From a feast for monkeys in Thailand to gifts from Grandfather Frost in Ukraine, twenty children from around the world introduce us to their favourite feasts, festivals and celebrations.
A fun, feminist and colourful picture book celebrating the young Princess who grew up to be England's longest-reigning monarch - Queen Elizabeth II.
Meticulously using contemporary newspaper reports, court records, published memoirs, private letters and diaries, Michael Wilding tells the story of three troubled geniuses of Australian writing and their world of poetry and poverty, alcohol and opiates, horse-racing and theater, journalism and publishing. Gordon shot himself, unable to pay the printer of his poems; Kendall ended up in a mental hospital after forging a check, and Clarke died bankrupt for a second time.
Who needs a Prince Charming when you're busy running the world? From ancient empresses and warrior queens, to fearsome pirates and modern-day monarchs, Fabulously Feisty Queens explores the lives and legacies of history's most powerful women. Made of stronger stuff than beauty and grace, discover just how bright, brave, brilliant and clever the world's female rulers have been throughout the centuries. With a foreword by historian and Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, Lucy Worsley and illustrations by Pauline Reeves.
WARTIME PRINCESS is for everyone who loves a royal wedding. It's 1939 and Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) meets the dashing Prince Philip of Greece. War breaks out across Europe and Philip is sent to serve in the Navy and Elizabeth convinces her father the King to allow her to sign up to the war effort. Will she see her prince again?
It's 1670. When Susannah and her brother are orphaned she is forced to live on the charity of distant relations in England while he seeks his fortune in America. But when news arrives that her brother is dangerously ill Susannah will stop at nothing to get the money she desperately needs to save his life...
Tilly lives in turbulent times. It's the 1550s; when Queen Mary ousts Lady Jane Grey to win the throne, her executioners are kept busy. Even Princess Elizabeth is imprisoned in the Tower. As Tilly watches the plots and politics of the Tudor court unfolding, she waits for her chance to deliver a very important letter . . .
It's 1917 and the Great War rages in Europe. When Daffy Rowntree's brother goes missing in action she refuses to sit safely in England, and determines to do something to help win the war. Soon she finds herself in the mud and horror of the battlefields of France, driving an ambulance transporting the wounded of the trenches.
Experience history first hand with the My Story series. It's the 1580s. Queen Elizabeth's enemies plot to kill her and place Mary Queen of Scots on the throne. While Kitty's father works on secret projects for Elizabeth, her brother's mixing with suspicious characters. As Mary's supporters edge closer by the minute, Kitty fears the worst . . . that they'll all be thrown in the tower!
Toby can't wait to be catapulted back in time again to become his own ancestor! This time Toby is plunged back to Ancient Greece, into Niko's life, where he finds himself dodging the donkey "It's hardly a good idea to head-butt a donkey, and I'll never know what made me do it this morning. One minute I was standing there wondering which of the stubborn creatures to take to market, the next I was cross-eyed with my nose pressed up against a donkey's rear end. Not the nicest thing I've smelled today! Melissa the bee woman keeps well back because, she says, she doesn't want to catch my fleas. They're not my fleas. They're the donkeys."
Znáte nejslavnější příběh všech dob? Máte tušení, který klasický příběh světové literatury je nejnapínavější a nejslavnější? Že by to byla Cesta kolem světa za osmdesát dní od Julese Verna, na které Phileas Fogg a jeho sluha Passepartout svádějí dramatický souboj nejen s časem, ale i se zavilým detektivem Fixem? Nebo spíš Černý krasavec - projížďka mezi požáry a povodněmi a příběh vyprávěný koňskou pusou. Či snad Větrná hůrka - příběh tajemství a lásky mezi ohnivým Heathcliffem a romanticky založenou Cathy, odehrávající se na pochmurných blatech? To zjistíte, když si přečtete tuto knížku. A navíc vám dovolíme nahlédnout do našeho průvodce po vymyšlených ostrovech a představíme vám pár krvežíznivých pirátů. Klasické příběhy. Tak děsivé je ještě neznáte!
