Kings & Queens, Bishops, Knights & Pawns by Michael Brown
Recommended by Gina Bartlett
This book gives readers of all ages the choice to go back into the past and experience, first-hand, the history of Britain and other lands from the past four centuries, whether it is seeing the Spanish Armada, a thrilling Shakespearean experience, attending the Boston Tea Party in America, or even fearfully seeing the dreadful Judge Jeffreys at work at his ‘Bloody Assizes’ where he condemns everyone he judges.
Following the adventures of Sam and Harry, young readers will learn fascinating facts about the past simply by being present at so many notorious and famous incidents, battles and meetings with queens like Elizabeth I. Famous faces from history are met and spoken to and reading the book you can imagine that you are there, experiencing these thrilling times – like Sam and Harry – and being able to talk to these famous people from our history.
I Know Who You Are! By Mariam and Fatima Masood
Recommended by Clare Down
Would you wish to see your family by using a revealing clarity of vision? Mariam and Fatima Masood’s book is about the unique ability to view others by means of special goggles and thus having the facility of discerning people by their ‘character skins’. Perhaps you will yourself be seen as a ‘Hammerhead’ – they have a strong personality, know who they are and what they are not and what they don’t want to be. Or perhaps a Headspin or a Sticklip would better describe you.
It is not often that one finds a book with such originality of concept, topicality, great appeal and impact. Perhaps an additional attraction of I Know Who You Are!, is that the book was jointly written by identical twins, Mariam and Fatima Masood.
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