You Wouldn't Want to Be a Mayan Soothsayer! - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook You Wouldn't Want to Be a Mayan Soothsayer! write by Rupert Matthews. This book was released on 2021-02-01. You Wouldn't Want to Be a Mayan Soothsayer! available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. You are the son of a Mayan soothsayer, living near the city of Copan in about AD 710. Becoming a soothsayer yourself means you could become an important man. However, you'd rather stay in your peaceful village being a farmer - get something wrong as a soothsayer and you'll be sacrificed! This title in the best-selling children’s history series, You Wouldn't Want To…, features full-colour illustrations which combine humour and accurate technical detail and a narrative approach placing readers at the centre of the history, encouraging them to become emotionally-involved with the characters and aiding their understanding of what life would have been like as a Mayan soothsayer. Informative captions, a complete glossary and an index make this title an ideal introduction to the conventions of information books for young readers. It is an ideal text for Key Stage 2 shared and guided reading and helps achieve the goals of the Scottish Standard Curriculum 5-14.
You Wouldn't Want to be a Mayan Soothsayer!
You Wouldn't Want to be a Mayan Soothsayer! - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook You Wouldn't Want to be a Mayan Soothsayer! write by Rupert Matthews. This book was released on 2008. You Wouldn't Want to be a Mayan Soothsayer! available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Step into the shoes of a Mayan soothsayer's son and learn about the Mayan culture and religion of ancient Mexico and Central America.
You Wouldn't Want to Work in a Victorian Mill!
You Wouldn't Want to Work in a Victorian Mill! - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook You Wouldn't Want to Work in a Victorian Mill! write by John Malam . This book was released on 2021-02-01. You Wouldn't Want to Work in a Victorian Mill! available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The year is 1842, and you have been taken from your mother in London to work in a cotton mill in smoky Manchester. The work is hard and dangerous: you are likely to go deaf and suffer from lung disease, and you could easily lose limbs. Is there no hope for you? Will things ever get better? Will you see your mother again? This title in the best-selling children’s history series, You Wouldn't Want To…, features full-colour illustrations which combine humour and accurate technical detail and a narrative approach placing readers at the centre of the history, encouraging them to become emotionally-involved with the characters and aiding their understanding of what life would have been like working in a Victorian mill. Informative captions, a complete glossary and an index make this title an ideal introduction to the conventions of information books for young readers. It is an ideal text for Key Stage 2 shared and guided reading and helps achieve the goals of the Scottish Standard Curriculum 5-14.
You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Clocks and Calendars!
You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Clocks and Calendars! - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Clocks and Calendars! write by Fiona Macdonald. This book was released on 2021-02-02. You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Clocks and Calendars! available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The invention of clocks and calendars has been very important in shaping the progress of human civilisation. This book tells their story, from early timekeeping methods and devices, and the formation of the modern Western calendar, to the creation of extremely accurate digital clocks. You Wouldn’t Want to Live Without Clocks and calendars! is part of a brand-new science and technology strand within the internationally acclaimed You Wouldn’t Want to Be series. The clear, engaging text and humorous illustrations bring the subject to life and stimulate young readers' curiosity about the world around them. Specially commissioned cartoon-style illustrations in full colour make these books attractive and accessible even to reluctant readers. Information is conveyed through captions, labels and humorous speech bubbles in addition to the main text. Illustrated sidebars headed ‘How It Works’, ‘Top Tip’ or ‘You Can Do It’ supply more facts, describe simple, safe experiments, or steps that readers can take to help make the world a better place. Each volume includes a timeline and a list of ‘Did You Know?’ facts.
You Wouldn't Want to Be a Slave in Ancient Greece!
You Wouldn't Want to Be a Slave in Ancient Greece! - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook You Wouldn't Want to Be a Slave in Ancient Greece! write by Fiona Macdonald. This book was released on 2021-01-20. You Wouldn't Want to Be a Slave in Ancient Greece! available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This title in the best-selling children’s history series, You Wouldn't Want To…, features full-colour illustrations which combine humour and accurate technical detail and a narrative approach placing readers at the centre of the history, encouraging them to become emotionally-involved with the characters and aiding their understanding of what life would have been like as a slave in ancient Greece. Informative captions, a complete glossary and an index make this title an ideal introduction to the conventions of information books for young readers. It is an ideal text for Key Stage 2 shared and guided reading and helps achieve the goals of the Scottish Standard Curriculum 5-14.
