History

November 1920. Ireland is in the middle of a war for independence. One Sunday, events come to a head and an exciting football match turns into a survival battle for eleven-year-old Liam Donnelly. Soldiers shooting, machine guns...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781453270660Author Dan GutmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 162Imprint Open Road Media Young ReadersPublisher Open Road Media

This paperback edition includes a link to download a free audio version of the book read by Sir Tony Robinson.In Sir Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders Greeks, Sir Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most...

Collins Arabic Big Cat is a guided reading series for ages 3 to 11. The series is structured with reference to the learning progression of Arabic at nursery and primary schools researched especially for Collins. This carefully graded approach allows...

As a child in a small rural village in Sierra Leone, Mariatu Kamara lived peacefully surrounded by family and friends. Rumors of rebel attacks were no more than a distant worry. But when 12-year-old Mariatu set out for a neighboring village, she never...

Intervention workbook for Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History The American West, c1835-1895 This workbook: addresses the most common barriers to learning history at grade 5, as identified from past student exam papers is ideally suited...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781787392342Author Kay WoodwardFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Welbeck Publishing GroupPublisher Welbeck Publishing Group

This title helps you find out about the land of the pharaohs, with 15 step-by-step projects and over 400 exciting pictures. You can step back in time to the world of the ancient Egyptians and uncover the treasures and secrets of this mysterious...

Alan Turing was one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. He created one of the first designs for a stored-program computer and is widely considered to be the father of computer science and artificial intelligence. During World War II,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780439669962Author Allan ZulloFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Scholastic USPublisher Scholastic US

This book considers the ways in which working people in the nineteenth century sought justice through the Chartist movement. Richard Brown poses fundamental questions about the movement and considers them through the interpretations of both contemporary...

From the Costa Award-winning author Hilary McKay, comes the story of a young girl looking for magic in the world, and the feline family who help her to find it.Rosa lives in a world where she discovers there is magic. It arrives with Balthazar, a large...

Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers that...

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level Over 4000 years ago, people started making things from bronze. Take a world tour and discover some of the brilliant Bronze-Age wonders they created. ...

Now more than ever, our children need to learn about the people who live all around the world. This engaging guide to other lands weaves world history into a storybook format. Designed as a read-aloud project for parents and children to share (or for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781445159515Author Izzi HowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Franklin Watts LtdPublisher Hachette Children's GroupWeight(grams) 192g

Everyone looks forward to their holidays. In this book you can learn how holidays began, and what they are like today. Orange/Band 6 books offer varied text and characters, with action sustained over several pages.Text type: An information...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781486725588Author Lucy D HayesFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Flowerpot PressPublisher Flowerpot PressWeight(grams) 109gDimensions(mm) 202mm * 205mm *...

Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. They are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 1-6 and contain notes in the back. The Handbooks provide...

Imagine you made something that was so beautiful and powerful that everyone wanted to take it for themselves. And then you had to watch them destroy it. Would you fight for it? Meet Gaia, the ancient Greek goddess who created the Earth and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781957515113Author RiddlelandFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Bcbm HoldingsPublisher Bcbm HoldingsWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Society of Midland Authors Award (Children's Nonfiction) 2015. Short-listed for Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Grades 6-8) 2016 and Charlotte Award...

Build your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right level Follow the life of a little boy called Oliver as he goes from being a workhouse orphan to a life with a group of young pickpockets. Will he ever manage to escape his...

Become an eyewitness to medieval times and learn what it takes to become a knight.The iconic eyewitness is back in a new and improved format to be passed down through the generations.This picture-led reference guide will take you on a visual tour of the...

In 1969, mankind successfully left our atmosphere and landed on the moon. It took the hard work of countless men and women to make that landing happen. One of those people was Margaret Hamilton. A computer engineer, young Hamilton was hired to develop...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788412724059Author Samuel JohnFormat PaperbackPage Count 34Imprint Samuel John BooksPublisher Samuel John BooksWeight(grams) 100gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Here is everything you need to know about being a knight, from from being a young page to being knighted. This humorous non-fiction book explains all the tasks, training, outfits and privileges that came with the job. Gold/Band 9 fiction books...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Young Hoosier Book Award (Grades 4-6) 2000.Book InformationISBN 9780395968888Author Russell FreedmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 81Imprint Houghton Mifflin...

For almost three thousand years, a succession of glorious communities flourished in ancient Mesopotamia. This book explores the culture of these great civilisations, which gave rise to literature, art, government, and urban life. It examines the daily...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789509694Author Lord ByronFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint ArcturusPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

Discover the Korean War through the eyes of the journalist who covered it in this installment of the New York Times bestselling graphic novel series In 1950, Marguerite Higgins (1920-1966) was made bureau chief of the Far East Asia desk for the New...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788129136978Author Subhadra Sen GuptaFormat PaperbackPage Count 452Imprint Rupa Publications India Pvt. LtdPublisher Rupa Publications India Pvt...

Oxford International Primary History develops inquisitive and engaged learners through a six-year primary history course. Helping students contextualise historical events, it provides a firm foundation to analyse both local and international history...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647396787Author Stacia DeutschFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Callisto KidsPublisher Callisto Media Inc.Weight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm) 1mm * 1mm *...

Journey through the most exciting periods of history in this fun and fact-filled search book. From stone-age cavemen and ancient Egyptian mummies to invading Vikings and medieval knights, there are over 150 things to spot, including bonus out-of-time...

An engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history. The years between the rise of William Pitt in the early 1780s and the repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 saw Britain struggle with political and social tensions caused by the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637161890Author Captivating HistoryFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm)...

This activity book features 25 projects such as making a surface survey of a site, building a screen for sifting dirt and debris at a dig, tracking soil age by color, and counting tree rings to date a find, teaches kids the techniques that unearthed...

It's a simple question, but not so simple an answer to explain especially to young children. Charles Darwin's theory of common descent no longer needs to be a scientific mystery to inquisitive young readers. Meet Grandmother Fish. Told in an engaging...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780689841606Author Harry MazerFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Aladdin PaperbacksPublisher Aladdin Paperbacks