Take an exciting journey into history with this illustrated story for newly confident readers. It's 1066 and William, Duke of Normandy, has set sail for England to fight King Harold and claim the crown. Rollo must look after the Duke's horses in the biggest adventure of his life as they cross the Channel, fight in the Battle of Hastings and crown William the Conqueror King of England!

 

This book is part of a book series called Walker Racing Reads .

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2008 by Walker Books Ltd .

JUNE CREBBIN, an ex-primary teacher, is now a full-time writer who also runs very successful writing workshops in schools. June has written a wide range of children's books and writes poetry for children and adults. She lives in Leicester. Tony Ross is one of the UK s top illustrators of children s stories. His books are published in twenty-two languages. "