A review by bookdragon_library
Danger in Ancient Rome by Kate Messner

4.0

This is a good solid series with wide appeal to kids who like the time travel element of Magic Tree House and kids to like books with animals. Loveable and helpful Ranger (golden retriever) makes a great star character. There was enough backstory given to understand this book on its own but I think it would be helpful to read the first in the series just to get the full chapter of him digging up the magic first aid kit which is his time travel tool. I can predict the consistency of getting to bring one little object home from each journey to add to his collection in his dog bed and that is a nice tool to tie them together. There are occasional full page black and white sketches which help add dimension to characters and story. I appreciated that the end of the book has an afterward by the author which includes how she did research on the historical time period and where some of her ideas came from.

I recommend this series 1st grade advanced readers up to 4th grade readers. It would be a very fast read for 4th grade advanced readers. Perfect for 2nd/3rd grade or those who can read Magic Treehouse with ease.