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 Have you ever wanted to be a Tudor? Here's how to do it - in just twenty easy stages. Find out all about the Tudor monarchs, homes, food and much more in this funny historical non-fiction book.

 Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction.

 Text type - An information book.

 Reader/Response page with summary pictures to be used as a stimulus for further speaking, listening and writing opportunities.

 Additional information retrieval devices such as a glossary, index and monarch information summary pages can be evaluated for their usefulness as children develop critical reading skills. This title is paired with an adventure story, Stowaway! set in Tudor times about a young boy who travels around the world with Sir Francis Drake.

 Curriculum links - History: What were the differences between the lives of rich and poor people in Tudor times?

 This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

How to be a Tudor - Band 14/Ruby

A quirky insight into how to live like an Ancient Greek - in twenty-five easy stages.

 Sapphire/Band 16 books books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.

 Text type: An information book.

 Curriculum links: History: Who were the Ancient Greeks; How do we use Ancient Greek ideas today?

 This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

How to be an Ancient Greek - Band 16/Sapphire

So you want to be a Victorian? From dirty streets and factories, to watching Punch and Judy shows and riding the stagecoach - find out the real facts of Victorian living in this humerous non-fiction guide.

 Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view.

 Text type: An information book

 Curriculum links: History

 This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

How to be a Victorian in 16 Easy Stages - Band 17/Diamond

So you want to be an Anglo-Saxon? Find out how to do it in just a few stages. From fighting the Vikings and praying to gods, to making books from animal skin - all is revealed in this fun non-fiction guide by Scoular Anderson.

 Topaz/Band 13 books offer longer and more demanding reads for children to investigate and evaluate.

 An information book.

 Curriculum Links; History: Why have people invaded and settled in Britain in the past: An Anglo Saxon Case Study

 This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

How to be an Anglo Saxon - Band 13/Topaz

If you want to be a Viking, this book tells you everything that you need to know from how to milk a cow, to how to choose a sword! This information book is carefully organised into short chapters to help children practise the skills of locating and identifying important information.

 Copper/Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina.

 Text type - An information book.

 The book is organised into short chapters to help children practise the skills of locating and identifying important information.

 The glossary and index on pages 30 and 31 can be used to develop children's information retrieval skills further.

 Curriculum links - History: A Viking case study.

 This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

How to Be a Viking - Band 12/Copper

So you want to be a pirate? This book shows you how in 10 easy stages, from wearing the right clothes right down to what to do with the treasure. And along the way, you'll learn a barrelful of facts about famous pirates and pirate life through the ages.

 This e-book is best viewed on Kindle Fire in landscape view to optimise your experience.

 Gold/Band 9 fiction books offer developing readers literary language and stories with distinctive characters.

 Text type - An information book.

 A glossary and index on pages 22 and 23 can be used to navigate, and to check understanding.

 Curriculum links - Geography: Island home, Where in the world is Barnaby bear?; History: Why do we remember famous people?

 This non-fiction book is paired with a story on the same theme; Pirate Party, also by Scoular Anderson.

 This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

 This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

How to be a Pirate - Band 09/Gold

The first in a charming new series of magical books for younger readers about Freddy Frogpurse, the fun-loving, Wizzbang Wizard.

 Freddy pointed his magic wand at the sofa. "Wizzbang-a-dust-up! Get-me-a-gust-up!" he said out loud.

 Freddy Frogpurse has come to his Great Uncle Sneezer's house to learn how to be a wizard. His house dragon, Odds and Ends, nags at him to practise more, but Freddy just wants to have fun - and eat Tingle Toast. Then an envelope arrives from the Inspector of Wizards. Freddy has his first test - and it's tomorrow!

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Hector MacPelican se rend en Amérique pour y faire la démonstration de ses dix dernières inventions, et il emmène tout son clan avec lui! Thomas, Esméralda, Edgar Plumeau, Miss Gadget, tante Etourdie et grand-oncle Elucubrion, la famille est au grand complet. Même les araignées Tisseuses et Fileuses sont du voyage. Ensemble, ils vont parcourir les Etats-Unis, allant d'aventure en aventure et de mystère en mystère.

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