I am trying to find information on a latin textbook that I used in the early 1970s. All I can remember about it was that it was a fairly small hardback book and the first page had amo, amas, amat, amamus, amatis, amant and that each chapter had a story about the roman gods and goddesses.
Your description probably describes just about every Latin textbook ever published! One which was popular in schools (well, with the teachers anyway!) around that time was 'Latin Course for Schools', written by L A Wilding (who, incidentally, was my form teacher in my first year at grammar school):
http://www.abebooks.c...bt.y=0&sts=t&tn=latin
Still got my Approach to Latin. Late 50s. If you want to introduce your children to Latin I would suggest Minimus. Even teenagers are amused by it. Works well from 6 or 7 upwards. Expensive to buy but in many good libraries so it can be tried out. Teacher's book also.