The Kingdom of Benin is an accessible information text based on the tribes of the ancient Kingdom of Benin and the way in which it changed and developed over time. Colourful and informative.
Award-winning children’s author Michael Morpurgo brings past and present together when Tudor explorer Sir Walter Raleigh visits a modern day family as a ghost.
A good text to choose for making past-and-present comparisons, as well as for learning more about the figure of Sir Walter Raleigh and his legacy.
Flat Stanley: The Great Egyptian Grave Robbery is a good choice of text for a younger class or for less confident readers.
In this quick-paced adventure, the well-loved flat main character Stanley is airmailed to Egypt to search the great pyramids for ancient treasure at the request of an archaeologist.
Adventure awaits as Stanley finds himself in a new fix, this time involving an underground tomb, ancient treasure and impressive pyramids.
Erik the Viking and his crew set sail on a quest aboard the great ship Golden Dragon. Along their way they will encounter monsters, magic and mythical creatures. This is an exciting adventure written in the style of the original Viking sagas and is excellent for reading out loud. The story won the Children’s Book Award in 1984 and includes colour illustrations by Michael Foreman.
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