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Zusatztext A visual approach which makes history interesting and memorable. Informationen zum Autor Angela McAllister is the author of over 80 books for children and teens. Her books have won several awards! including the Red House Book Award for 'Yuck! That's Not a Monster!' and the Stockport and Portsmouth Awards for 'My Mum has X-Ray Vision'. Her picture book! 'Leon and the Place Between' has been adapted for the stage and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award. She has collaborated with many illustrators! including Grahame Baker-Smith! Alex T. Smith! Margaret Chamberlain! Ross Collins and Peter Bailey. She has worked on many titles for Frances Lincoln including bestselling titles A Year Full of Stories and A World Full of Animal Stories. Klappentext Travel through time in this concertina format that unfolds into a continuous street scene. Spot London's iconic monuments and see how its residents lived in times past with each panel! which visits a key moment in the capital's history. Zusammenfassung Follow one girl and boy on their adventure down a London street as they journey through time. As you open this concertina format! a continuous street scene unfolds! each of the panels takes you back to a different point in our capital's past. An key events panel and timeline woven into the illustrations at the bottom makes history visually accessible at a glace. Iconic and historic monuments including St Pauls! St Brides! Westminster! the London Eye and Trafalgar Square are included in street scenes that show how people lived in our city through the ages. Key time periods included are as follows: The Roman settlement; Medieval period (the black death); Tudor times (the invention of the printing press); The great fire of London; 1700s (the building of St Brides); Georgian London; Victorian times and the industrial age! Edwardian London (suffragettes and early cars); WW1 (soldiers marching down the streets); Between the wars; WW2 (The Blitz); The 1050s (black cabs and Routemasters appear); Elizabeth II's coronation; Modern day London in Trafalgar Sq. ...
