An excellent nonfiction book about Pompeii for kids learning to read. I read it to my 7 & 8 year old littles (who were already familiar with the basics about Pompeii). They enjoyed it.

My second-grade son found this book both interesting and exciting. He also found he could read it on his own and fully comprehend it. Perfect.

Getting ready for a volcano project, so I'm reading many kids' volcano books. This is a good introduction to the Pompeii story.

I loved this book. I think it was a really good book. People died and they did not know they were going to die. People had slaves. People died because they did not know hot lava was coming for them.

Pompeii...Buried Alive! is an easy reader picture book written for children in the third grade. The story follows the tragedy that was the devastation to the town of Pompeii due to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The story then goes on to discuss the wonders of uncovering the buried city and all the artifacts that were found. This story is great for children to learn the history of the town of Pompeii and why it was a significant moment. This book is written well for children in the third grade, it is a short chapter book with new vocabulary that challenges the reader.

The engaging title of this book matches the quality of information that the book presented.Students in intermediate levels will enjoy this informational text because it offers detailed illustrations and diagrams of the unfortunate event in Pompeii. The book begins with historical facts about the incidents. Then, it describes what daily life was like for the people of Pompeii. The book illustrates people shopping in markets, accomplishing daily chores, and doing other
routine tasks. In 50 pages the book explains how the unexpected eruption of the volcano buried the community of Pompeii. It shows the works of a volcano in a detailed diagram. It also maps out the area and shows how deep it was buried. In the end, the book allows readers to see how today advances will help cities and communities to better plan for events like these.This book is good to use in classrooms when teaching about historical events. It offers good illustrations and diagrams that make learning about Pompeii easier. This informational text allows students to learn about early life in Rome; it also allows them to see the rediscovery of Pompeii. It lets students explore the new technological advances and tools that have been created over time that help prepare for these occurrences. This book presents factual information of this significant period through thorough illustrations and story like style that will quickly catch the attention of it readers.

The last "classic" I'm reviewing in this series, was written the same year as Titanic ... Lost and Found. These easy readers often go out of print very quickly and it says much when one can keep in print for well over twenty years. Pompeii tells the story of the fateful day that Mount Vesuvius erupted from the perspective of what it must have been like to have seen what was happening had you been there. A detailed, gripping story that captures the imagination and could possibly send the reader into further exploration of the topic. Even more intriguing is the jump ahead in time to when Pompeii has been buried and forgotten and Pliny's writings are being read then builders discover walls in the ground. Eventually more of buried Pompeii is unearthed and a full-scale archaeological dig is underway. The book explains this process until it reaches the historical, museum-like, tourist site, we have today. The book ends warning that Vesuvius could erupt again at any time. Due to the age of the book I checked the current information on this and found a very recent article, Sept. 2013, in which Japanese scientists presented to a volcano conference in Italy that Vesuvius "could erupt again at any time" and the Italian government must have a suitable disaster plan drawn up. So the books information is still very current up to today. The only problem I have with this easy reader is that the writing is not quite as good as the previous ones I've recommended as it does talk down to the reader in a way that could easily have been avoided.

JEAR2-Kun

This must be one of the best early readers around, at least if your kid is scientifically oriented. My son is totally fascinated by this book, it's such an amazing story. The pictures are really helpful for understanding what happened.

I like this book because the scientists try how to found the town name pompeii and how the vesuvius erupted the town of pompeii the scientists was so excited to found the town name pompeii when the scientists was digging they found some pictures called mosaics and they also found some people who was died. In this book the people of pompeii didn't know that they have a town name pompeii they where busy haveing so much fun they didn't know that some thing terrible was happen in pompeii.One day piny was watching the strange cloud and how the hot ashes and pebbles kell some people in pompeii. when piney was grewing up become a writer he wrote about how volcano buried pompeii. this is the best book ever.

My 7 year old reluctant reader loves this book.

•tThis book is a great choice for beginners. It tells the story of Pompeii in a way children can understand. And get excited about history
•tTeachers may use this book for History, Reading, Science
•tAges 7-9 Grades 2-4
•tIndividual students may read this book to themselves during center time. It will enhance their knowledge of the history of Pompeii and academic reading skills.
•tSmall groups may read this together and then write their own summaries of the story.
•tA whole class may use this book to create a science project of a volcano and city. Then watch it erupt!!
•tThis book is Nonfiction
•tIt is available in libraries, bookstores, Ebooks.