Stories about Stevenson's Rocket, Grace Darling, Dr Barnardo, the Titanic, women's suffrage, the Jarrow Marchers, Dunkirk, and much more, all taken from Geraldine McCaughrean's magnificent BRITANNIA, and with halftone versions of some of Richard Brassey's action-packed illustrations.

 

There are 112 pages in this book. It is an anthology. This book was published 2002 by Hachette Children's Group .

Richard Brassey is the author and illustrator of a host of colourful and original books for children. He won the TES/Saltire Society Award for The Story o Geraldine McCaughrean is the author of The Odyssey and other titles in the acclaimed Oxford Illustrated Classics series.