Author: John Farman
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 9780822508397
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Presents a detailed account of the daily life of a highwayman, and introduces some of the famous men and women who earned their living as robbers in Great Britain in the eighteenth century.
The Short and Bloody History of Highwaymen
Author: John Farman
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 9780822508397
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Presents a detailed account of the daily life of a highwayman, and introduces some of the famous men and women who earned their living as robbers in Great Britain in the eighteenth century.
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 9780822508397
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Presents a detailed account of the daily life of a highwayman, and introduces some of the famous men and women who earned their living as robbers in Great Britain in the eighteenth century.
Pirates, Plants And Plunder!
Author: Stewart Ross
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448120470
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Twelve fascinating tales about the adventurers who travelled all over the globe, finding new plants and the amazing things they produce. Join Joseph Banks as he gets stranded on the Australian Great Barrier Reef whilst searching for new botanical specimens. Battle with the Mexican Emperor Montezuma against the invading Hernando Cortes - and watch as Cortes introduces chocolate to the rest of the world! Struggle with other travellers as they fight starvation, bears, strange diseases and tropical storms. Exciting, witty and wacky, these true-life tales span centuries and the globe, feature famous historical figures such as Captain Bligh, Darwin and Columbus and put the origins of 'everyday' plants into perspective.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448120470
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Twelve fascinating tales about the adventurers who travelled all over the globe, finding new plants and the amazing things they produce. Join Joseph Banks as he gets stranded on the Australian Great Barrier Reef whilst searching for new botanical specimens. Battle with the Mexican Emperor Montezuma against the invading Hernando Cortes - and watch as Cortes introduces chocolate to the rest of the world! Struggle with other travellers as they fight starvation, bears, strange diseases and tropical storms. Exciting, witty and wacky, these true-life tales span centuries and the globe, feature famous historical figures such as Captain Bligh, Darwin and Columbus and put the origins of 'everyday' plants into perspective.
Gotcha for Guys!
Author: Kathleen A. Baxter
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313090580
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Research indicates boys are interested in reading nonfiction materials, yet most children's librarians prefer to booktalk fiction. Offering citations for more than 1,100 books, Gotcha for Guys! deals specifically with books to pique the interest of middle grade boys. A series of booktalks are grouped within chapters with like titles such as: Creepy-Crawly Creatures, Disasters and Unsolved Mysteries, Action and Innovation, and All Things Gross. Complete booktalks are presented in a beginning section of chapters 1-9. A second section in each of these chapters contains short annotations and talks for other books of interest, and a third section offers lists of well-reviewed titles to consider for boys. The book is enhanced with book cover art and reproducible lists for teachers and librarians.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313090580
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Research indicates boys are interested in reading nonfiction materials, yet most children's librarians prefer to booktalk fiction. Offering citations for more than 1,100 books, Gotcha for Guys! deals specifically with books to pique the interest of middle grade boys. A series of booktalks are grouped within chapters with like titles such as: Creepy-Crawly Creatures, Disasters and Unsolved Mysteries, Action and Innovation, and All Things Gross. Complete booktalks are presented in a beginning section of chapters 1-9. A second section in each of these chapters contains short annotations and talks for other books of interest, and a third section offers lists of well-reviewed titles to consider for boys. The book is enhanced with book cover art and reproducible lists for teachers and librarians.
Gunfighters, Highwaymen, and Vigilantes
Author: Roger D. McGrath
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520341732
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
From the Preface:On the frontier, says conventional wisdom, a structured society did not exist and social control was largely absent; law enforcement and the criminal justice system had limited, if any, influence; and danger--both from man and from the elements--was ever present. This view of the frontier is projected by motion pictures, television, popular literature, and most scholarly histories. But was the frontier really all that violent? What was the nature of the violence that did occur? Were frontier towns more violent that cities in the East? Has America inherited a violent way of life from the frontier? Was the frontier more violent than the United States is today? This book attempts to answer these questions and others about violence and lawlessness on the frontier and do so in a new way. Whereas most authors have drawn their conclusions about frontier violence from the exploits of a few notorious badmen and outlaws and from some of the more famous incidents and conflicts, I have chosen to focus on two towns that I think were typical of the frontier--the mining frontier specifically--and to investigate all forms of violence and lawlessness that occurred in and around those towns.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520341732
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
From the Preface:On the frontier, says conventional wisdom, a structured society did not exist and social control was largely absent; law enforcement and the criminal justice system had limited, if any, influence; and danger--both from man and from the elements--was ever present. This view of the frontier is projected by motion pictures, television, popular literature, and most scholarly histories. But was the frontier really all that violent? What was the nature of the violence that did occur? Were frontier towns more violent that cities in the East? Has America inherited a violent way of life from the frontier? Was the frontier more violent than the United States is today? This book attempts to answer these questions and others about violence and lawlessness on the frontier and do so in a new way. Whereas most authors have drawn their conclusions about frontier violence from the exploits of a few notorious badmen and outlaws and from some of the more famous incidents and conflicts, I have chosen to focus on two towns that I think were typical of the frontier--the mining frontier specifically--and to investigate all forms of violence and lawlessness that occurred in and around those towns.
The Horn Book Guide to Children's and Young Adult Books
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
The Highwayman
Author: Alfred Noyes
Publisher: Oxford University Press - Children
ISBN: 0192738054
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, And the highwayman came riding- Riding-riding- The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door. In Alfred Noyes's thrilling poem, charged with drama and tension, we ride with the highwayman and recoil from the terrible fate that befalls him and his sweetheart Bess, the landlord's daughter. The vivid imagery of the writing is matched by Charles Keeping's haunting illustrations which won him the Kate Greenaway Medal. This new edition features rescanned artwork to capture the breath-taking detail of Keeping's illustrations and a striking new cover.
Publisher: Oxford University Press - Children
ISBN: 0192738054
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor, And the highwayman came riding- Riding-riding- The highwayman came riding, up to the old inn-door. In Alfred Noyes's thrilling poem, charged with drama and tension, we ride with the highwayman and recoil from the terrible fate that befalls him and his sweetheart Bess, the landlord's daughter. The vivid imagery of the writing is matched by Charles Keeping's haunting illustrations which won him the Kate Greenaway Medal. This new edition features rescanned artwork to capture the breath-taking detail of Keeping's illustrations and a striking new cover.
Children's Book Review Index
Author: Gary C. Tarbert
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 948
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's literature
Languages : en
Pages : 948
Book Description
Gotcha Covered!
Author: Kathleen A. Baxter
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Presents over three hundred booktalks designed to help teachers increase their students' interest in reading nonfiction books, arranged thematically in seven categories, including world war; dreamers, flyers, and innovators; and playing with words.
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Presents over three hundred booktalks designed to help teachers increase their students' interest in reading nonfiction books, arranged thematically in seven categories, including world war; dreamers, flyers, and innovators; and playing with words.
Very Bloody History of Britain
Author: John Farman
Publisher: Random House (UK)
ISBN: 9780099417774
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
A factually accurate and fabulously funny look at the history of Britain from the dawn of civilization to the end of the Second World War. You’ve never had a history lesson like it!
Publisher: Random House (UK)
ISBN: 9780099417774
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
A factually accurate and fabulously funny look at the history of Britain from the dawn of civilization to the end of the Second World War. You’ve never had a history lesson like it!
The Highwayman
Author: Kerrigan Byrne
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250076056
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
The debut novel in a stunningly lush, intensely sexy new Victorian and Scottish-set historical romance series.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1250076056
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
The debut novel in a stunningly lush, intensely sexy new Victorian and Scottish-set historical romance series.