Would You Believe...in 1400, Reading Could Save Your Life?! - And Other Academic Advantages

Informationen zum Autor Richard Platt was as consultant for Meridian TV on a series of six programs about smuggling, appearing in several of them. He was also a consultant on Pirates of the Caribbean 2 starring Johnny Depp. He has written general-interest articles on topics as diverse as management and witchcraft and contributed to a wide variety of books.The Cross-Section series on which he worked with illustrator Stephen Biesty sold more than two million copies. Pirate Diary was awarded a silver in the Smarties prize in 2005, and its predecessor, Castle Diary was shortlisted for the prestigious Kurt Maschler award, for the TES award, and the History Today award. Klappentext Young people can explore the extraordinary teaching practices and the types of schools that existed in the past in this fabulous exploration of education throughout history. Readers will learn about the often painful and frequently distasteful educational practices that our ancestors employed.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Platt, Platt Richard
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.07.2009
• EAN: 9780199118700
• ISBN: 978-0-19-911870-0
• No. of pages: 48
• Series: Would You Believe...; Would You Believe...
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / General, History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), For National Curriculum Key Stage 2, For National Curriculum Key Stage 2 (England and Wales), Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past