Stories from history: Gunpowder Guy: The Story Of Guy Fawkes and The Gunpowder Plot | TheBookSeekers

Stories from history: Gunpowder Guy: The Story Of Guy Fawkes and The Gunpowder Plot


Stories from History

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No. of pages 32

Published: 2001

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"Gunpowder Guy" tells the story of Guy the soldier, whose angry friends persuade him to help them kill bad King Jim. Guy buys some gunpowder and finds a dark and secret place under the palace to store it. What happens next is revealed in the story.

 

This book is part of a book series called Stories From History .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Hachette Children's Group .

Martin Jenkins is a children's author whose work often centres around animals and the environment. A conservation biologist by trade, Martin worked full-time for ten years for World Conservation Monitoring Centre, writing about a range of conservation issues. Since 1990 he has worked freelance for organisations such as WWF and a number of UN bodies concerned with conservation and the environment. He became involved with children's books when he was asked to advise on Walker Books' Animals at Risk series. He has written several titles, including Emperor's Egg, winner of the Times Junior Information Book of the Year Award and Fly Traps! Plants that Bite Back, which was shortlisted for the same award. He has also retold Gulliver's Travels, winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and Don Quixote. Sue Shields is a Welsh illustrator. Her works include Gunpowder Guy, and Robbers at the Abbey, and she is a regular contributor to `Around the Globe': Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. She works in a variety of styles, and has experience in history-related work and editorial illustration. Stewart Ross is a popular children's author. He has written many books on historical subjects, both fiction and non-fiction.

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