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Freedom Song, the Story of Nelson Mandela by Neil Tonge
$16.95 NZD
Category: Series - children | Series: Historical Storybooks | Reading Level: From 8 To 11
South Africa, February 1990. Syabonga and his uncle work at the home of a wealthy white family. They get regular wages, but they have to sleep in a miserable shack. But tomorrow Nelson Mandela, the great black leader, will be released. Maybe, at last, Syabonga's people will get their freedom. This work ...Show more
Historical Storybooks: Alexander the Great: to the Edge of the World by Stewart Ross
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Category: Biography, YA,children | Series: Historical Storybooks | Reading Level: From 7 To 11
The year is 323 BC and Ariam's cousin has married the most powerful king in the ancient world - Alexander the Great. Young Ariam gets the chance to join Alexander's army on its invasion of India, and helps Alexander and his army cross a treacherous river. On the opposite bank awaits their enemy King Por ...Show more
Historical Storybooks: Annie - the Story of a Victorian Mill Girl by Margaret Nash
$16.95 NZD
Category: Biography, YA,children | Series: Historical Storybooks
Presented in a story form, this book tells the story of a young Victorian girl working in a mill. Suitable for the National Curriculum at Key Stage 2, it gives a good feel for the period and the place, and gives an insight into the life of child workers in the mills of Victorian Britain - how they were ...Show more
Historical Storybooks: Lone Girl Flyer by Anthony Masters
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Category: Biography, YA,children | Series: Historical Storybooks
Amy Johnson flew solo from the UK to Australia in a Gypsy Moth in 1930. This story centres around Tom Baxter, whose mother works for Amy's sponsor, Lord Wakefield. Tom meets Amy before her flight and follows her progress around the globe. Excerpts from Amy's log recall her experiences.
Historical Storybooks: Mahatma Ghandi: the Salt of Freedom by Peter Hepplewhite
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Category: Biography, YA,children | Series: Historical Storybooks
The year is 1930 and 13-year-old Chandras has the opportunity to join the great leader Mahatma Gandhi and thousands of others on a 'salt march' to the coast, to demonstrate against the unjust law that forced every Indian to pay a tax on salt. This book tells the story of Gandhi's famous 'salt march', fr ...Show more
Historical Storybooks: into the Unknown - Tudor Explorers John and Sebastian Cabot by Margaret Nash
$16.95 NZD
Category: Biography, YA,children | Series: Historical Storybooks
A look at the lives of John and Sebastian Cabot and their adventures on the high seas.
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