by Aldus Marius on Tue Sep 06, 2005 8:30 am
Salve, mi Tergeste...
I'll post the list here, as other Romani may want the information.
Warning: These are only the raw titles; I originally made the list as a packing-slip, just so I wouldn't forget which books I had lent out. I didn't note the publication info at the time. Most of them are out of print, one for over a century. It took me 15 years to find them all; and even so I haven't listed all the Roman books for kids that I'd recommend, only the ones I shipped to Labienus' house. Your best bet for any of these is either to become a pest at your local used-book outlet...or find them at the Library.
I have found that you can get (almost) anything used through Amazon or one of their affiliated merchants. Materials arrive clean, well-packed and in great condition; I've been reunited with two very long-lost favorites that way, one of which I last set eyeballs on in 1987!
If you absolutely must get the Author, Publisher et cetera, and they refuse to turn up in a title search, PM me and I'll ask Titus Labienus to take a peek. >({|:-)
Enjoy...!
Books for Young Romans (up to about 6th grade):
~ How Would You Survive As An Ancient Roman?
~ See Inside a Roman Town
~ Everyday Life of a Roman Soldier
~ Beginning History: Roman Cities
~ Beginning History: Roman Soldiers
~ Growing Up in Ancient Rome
~ Cattus Petasatus (Cat in the Hat)
~ Sightseers: Ancient Rome
~ Fairy Tales in Latin
~ Tela Charlottae (Charlotte's Web)
~ Aeneid of Vergil for Young People
~ Ferdinandus Taurus (The Story of Ferdinand)
~ Fabula de Petro Cuniculo (Tale of Peter Rabbit)
~ Regulus (The Little Prince)
~ Winnie Ille Pu (guess!)
~ Winnie Ille Pu Semper Ludit -or- Domus Anguli Pui (House on Pooh Corner; sold under both Latin names)
~ Famous Men of Rome (1904!)
~ Fables of Avienus
~ Pompeii: Exploring a Roman Ghost Town
~ Horrible Histories: The Rotten Romans
~ Living in Ancient Rome (Ladybird book)
Of these, the first several (until Aeneid of Vergil, a Library favorite) have all been spotted in new bookstores in the last year. So also for The Little Prince and the Pooh books (the first of which is perennially available); Avienus; and the Horrible Histories.
And don't forget the Asterix! (available in a Latin-language "Roman Empire edition".)
In fide,
Aldus Marius Peregrinus.