'Avoid Being in a Medieval Dungeon!' is an ideal text for shared and guided reading for Key Stage 2 pupils within the framework of the National Literacy Strategy.

'Avoid Joining a Wild West Wagon Train!' is an ideal text for shared and guided reading for Key Stage 2 pupils within the framework of the National Literacy Strategy.

Living at the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign, you want to join the race for land in the New World. What you think will be an adventure in a warmer climate turns out to be a struggle for survival. You will face starvation, disease and angry natives and will soon wish you'd stayed at home.

This is the story of a young boy from the Spanish town of Palos, who is about to realise his dream of being an explorer when Christopher Columbus decides to use the town as the base for his voyage of discovery.

This title tells the story of a brave soldier as he invades enemy countries, gains glory on the battlefield, loots, pillages, & encounters threats to his survival. The book charts with depth & accuracy, the battles, conquests & wars of Alexander the Great, from the start of his campaign to his death.

An ideal text for shared/guided reading for Key Stage 2 pupils within the framework of the National Literacy Strategy, this book provides an insight into exploration in the 16th century, including what it was like on board ship; weather conditions you would have to face; and the acts of piracy committed during the voyage.

You are George Robert Twelves Hewes, you don't know it yet but you will be an eyewitness to some of the most important events in American history. From life as a shoemaker you will attend the strangest tea party ever, and become a revolutionary fighting the might of the British Army.

Since the discovery of your tomb in 1922, you have become one of the most famous pharaohs in history, you have been blamed for a 'mummy's curse' that sought revenge on those who disturbed your eternal rest.

You are the Sapa Inca, supreme ruler of one of the greatest empires the world has ever known. As the son of a god, you can never actually die. But sooner or later your body will stop working, and then you will be mummified so you can continue to take part in the daily life of the empire for ever.

This account of the perils of the French Revolution is based on the true story of Grace Elliott, a Scotswoman who lived through the terrors and survived to tell the tale.