You Wouldn't Want To...: You Wouldn't Want to Be Cleopatra! : An Egyptian Ruler You'd Rather Not Be (Paperback)

from abbylibrarian

One of many entries in the You Wouldn't Want... series by Scholastic, I found this book to be a fun read. It gives an overview of Cleopatra's life with cartoon illustrations. Lots of side panels give facts about ancient Egyptian culture and the people in Cleopatra's life. This series has been rea...

from hart0521

Not sure how I feel about this book. It is educational and does portray Cleopatra's history accurately, but I am unsure if I like that the author tries to make a joke out of it. I do not think I would recommend this has educational children's literature. Some of the things she went through just i...

from Laene

I enjoyed reading this fairly satirical, comical, no-holding-back biography of Cleopatra, but would never read it with a group of children. So much of Cleopatra's life was tragic, horrific, violent, and offensive to the point where I would worry about how each kid was processing the humorous port...

from laurenryates

"You Wouldn't Want to be Cleopatra!" is yet another funny book in this series about history. This book is an excellent choice for a reader that does not like traditional history books or may be bored by textbooks. The story starts out with Cleopatra as a young girl on the run with her father Ptol...