Great Ocean Explorer

What's Their Story?

by Haydn Middleton, Alan Marks

A wonderful new series of well-told, beautifully illustrated biographies with dramatic, evocative illustrations on every page. Each book tells the story of a remarkable person from the past, whose name and achievements have lived on far beyond their own time. Lively, narrative text by skilled storytellers Colourful, picturebook style artwork will stimulate the imagination and linger in the memory International range of characters Each has a timeline and index for easy reference The biographies link in with National Curriculum KS1 and KS2 Young children love a good story. What better way to introduce them to the giants of our past than through these delightful books? The titles in the series have been chosen to cover a wide range of characters and to have both national and international appeal.

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Haydn Middleton was born in Reading and studied History at Oxford, where he now lives. He has worked in advertising and publishing, lectured in British myth and legend, and written a dozen works of fiction and non-fiction.

Reviews

[St. Kevin's Library · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought that this was a fantastic book by Haydn Middleton. I would say that it falls into the historic non fiction category.

This book is all about the fascinating explorations of James Cook and how he wanted to travel as far as man could go. My favourite part is when he discovers Easter Island. I do think that the author could have got more content out of a book like this.

I found that this book will help me in my history classes so maybe it is suitable for people for people around 12 to 16. It is also a very colourful book so I woudn’t be reading it beyond teenage years.

All in all i thought it was a very interesting book and I would rate it an 8 out of 10.


Adam Hamilton

[Dale · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought this was interestingly done, but it didn't seem to do much for my 11 yr old son, who was the intended audience. I'm not sure why - I would have thought that it would have interested him.

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