Some books are written from the outside in — researched, imagined, constructed. The Children of the Tribes was written from the inside out. It is a book shaped by memory, by heritage, by the kind of truth that only a family history can carry. It is also about morals, in a world where they are slowly being forgotten. Stories from the Ancient World, for Today's Children The Children of the Tribes brings to life the innocent children of an ancient people. It lets them tell their