This picture book tells the remarkable story of a group of soldiers in the trenches who play a football match with others from the opposing trenches, during a rare pause in the fighting at Christmas time. Illustrated with water colour pictures, this is a highly recommended picture book that is popular in KS2 classrooms. You may also like War Boy by the same author.
This classroom classic by award-winning Michael Morpurgo gives voice to a soldier on the battlefields of World War 1. This moving story explores the power of memories to provide hope in difficult situations, as well as wider themes of courage and justice. This edition also contains additional materials to explain the historical context of the story.
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.
Award-winning author Ross Welford offers a funny and heartwarming tale about Alfie Monk, a 1,000-year-old boy who can remember the last Viking invasion of England. Back in his ‘real’ childhood in Viking times, Alfie has been frozen in time by an Elixir of life that has made him immortal. But immortality is not everything it’s cracked up to be and now, 1000 years later, Alfie is on a quest to find the Viking pearl hidden somewhere off the coast of North East England. There are also some teaching resources available to download from the publisher.
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