Pompeii Lost & Found by Mary Pope Osborne is a 2007-2008 Texas Bluebonnet Nominee.
This book is illustrated by Bonnie Christensen who actually made the frescoes. The frescoes that decorate each page lend to the feeling of actually being in Pompeii. This book is a great read aloud that tells what Pompeii was like just prior to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius on August 24, AD 79. The story richly describes the eruption and the terror that the people must have felt. It then discusses the finding of the ruins of the town of Pompeii in 1763. More frescoes illustrate everyday objects that were found in the ruins of the city and of the people that died there that fateful day. Mary Pope Osborne describes what the homes looked like, the food that the people ate, and the entertainment that the community enjoyed. This story was relevant to me because my family and I survived a volcanic eruption and 36 hours of darkness and terror. I am able to empathize with the people that escaped and the ones that didn’t. It is amazing that no matter how much the world changes many things are the same.
Osborne, M. P. (2006). Pompeii Lost & Found. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
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