Bring the Key Stage 2 History Curriculum alive with this bundle of brilliant books. Covering 4000 years of history, this selection of rich-texts from authors Paul Nolan, Robin Price, Joseph Curry and Jon Chant would be a perfect addition to any bookshelf or school library. These books will take your children on an incredible historical journey: from the brutal Bronze Age to the savagery of the Ancient Mayans; from the merciless Micini tribe to the blood-soaked battles between Saxons and Vikings and finally to the wicked wizardry of Stuart England.
The Age of Bronze - A boy and a girl wake up within a stone circle and their minds are blank. They find themselves about to be sacrificed by a Bronze Age tribe. Then the mysterious Foreseer arrives and saves them. He tells them that before they can return home to their own time, they have to steal an artefact from the vicious Beaker Tribe and restore a stone circle to its former glory. Will they succeed? Or will they be cast in Bronze forever?
ISBN: 9781906132460 RRP: £7.99 Age: 6+
Fever Pitz - With her city facing a struggle for survival, Mayan teen Brightness can only hope that the gods will smile on her. To prove her courage before them, she must play the Mayan ball game ‘pitz' with all her strength and skill. If she looses the game she will be placed beneath the High-Priest’s knife ⎯ her blood a sacrifice to the Lords of the Sky.ISBN: 9781906132361 RRP: £7.99 Age: 9+
Boudicat - Spartapuss books are set in ancient Rome in a world ruled by cats! In book four of the series, Queen Boudicat declares war on Rome and she wants Spartapuss to join her rebel army. Our ginger hero can't see how a tiny tribe of Kitons can take on the mighty Feline Empire. But warrior queens don't take 'No' for an answer. Boudicat is not for turning, she's for burning! ISBN: 9781906132019 RRP: £7.99 Age: 9+
From the age of eight: Alfred the Great - It’s not easy being Anglo-Saxon royalty. As well as fighting off rampaging axe-happy Vikings, you’re going to have your noble hands full fighting off rival members of your own family! No one could have imagined that Alfred, the youngest surviving son of King Aethelwulf would grow into England’s wisest and most inspirational ruler. This gripping diary, written from the perspective of the young Alfred (with the help of his scribe Godric), will take readers through the major events in his action-packed childhood. Find out how Alfred became the last noble standing in this ripping royal read. ISBN: 978190613254 RRP: £7.99 Age: 8+
Women on trial for...Crimes of their Times - Six women tried and convicted for a crime of their times. Six incredible true stories spanning five centuries: the heretic, the witch, the young first-fleeter transported to Australia; the Indian princess turned suffragette, wartime spy and Conscientious Objector. Inspirational? Foolish? Wronged? Now you can judge if these six women received a fitting punishment for their crimes… ISBN: 9781914426032 RRP: £8.99 Age: 10+
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We will also be purchasing our children more Mogzilla books as they are just wonderful (my 9 year old already has a list of the one's he'd like to try next).