Author : Jan Williams
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 11,40 MB
Release : 2018-03-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0750987529
A knight in glass armour, the basilisk of Saffron Walden, Old King Cole of Colchester – Essex is a place full of fantastical characters and mysterious tales. Storyteller Jan Williams is a familiar sight around the county, entrancing locals with her tales of ghostly Romans and vicious Vikings. These stories – specially chosen to be enjoyed by 7- to 11-year-old readers – will unlock the colourful world of Essex and help children to engage with their surroundings.
Author : Jan Williams
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 32,44 MB
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 075247927X
The Essex coastline has endured invasion by plundering and bloodthirsty Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, and this mysterious landscape is still haunted by their presence. Their spirits, and countless others, have oft been reported – not least by smugglers determined to keep intruders away from their secret hideouts. Even more dramatic stories of the supernatural lurk inland: accusations of witchcraft have been screamed around many picturesque market towns, dragons have terrorised the community, and a violent White Lady has struck at Hadleigh Castle. Indeed, it is the women of Essex who have stirred the imagination most – from brave Boudicca and beautiful Edith Swan-neck to the adulteress Kitty Canham. Amid the county's infamous pirates, highwaymen and desperados, Essex can even boast a lady smuggler.
Author : Jan Williams
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 38,13 MB
Release : 2018-03-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0750987529
We love telling stories in Essex. It all started with nursery rhymes like Old King Cole, then came tales of adventure from our visitors from the sea like the Romans and the Vikings, and we have told stories ever since. This collection is full of stories that I have told over the years, and that children love to hear time and again. Including a gang of smugglers and intriguing riddles, not only will children love to read them, or listen to them being read, the tales will also stimulate an interest in the area, and help children engage with their own surroundings.
Author : Anne Johnson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 16,32 MB
Release : 2022-01-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0750999748
Did you know that there are more than twenty-one rivers in London? Many of them have been forced underground by the development of the city but they all have their own history and their own stories to tell, from Roman times to the present day. Anne and Sef have dredged these tales from the silt, bringing them to the surface for you to enjoy. Tales of mudlarks and refugees; a pirate queen and Vikings; a young boy running away from enslavement, and many more all flow through the pages of this collection. Seas and oceans have been crossed, dangers overcome, and these ancestors of ours come to life as they tell their stories once more.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 2202 pages
File Size : 41,90 MB
Release : 1921
Category : American literature
ISBN :
Author : Eleanor E. Hawkins
Publisher :
Page : 2222 pages
File Size : 26,43 MB
Release : 1921
Category : American literature
ISBN :
Author : H.W. Wilson Company
Publisher : Minneapolis ; New York : H.W. Wilson
Page : 2174 pages
File Size : 28,75 MB
Release : 1921
Category : American literature
ISBN :
Author : Dianne Stewart
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 12,43 MB
Release : 2021-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1432311018
Was the stranger, who knocked at the city gates during a storm, really a princess? What kind of friend could a frog be? Read ‘The Frog Prince’ to find out. If you want to know why the animals were afraid of the proud elephant, Karpuratilaka, read the Indian tale in this collection to find your answer. Could the turtle really fly? A West Indian folktale reveals how the turtle took to the skies. Read about the party for the long-tailed animals in author Dianne Stewart’s original African folktale, ‘A Dance in the Moonlight’. This collection of fairy and folktales from around the world, is beautifully illustrated by Heidi-Kate Greeff and will be enjoyed by adult and child alike.
Author : Chris Smith
Publisher : Hawthorn Press
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 21,46 MB
Release : 2014-08-11
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1907359524
Author : Eleanor E. Hawkins
Publisher :
Page : 1026 pages
File Size : 13,87 MB
Release : 1921
Category : American literature
ISBN :
