A wonderful new series of well-told, beautifully illustrated biographies, for children aged 6-9 years, featuring great leaders, heroes, pioneers, inventors and scientists from the past. Each biography tells an exciting story about a real person, that can be read either alone or by a parent or teacher. The colourful artwork will stimulate the imagination and linger in the memory. The biographies link in with National Curriculum KS1 and KS2, History, English, Science and other subjects. Young children love a good story. What better way to introduce them to the giants of our past than through these delightful books?

 

This book features in the following series: What's Their Story, Whats Their Stories? .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 1. KS1 covers school years 1 and 2, and ages 5-7 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 1997 by Oxford University Press .

Andrew Langley is an author of hundreds of children's books and has focused his writing on educational resources. Alan Marks is widely published and has illustrated many books. He is also a 'Smarties Prize' prize winner.