True-life experiences of five Victorian children beautifully presented as historical biographies. Through hours of research, Sallie Purkis has uncovered these original histories and retells them for the first time, with historical photographs and large colour illustrations. In this book we find out about Richard who lived on a boat on the Leeds to Liverpool canal and Sarah who was so poor she lived in a workhouse in Cambridgeshire with her sister and mother. We can read about Walter, the son of a farm labourer, who worked on the fields in Somerset from a very young age and about wealthy twins Tommy and Eva who lived in a big country house in Cornwall.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Real Lives .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published in 2003 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .

Martin Taylor studied for a BA (Hons) in Graphic Information Design in Cornwall. He loves making pop-up books and is delighted that his daughter has followed in his footsteps! Duncan Smith has loved drawing since the age of six. He graduated from the Glasgow School of Art with a BA (Hons) and has illustrated for magazines, as well as writing and illustrating many children's books. Elena Pasquali is the pseudonym of an in-house author. Priscilla Lamont has a degree in graphic design and worked as a book designer before becoming a freelance artist. She has illustrated over 40 children's books for a variety of authors, including Julia Jarman, Michael Rosen, Hilary McKay and sometimes her own work as well! Sallie Purkis is a renowned historian who has had over forty history books for children published. She is a regular contributor to Junior Education, a consultant to BBC Schools Television and writes for English Heritage and the National Trust Education services.