This sumptious book is a wonderful first-introduction to British history. Masters of illustrated non-fiction, Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom tell the story of Britain from the Stone Age up to the present in a truly integrated narrative of text and illustration. It moves throughs the Iron Age, Stonehenge, the Celts, the Romans and the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, then on to the marvels of the Medieval era, the Tudors and Stuarts, the Industrial Revolution, the Victorians and the 20th century right up to the modern day. The exciting story is supplemented by many amazing facts and introduces key figures from kings, queens and military leaders to scientists, artists and writers. History doesn't have to be horrible - here it is gripping, fascinating and fun!
Features a real-life adventure with historical facts about Scotland's warrior king, King Robert the Bruce. This title helps you learn about Bruce's dark secrets as well as his heroic deeds; discover how well Bruce really got on with William Wallace; and understand why Bruce's Declaration of Independence is big in America.
Joe Read was only 15 years old wen he crossed the channel in his father's lifeboat, Brittanic, and braved artillery fire and German bombing to rescue British Expeditionary Forces. 2010 sees the 70th anniversary of the evacuation of the allies at Dunkirk. This title tells his story.
You are a young boy in the city-state of Athens at the height of the Ancient Greek civilisation. Following several years in one of the city's schools, your father wants you to prove yourself at the most famous athletic competition of all - the Olympics.
There are countless daring, clever and ruthless travellers and explorers from throughout history. But who was the toughest nut of all?
Bursting full of entertaining and witty fact-filled text in bite sized chunks and jam-packed with hilarious full-colour illustrations throughout. From Christopher Columbus to Neil Armstrong and countless other tough-nuts, Hard Nuts of History Travellers and Explorers includes Hardometers and a Hard Nut rating for some of the toughest travellers and explorers of all time.
Perfect for fans of The Hate U Give, this unforgettable coming-of-age debut novel explores issues of race, class, and violence through the eyes of a wealthy black teenager whose family gets caught in the vortex of the 1992 Rodney King Riots.
9.21am: business as usual on a high street in England. Travel with them, second-by-second, through the hopes, fears, love, worries, gossip, cruelty, kindness and trivia that dominated their final minute before tragedy struck.
Ancient Greece was packed full of daring, clever and ruthless men and women. But who was the toughest nut of all?
Bursting full of entertaining and witty fact-filled text in bite sized chunks and jam-packed with hilarious full-colour illustrations throughout. Includes Hardometers and a Hard Nut rating for some of Greece's toughest nuts.
Includes what you want to know, see and find out about Ancient History. This title is full of stuff to dip into, from Babylonian architecture, Egyptian Pharoahs, the Roman army, Buddhist monasteries of the Mauryan Empire and South American temples.
In spring 1842 Eliza is shocked when she is sent to work in the Manchester
cotton mills - the noisy, suffocating mills. The work is
backbreaking and dangerous - and when she sees her friends' lives
wrecked by poverty, sickness and unrest, Eliza realizes she must
fight to escape the fate of a mill girl...
