Frances Lincoln
The Ancient Greeks
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Children/Young AdultNonfiction
This slim book (it’s only 32 pages) is an excellent introduction to the Ancient Greeks. It manages to cover not only the historical ...Read Review
The Aztec Empire
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Children/Young AdultNonfiction
If you want to know the basics about the Aztec Empire, this book is an excellent place to start. It tells you where ...Read Review
The Dragon’s Hoard
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I really enjoyed these eleven stories from the Viking sagas, obviously carefully chosen for their variety. Most involve fighting but sometimes, as in ...Read Review
The Little Pioneer
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The illustrator, Adam Hancher, has based his dramatic picture book on true-life pioneers’ tales. Set in the U.S. in the 19th century, ...Read Review
Discover the Roman Empire
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Children/Young AdultNonfiction
This very attractive slim hardback is well designed to introduce young readers to the history and complexity of the Roman Empire. The language ...Read Review
Discover the Ancient Egyptians
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Children/Young AdultNonfiction
This is an attractive cartoon-style book about Ancient Egypt. It’s a tall narrow hardback, smooth and easy to hold, and looks as ...Read Review
The Secrets of Stonehenge
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The Secrets of Stonehenge is a brief and very general introduction to the monument, suitable for children of 9 years and up. With the ...Read Review
Tell Us a Story, Papa Chagall
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
This is the latest in Anhalt’s series on the lives of great artists. His subject is the Jewish Russian painter, Marc Chagall, ...Read Review
Charles Dickens: Scenes from an Extraordinary Life
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
This wonderful picture storybook of Dickens’ life is ideal for eleven- to fifteen-year- olds. Revealing conditions of mid-19th century life in and ...Read Review
Zeraffa Giraffa
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In 1824, the Pasha of Egypt sent King Charles X of France a present of a giraffe. She was captured on the plains of ...Read Review