Books for Children and Teenagers
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BRILLIANT NEW INTERACTIVE, WEB-LINKED SERIES! Professor Horatio Geekmeister has brought Henry VIII, Boudicca, Guy Fawkes and … and put them on trial, accused of serious crimes (like murder, terrorism, etc) - and YOU (the reader) are the jury! Read the book and vote on line – GUILTY or NOT-GUILTY! ! YOU DECIDE ! Evans, 2010, pb, £5.99. |
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Flashbacks series (formerly Coming Alive!) Evans, pb, £5.99.
Beware the King! Available from Amazon
Dear Mum, I Miss You! Available from Amazon
Down With the Romans! Available from Amazon
Please help, Miss Nightingale! Available from Amazon
What If the Bomb Goes Off? Available from Amazon
‘The text is superb ... I recommend it as it puts the story back into history.' English 4-11.
Pirates, Plants & Plunder (Random House / Eden Project, 2005, pb, £4.99) Greed, Seeds and Slavery (Random House / Eden Project, 2007, pb, £4.99) |
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Coming soon, the fruits of years of hard labour: INTO THE UNKNOWN [Cover of Into the Unknown to come soon] An amazing book in which my words and Steve Biesty’s wonderful pictures tell the story of 14 incredible journeys that changed for ever our understanding of where we live. More info as soon as it is available. Available from Amazon |
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The excellent Research It books (Harcourt, 2009-10, hb & pb, £8.99-£13.50)
Everything needed for the perfect project, research paper or short dissertation!
Medieval Europe: Available from Amazon
WWI: Available from Amazon
Bright and beautiful:
Medieval Realms : Art and Architecture (Wayland, 2004). There a sister book on Monarchs in the same lovely series.
Egypt in Spectacular Cross-section and Greece in Spectacular Cross-section (both OUP, 2005, 2006). My text with Stephen Biesty's amazing cut-away drawings.
Look Around a Shakespearean Theatre (Watts, 2007). Adore WS and London's Globe - never miss a show.
Moon : the Ultimate Guide to our Nearest Neighbour (OUP, 2009). To Apollo ... and beyond!
Britain Since World War II : Home Life and Health and Diet (both Watts, 2008). It's a strange feeling when one's own life becomes history ... but it means that there is less chance of getting things wrong, I suppose!
History from Buildings : World War II Britain (Watts, 2006). I love photography and delighted to get some of my pix in this book.
At Home In World War Two series:
‘These are books we need more of.' Scottish Association of Teaching History.
At Work: Available from Amazon
Evacuation: Available from Amazon
Propaganda: Available from Amazon
Rationing: Available from Amazon
The Blitz: Available from Amazon
Women’s War: Available from Amazon
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Enormously popular series that started as Start Up History: ‘A delightful series ... most attractive.' NATE website. Florence Nightingale: Available from Amazon |
A full list of my children's and teenage books still in print is available on Amazon.co.uk
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