【名人推薦短文】
「本書的作者抓住了義大利教育家瑪麗亞蒙特梭利的精神，以兒童為本位，把人類的故事、數千年中外的歷史，浩瀚如大海的材料，篩選成有趣、易讀的童書，相信定能激發小學孩子探索世界的好奇心，真是太好了！」──台灣國際蒙特梭利小學副校長 李裕光
「作者以總是能將引起閱讀興趣的口語轉換成文字，透過聯繫性歷史典故的向前推演，精確又自然的吸引了讀者眼光，特別是孩童們。這些跨越時空、語言、文化的故事，突破重重限制完成出版，我們慶幸全世界的孩童與一般讀者，得以透過閱讀這一系列書籍，自然的強化了歷史、地理、藝術素養。希利爾校長的著作真的值得推薦。」──全國教師工會理事長 劉欽旭老師
「人類歷史複雜而豐富，如同大自然一般，是讓孩子產生好奇與探索的重要媒材。這套書的大綱脈絡鋪陳了重要的歷史點，又能在各個歷史點上以故事的方式生動呈現。孩子會喜歡，家長也可以跟著重讀歷史而有「原來是這樣啊」的驚喜。」──之道學習創辦人 鄭婉琪
「要先給孩子史觀？還是史綱呢？或是只要講歷史故事就好了？這是我曾在體制外中學討論歷史課程的難題。如果當時看過《給多中小學生讀的世界史》，就會找到答案了。這本書是絕佳的讀本，最棒的歷史教育書，我推薦給所有的孩子，與關心歷史教育的父母與老師。」──《沒有圍牆的學校》作者 李崇建
【教育界人士強力推薦】
李裕光（台灣國際蒙特梭利小學副校長）
李家同（清華大學教授）
鄭婉琪（之道學習創辦人）
周鄭州（全人實驗高級中學）
林光義（慧燈中學創辦人）
李崇建（暢銷書《沒有圍牆的學校》作者）
彭菊仙（親子教養書作家）
劉旭欽（全國教師會）
謝國清（全國家長團體聯盟前理事長）
李秀貞（各級學校家長協會理事長）
張榮輝（中小學校長協會榮譽理事長）
唐光華（自主學習促進會會長）
呂理政（國立歷史博物館館長）
葉建良（台南圖書館館長）
花梅真（明德國小老師）
連瑞琦（河堤國小老師）
黃學仁（彭福國小老師）
顏如禎（日新國小老師）
何素琴（信義國小老師）
【讀者好評】
「讀這本書的感覺，真的很像是聽老爺爺說故事一樣，作者用聊天似的口吻，從人類尚未出現的時代開始說，說著說著偶爾還會拿現代人的眼光來個古今對照。如果真的能夠聽見他的聲音，我想那應該是渾厚、慈詳又幽默的聲音吧！說故事的人最厲害的地方，就是他們有本事帶領著聽故事的人把他們的想像力發揮到極致，讓想像力馳騁，穿古溯今。」 ──Iris Psyche
1. HOW THINGS STARTED
ONCE upon a time there was a boy－
Just like me.
He had to stay in bed in the morning until seven o’clock until his family was ready to get up.
So did I.
As he was always awake long before this time, he used to lie there and think about all sorts of curious things.
So did I.
One thing he used to wonder was this:
What would the world be like if there were－
No fathers and mothers,
No uncles and aunts,
No cousins or other children to play with,
No people at all, except himself in the whole world!
Perhaps you have wondered the same thing.
So did I.
At last he used to get so lonely, just from thinking how dreadful such a world would be, that he could stand it no longer and would run to his parents’ room and jump into bed by their side just to get this terrible thought out of his mind.
So did I－for I was the boy.
Well, there was a time long, long, long ago when there were no men or women or children, NO PEOPLE of any kind, in the whole world. Of course there were no houses, for there was no one to build them or to live in them, no towns or cities－nothing that people make. There were just animals－mastodons and dinosaurs, birds and butterflies, frogs and snakes, turtles and fish. Can you think of such a world as that?
Then,
long, long, long,
before that, there was a time when there were NO PEOPLE, and NO ANIMALS of any sort in the whole world; there were just growing plants. Can you think of such a world as that?
Then,
long, long, long,
long, long, long,
before that, there was a time when there were NO PEOPLE, NO ANIMALS, NO PLANTS, in the whole world; there was just bare rock and water everywhere. Can you think of such a world as that?
Then,
long, long, long,
long, long, long－you might
keep on saying－
“long, long, long,” all day, and
tomorrow, and all
next week, and next
month, and next
year, and it would
not be long enough－
before this, there was a time when there was NO WORLD AT ALL!
No world at all! Only the stars, and God, who made the stars.
Now, real stars are not things with points like those in the corner of a flag or the gold ones you put on a Christmas tree. The real stars in the sky have no points. They are huge burning balls of fire－balls of fire. Each star, however, is so huge that there is nothing in the world now anywhere nearly as big. One little bit, one little scrap of a star is bigger than our whole world－than our whole world.
One of these stars is our sun－yes, our sun. The other stars would look the same as the sun if we could get as close to them. But at that time, so long, long ago, our sun was not just a big, round, white, hot ball as we see it in the sky today. It was then more like the fireworks you may have seen on the Fourth of July. It was whirling and sputtering and throwing off sparks.
One of these sparks, which the sun threw far off, got cool just as a spark from a crackling log in a fireplace gets cool, and this cooled off spark was－
What do you suppose?
See if you can guess－
It was our world!－yes, the world
on which we now live.
At first, however, our world, or Earth, was nothing but a ball of rock. This ball of rock was wrapped around with steam, like a heavy fog.
Then the steam turned to rain, and it rained on the world,
a a a
n n n
d d d
i i i
t t t
r r r
a a a
i i i
n n n
e e e
d d d
until it had filled up the hollows and made enormously big puddles. These puddles were the oceans. The dry places were bare rock.
Then, after this, came the first living things－tiny plants that you could only have seen under a microscope. At first they grew only in the water, then along the water’s edge, then out on the rock.
Then dirt, or soil, as people call it, formed all over the rock and made the rock into land, and the plants grew larger and spread farther over the land.
Then, after this, came the first tiny animals in the water. They were wee specks too small, like the first plants, to be seen without the help of a microscope.
The, after this, in the water came larger animals like Jellyfish and clams and horseshoe crabs.
Then, after this, came Insects, some that live in the water, some on the water, some on the land, like cockroaches, and some in the air.
Then, after this, came Fish that live only in the water.
Then, after this, came animals like frogs called Amphibians that live in the water and also on the land.
Then, after this, came Reptiles, like snakes, turtles, lizards, and huge dinosaurs.
Then, after this, came Birds that lay eggs, and Mammals, like foxes and monkeys and cows, that nurse their babies when they are born.
Then, last of all, came－what do you suppose? Yes－People－men, women, and children. Here are the steps; see if you can take them:
STARS,
SUN,
SPARK,
WORLD,
STEAM,
RAIN,
OCEANS,
PLANTS,
ANIMALS,
JELLYFISH,
INSECTS,
FISH,
AMPHIBIANS,
REPTILES,
BIRDS,
MAMMALS,
PEOPLE,
And here we are!
What do you suppose will be next?
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