Sam Cunningham – illustratör

The pharaoh Tutankhamun has died suddenly, and the rush is on to prepare his tomb. Vlad the flea and Miu the cat supervise the artists as they paint wall murals. Will they finish in time, and will the friends escape before the tomb is sealed forever?

Through Vlad's tale find out about what is was like to be one of the craftspeople who ensured that the tombs were fit for a pharaoh. The story gives an insight into the lives of those who literally created this amazing civilisation and used their enormous skill to make the objects that we still marvel at thousands of years later.  

Whether you want an adventure story, or historical facts, this picture book has both and is packed with information combined with an exciting off-beat story, that introduces the people who lived through these events. It is all rounded off with a fact file that explains the context in Ancient Egypt, from the pyramids to the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard Carter. 

Vlad flea is back with another history adventure. Join him and his friend, Felix the cat, as they explore ancient Rome.

They are meant to be part of the Emperor's Triumph, but become lost in their new city and are in danger of being over-shadowed by a monster which is destined for Octavian's museum.

From the team that created the Flea in History series, this is an adventure story with information woven into the tale. Young readers will see all ranks of Romans, living their daily lives and joining in the celebrations.

With a fact file and 32 pages of colour illustrations this book tells the story of Octavian's Triumph as narrated by Vlad.

Each page is full detail, and teaching materials and parent packs can be downloaded for free from the Reading Riddle website.

Benji and the Gunpowder Plot is the first in the Time Tumblers series.

Benji thinks he is just an ordinary boy, but when he falls down a time tunnel he lands in 1605 and the midst of men who are organising the Gunpowder Plot. As an apprentice to a Master Cutler - maker of swords - he delivers swords to the Plotters, the actors at the Globe Theatre and to the King himself. He finds himself responsible for delivering the crucial letter that will reveal the Plotters and determine if Parliament is saved or destroyed.

Along the way he finds out more about himself and his missing father, but will he succeed and will he be able to get safely home?

The story reveals the life for a child in the turbulent times at the start of the seventeenth century. The characters he meets are real players in the action. The book includes an illustrated cast list of the main characters clarifying who is real and who is fictional, and a summary of facts in the Afterword at the end.

This is the second edition version of the bestselling Vlad and the Great Fire of London. It features the same favourite tale but with new detailed, historically accurate illustrations.

It is 1666 and Vlad flea and his friend Boxton the rat, love eating and biting their way around London. They settle for the night in the bakery in Pudding Lane, but wake to find themselves caught up in the Great Fire.

Follow our heroes as they escape the disaster and finish the story with the displaced Londoners in the fields around London City.

The book contains a Fact File summarising the key pieces of information, and supports the National Curriculum topic in a fun and accessible way.