Children of the Days: A Calendar of Human History

Interesting and poetical in places, revealing people and places I did not know about, but found the short format frustrating, often found myself wanting to know more. As a starting point, to spark interest, it's excellent.

Lesson in history

Great book. You might feel its a bit slight in some respects but Galeano chooses his entries carefully and his humane, compassionate world-view is there behind the selections. Also males you aware how little you might know of Latin American culture and history so it opens lots of gateways to new things worth exploring.

A gentle read through 365 days of the year informing us of little known events, of heroes and heroines, many from Latin America, who have touched the world of the author and who illuminate our world.

Great for it's price

Excellent and worth rereading.

Loved it, wonderfully written, insightful, distressing but also funny at times. Very poignant.

Brilliant and moving.