They Saw the Future : Oracles, Psychics, Scientists, Great Thinkers, and Pretty Good Guessers

By Kathleen Krull

Book Overview

Can anyone predict the future? Meet twelve mind-boggling personalities who seemed to know how. Among them are: The ancient Maya, who invented a remarkably accurate calendar that gave a date for the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689812957
• ISBN13: 9780689812958
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 0.7" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Adults will even like!

As an adult, I have a short attention span and don't have time for reading books over 100 pages. So when this book was on sale at my local library, I picked it up knowing I could easily read 10 pages at a time (about each chapter length), still get the facts and not take weeks to finish the book (as I have about 7 "started" already.) I rated it 4 rather than 5 only because it's a juvenile category book, but small children may not be able to understand it (under 5 yrs of age). A great intro to things "metaphyscial" or "psychic" without being branded as such. Enough to pique one's curiousity about studying more of each person. I learned of a few seer's I hadn't know of before also! Cute illustrations as well.

Skillfully written by Kathleen Krull

How many times have we been scared, fascinated, or just plain amazed by psychics and people who seemed to see the future and predict what was going to happen? Kathleen Krull, the writer of the great "Lives of..." series, outlines the subject perfectly clearly with this book, which goes over events that date as far back as Ancient Greece and as recent as the present, that seemed to do with mysticism and people who seemed to see life through a crystal ball, and it's easy to get intrigued by, or at least interested in. This book is highly recommended for anyone, from kids who want to have their parents read to them or adults. Even those who aren't interested in the psychic arts will love it. I guarantee!