEE.

A nice telling of the Pompeii story and how the city was discovered by archaeologists. Used as a reader and it has phonetic spellings of some of the harder words for those early readers. Nice illustrations!

Age appropriate telling of what happened at Pompeii. Some children may be frightened or anxious about the same fate happening to them, but we have technology now that helps us not be surprised so many lives can be saved, even if Vesuvius wakes up again.

Great factual book