I bought this book to supplement activities from a Biblical Perspective to go with Story of the World, Volume 1, Ancient Times. Although that book is somewhat 'Christian' I wanted to provide additional activities. This book has a nice choice of things that we can use both for that, and also for later 'just for fun' or other activities. They are different ideas than are suggested other places, and provide nice background information to go along with the activities. For example, we've had a 'nomad feast' that was easy to make, and the kids LOVED. I would recommend for a variety of uses.