Walter Dean Myers Christopher A. Myers Terry Deary
Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and James Baldwin have sung their songs about Harlem. Now Newbery Honor author Walter Dean Myers joins their chorus in calling to life the deep, rich and hope-filled history of this community. Christopher Myers' boldly assembled art resonates with feeling and tells a tale all its own.
Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and James Baldwin have sung their songs about Harlem. Now Newbery Honor author Walter Dean Myers joins their chorus i...
Facing feuds and frauds, robberies and riots and the disasters of dangerous drivers, deadly designers and sleepy signalmen, Victorians risked more than just delays when stepping on a steam train. Victorian inventors certainly didn't lack steam, but squabbling over who deserved the title of 'The Father of the Locomotive' and busy enjoying their fame and fortune, safety on the rails was not their priority. Brakes were seen as a needless luxury (until a steamer started to slide downhill towards disaster) and boilers had an inconvenient tendency to overheat and explode, and in turn, blow up...
Facing feuds and frauds, robberies and riots and the disasters of dangerous drivers, deadly designers and sleepy signalmen, Victorians risked more tha...
Think that Ancient Egypt is just a load of old obelisks? Don't bet your afterlife on it.
Ancient Egypt should be deader than most of our yesterdays. After all it was at its height 5,000 years ago. Yet we still marvel at its mummies and ponder over its pyramids. It's easy to forget these people once lived and laughed, loved and breathed ... though not for very long. These were dangerous days for princes and peasants alike. In Ancient Egypt - a world of wars and woes, poverty and plagues - life was short. Forty was a good age to reach. A pharaoh who was eaten by a...
Think that Ancient Egypt is just a load of old obelisks? Don't bet your afterlife on it.
Wessex, Southern England, 878. Fortunes are not on the side of theEnglish and the Vikings will soon control all the land. Even youngEthelbert believes he could do a better job than King Alfred. Littledoes he know that soon he will be called on to prove it.
Wessex, Southern England, 878. Fortunes are not on the side of theEnglish and the Vikings will soon control all the land. Even youngEthelbert believes...
Norway, 793 AD. Fleece was snatched by Viking warriors when she was ayoung girl. Now she must work for a bullying farmer and his family,looking after their sheep. She longs to return to the country where shewas born, but how will she ever make that journey back across the sea?
Norway, 793 AD. Fleece was snatched by Viking warriors when she was ayoung girl. Now she must work for a bullying farmer and his family,looking after ...
AD 51. Rome is full of the news that the infamous British chiefCaratacus has been captured. Little does Bran, a feisty young Celtic slave,realize that this event is going to change his life.
AD 51. Rome is full of the news that the infamous British chiefCaratacus has been captured. Little does Bran, a feisty young Celtic slave,realize that...
AD 64. Rome is a frightening place. But little does Christian slavegirl Mary realise the dangers that await her when she accompanies hermaster to the city. It is the day of the chariot races and Mary finds herself the only witness to a terrible crime.
AD 64. Rome is a frightening place. But little does Christian slavegirl Mary realise the dangers that await her when she accompanies hermaster to the ...
387 BC. Brutus, a trainee priest at the Temple of Juno, hates thetemple's holy geese. Little does he realize how useful they will bewhen the vicious Gaul army invades the city.
387 BC. Brutus, a trainee priest at the Temple of Juno, hates thetemple's holy geese. Little does he realize how useful they will bewhen the vicious G...