Ancient History

These poems, about people and creatures from ancient history, make excellent bedtime stories for young children, or fun poems for older children.

Tyrannosaurus Rex, by Cam, 7

You will know some of these stories, but here, for the first time, they are told in the form of children's bedtime story poems.

Dinosaurs
I've never seen a real dinosaur.
There aren't any of them around any more.
They lived in a prehistoric time,
I’ll tell you about them in this rhyme.

Ancient Egypt
Find out about heiroglyphics, pyramids, pharoahs, gods, and some famous Egyptians like Tutankhamun, Ramesses, and Cleopatra.

Famous Romans
Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, Hadrian, Claudius, and more!

Hadrian's Wall
The massive wall built by the Roman Emperor Hadrian still stands today in Northern England. Find out about it in this poem

Boudica, the Warrior Queen
This is a story about a queen.
She was not a fragile little flower
She was a tough and brave woman
The first with Girl Power.

What the Romans did for us
Find out here.

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