In 1666, London's citizens woke to see the skyline above their city's cramped wooden houses ablaze. The Great Fire of London is a hauntingly beautiful visual re-telling of one of the most well-known disasters in the city's history. To commemorate the 350th anniversary of the fire, powerful and sumptuous drawings from the new east London illustrator, James Weston Lewis, bring the events of November 1666 to life in this stunning gift book.

Lewis's drawings take readers on a journey, from the single smouldering coal that falls out of the baker's oven to the swirling clouds of ash that engulf the city and then in to the very heart of the fire itself. As the pages turn, you can witness London burning to the ground and then rebuilding again.

Children will love examining the rich detail of each spread, from the detailed city map to the drawings of London before, during and after the fire took hold. This book takes the dramatic historical information surrounding the Great Fire of London and transforms it into a breathtaking story that will transfix readers of all ages.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 by Hachette Children's Group .

Madeleine Gale was nine year's old when she wrote Leave With Me. Jack Terry trained as a French teacher, and helped to make her story come to life. James Weston Lewis works using a combination of traditional techniques and digital media, and takes his inspiration from a wide range of sources, including 1930's printmaking, mid-century children's comics, architecture, horticulture, literature and history. Emma Adams grew up spending lots of her time in her local library, reading Roald Dahl books and imagining she was Matilda. Her love of reading turned into a love of publishing when she went to Loughborough University to study Publishing with English, and when Emma later started working on books for children it felt like the most natural thing in the world. Emma lives in Hackney, London. Born in Bath, James moved to Oxfordshire when he was 5 where he grew up in a small village. He did an Art Foundation degree at Oxford Brookes University and then moved to Bristol to study Illustration at the University of the West of England, where he specialised in Print. James now lives in Lewisham in South London. His first book, The Great Fire of London, was longlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: The Great Fire of London
• 2: Sunday 2nd September
• 3: Monday 3rd September
• 4: Tuesday 4th September
• 5: Wednesday 5th September
• 6: A History of Firefighting
• 7: The Monument
• 8: Key Figures
• 9: Key Buildings
• 10: Map of London