365:
300:
154:
pupils. As a single volume, the material is aimed at an older audience. The setting of the stories is altered to several
European locations and there is considerably more formal grammar and exercises, in line with Italian teaching methods.
425:
349:
406:
77:
The stories presented in each chapter revolve around a family. The family is based on a real family who lived at the Roman fort of
253:
66:— Latin for "mouse". Minimus is known by the publisher as "the mouse that made Latin cool". There are two books in the series:
435:
85:
in northern
Britain. The books feature many artifacts from Vindolanda, integrating real objects into fictional plot lines.
74:. The first book is aimed at 7- to 10-year-olds, and the second continues the education for children up to 13 years old.
342:
35:
34:
books are a series of school textbooks, written by
Barbara Bell, illustrated by Helen Forte, and published by the
47:
430:
399:
335:
164:
207:"Now is the time to dust off your Latin and Ancient Greek and help keep classics from becoming history"
440:
392:
82:
117:
376:
319:
101:
57:
39:
261:
206:
419:
364:
315:
311:
233:
24:
112:
78:
307:
105:
299:
372:
151:
43:
285:
184:
132:
Corinthus, a Greek slave who is excellent at reading and writing
19:
This article is about the textbook series. For the character in
88:
In 2011, it was reported that 125,000 copies had been sold.
50:
of language teaching, and feature a mouse of the same name;
380:
323:
135:
Candidus, a
British slave who is very good at cooking
46:. The books espouse some of the principles of the
400:
343:
8:
150:In 2007, the Minimus books were adapted for
61:
51:
407:
393:
350:
336:
138:Pandora, a slave girl who is a hairdresser
111:Flavius, the father and fort commander of
228:
226:
176:
129:Rufus, the youngest child of the family
7:
361:
359:
296:
294:
60:for "smallest", and also a pun on
14:
187:. Dr Helen Forte. 10 October 2006
16:British series of Latin textbooks
363:
298:
426:Education in the United Kingdom
38:, designed to help children of
234:"Minimus Avviamento al Latino"
141:Trifosa, Pandora’s replacement
68:Minimus: Starting out in Latin
1:
306:This article about a book on
205:Johnson, Boris (2011-07-08).
379:. You can help Knowledge by
371:This article related to the
322:. You can help Knowledge by
260:. 2007-04-06. Archived from
457:
358:
293:
36:Cambridge University Press
18:
25:Animal_Farm § Pigs
436:Linguistics book stubs
165:Cambridge Latin Course
62:
52:
126:Iulius, the older son
123:Flavia, the daughter
92:Regular characters
388:
387:
331:
330:
185:"Minimus Website"
108:), the family cat
448:
409:
402:
395:
367:
360:
352:
345:
338:
302:
295:
273:
272:
270:
269:
250:
244:
243:
241:
240:
230:
221:
220:
218:
217:
202:
196:
195:
193:
192:
181:
97:Minimus, a mouse
72:Minimus Secundus
65:
55:
456:
455:
451:
450:
449:
447:
446:
445:
431:Latin textbooks
416:
415:
414:
413:
357:
356:
291:
286:Minimus website
282:
277:
276:
267:
265:
252:
251:
247:
238:
236:
232:
231:
224:
215:
213:
204:
203:
199:
190:
188:
183:
182:
178:
173:
161:
148:
146:Italian version
94:
28:
17:
12:
11:
5:
454:
452:
444:
443:
438:
433:
428:
418:
417:
412:
411:
404:
397:
389:
386:
385:
373:Latin language
368:
355:
354:
347:
340:
332:
329:
328:
303:
289:
288:
281:
280:External links
278:
275:
274:
245:
222:
197:
175:
174:
172:
169:
168:
167:
160:
157:
147:
144:
143:
142:
139:
136:
133:
130:
127:
124:
121:
115:
109:
98:
93:
90:
83:Hadrian’s Wall
40:primary school
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
453:
442:
439:
437:
434:
432:
429:
427:
424:
423:
421:
410:
405:
403:
398:
396:
391:
390:
384:
382:
378:
374:
369:
366:
362:
353:
348:
346:
341:
339:
334:
333:
327:
325:
321:
317:
313:
309:
304:
301:
297:
292:
287:
284:
283:
279:
264:on 2007-09-30
263:
259:
255:
249:
246:
235:
229:
227:
223:
212:
208:
201:
198:
186:
180:
177:
170:
166:
163:
162:
158:
156:
153:
145:
140:
137:
134:
131:
128:
125:
122:
119:
116:
114:
110:
107:
103:
99:
96:
95:
91:
89:
86:
84:
80:
75:
73:
69:
64:
59:
54:
49:
48:direct method
45:
42:age to learn
41:
37:
33:
26:
22:
381:expanding it
370:
324:expanding it
305:
290:
266:. Retrieved
262:the original
257:
248:
237:. Retrieved
214:. Retrieved
210:
200:
189:. Retrieved
179:
149:
120:, the mother
87:
76:
71:
67:
31:
29:
20:
441:Latin stubs
316:translation
312:linguistics
254:"Squeakus!"
21:Animal Farm
420:Categories
268:2007-05-14
239:2007-05-14
216:2011-07-09
191:2021-01-04
171:References
113:Vindolanda
100:Vibrissa (
79:Vindolanda
308:language
159:See also
118:Lepidina
152:Italian
106:Whisker
53:minimus
32:Minimus
23:, see
375:is a
318:is a
102:Latin
81:near
58:Latin
44:Latin
377:stub
320:stub
104:for
70:and
56:is (
30:The
314:or
258:TES
211:TES
63:mus
422::
310:,
256:.
225:^
209:.
408:e
401:t
394:v
383:.
351:e
344:t
337:v
326:.
271:.
242:.
219:.
194:.
27:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.