Bioigrafier och sanna berättelser 9-12 år
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Sadako Sasaki växer upp i Hiroshima i Japan. När hon är två år släpps en atombomb över staden. De som inte dör på en gång utsätts under resten av sina liv för den osynliga men dödliga strålningen som bomben för med sig. Sadako blir så småningom en livlig, atletisk flicka och hon är den stora stjärnan i skolans löparteam. Tills yrselanfallen börjar. Sadako har drabbats av atombombssjukan - leukemi.
Enligt en japansk legend kan den som viker tusen tranor av papper få en önskan uppfylld. Tillsammans med sina klasskamrater sätter Sadako igång att vika. Detta blir hennes livs viktigaste lopp ett lopp mot tiden.
Berättelsen om Sadako är baserad på en verklig händelse. Du kan besöka Barnens Fredsmonument i Fredsparken i Hiroshima. Där, på toppen av ett paradisberg, står en staty av Sadako som med utsträckta händer lyfter en trana mot skyn. Nedanför monumentet kan man läsa: Detta är vårt rop, detta är vår bön; fred i världen.
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Har du utsatt någon för våld, eller själv blivit utsatt? Vilken typ av våld handlade det om?
I den här boken lär vi oss om olika former av våld. Vi får följa Selma och Elia, två kompisar som ibland är snälla mot varandra men ibland gör saker som inte är okej.
Berättelsen baseras på verkliga händelser från barn och boken visar att våld kan se ut på många olika sätt.
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"En av de stora kulturupplevelserna för mig i år." Lisa Wall, P1 Kultur
"Det här är så välgjort och han är en sådan mästare på att berätta en historia som är komprimerad i serieformat. Det är helt unikt." Monica Lindgren, Go kväll
"en personjojk som tål omkväden." Erika Hallhagen, Svenska Dagbladet
"Mats Jonsson vet att inte förenkla och sätter hög tilltro till barnläsaren. Samtidigt som han låter Stinas jojk och livsberättelse ljuda genom tid och rum, 170 år efter hennes död. Det är riktigt skickligt gjort." Alexandra Sundqvist, Dagens Nyheter
"en varm och inkännande berättelse som genialt skrivs fram som en jojk." Regine Nordström, Västerbottens-Kuriren
Stinas jojk är den fascinerande berättelsen om Stina Larsdotter, sameflickan som inte slutade växa.
När hon levde i mitten av 1800-talet var det inte ovanligt att människor med udda utseenden visades upp mot betalning, och Stina lät sig övertalas. Den fattiga renskötardottern från Malå blev en attraktion i både stim-miga ölkällare och fina salonger.
Så småningom blev hon känd över hela Europa, och med tiden alltmer självständig. Stina, som började som ett offer för sin samtid, blev en driven affärskvinna som under sitt korta liv både kunde hjälpa sina föräldrar ekonomiskt och köpa ett eget hemman.
Stina mättes och undersöktes under sin levnad, bland annat av rasbiologen Anders Retzius, och efter sin död 1854 ställdes hon ut på Karolinska Institutet. I år, 2024, begravs Stinas kvarlevor i Malå.
MATS JONSSON skildrar i text och bild på sitt alldeles unika sätt historien om Stina och hennes samtid. Alla som läst den hyllade och prisbelönta serieromanen När vi var samer fick redan där en glimt av Stina och hennes liv. Stinas jojk är Mats Jonssons femte bok för unga läsare. Den senaste, Blod i gruset, skildrar hur en historisk händelse (Ådalen -31) kan påverka livet för människor i flera generationer.
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A heartbreaking, untold story of World War II from award-winning Australian author Katrina Nannestad, perfect for 9+ readers and fans of Michael Morpurgo, Goodnight Mr Tom and I am David. 'It's the small acts of human kindness that make this book sing. Heart-swelling, and with characters that won't be forgotten.' Zana Fraillon, award-winning author of The Bone Sparrow When the Russian Army marches into East Prussia at the end of the Second World War, the Wolf family must flee. Liesl, Otto and their baby sister Mia find themselves lost and alone, in a blizzard, in the middle of a war zone. Liesl has promised Mama that she will keep her brother and sister safe.But sometimes, to survive, you have to do bad things. Dangerous things. Wild things.Sometimes to survive, you must become a wolf. A story of hope, survival and the refugee experience that is both timeless and incredibly timely, and set to become a modern classic.
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A matter of life and death – and the Throne of EnglandCompanion volume to Mary, Bloody Mary. Set in the 16th Century, this tells of the danger and conflict Elizabeth Tudor faced after the death of her father, Henry VIII. Once again told from a young girl's point of view, we follow Elizabeth's teenage years through the turbulent reigns of her young brother Edward, and then her half-sister Mary who becomes her mortal enemy.
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Two girls divided by time, united by their love for some very special horses – an epic Caribbean adventure!On a remote tropical island, twelve year-old Beatriz is about to embark on an epic journey, through hurricanes and across the high seas and back to the time of Christopher Columbus…When Beatriz stumbles across a wild mare with strange markings in the jungle she can’t believe it is real. Yet from that moment on the strongest connection grows between them, and she begins to uncover an incredible history. For centuries ago, Felipa and her horse, Cara Blanca, were running for their lives.As the fates of Beatriz, Felipa and their horses become entwined, Beatriz realises that the future of the world’s rarest horses depends on her.Based on the extraordinary true story of the Abaco Barb, a real-life mystery that has remained unsolved for over five hundred years.
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An enchanting and inspiring stand-alone novel from the author of The Princess and the Foal. Maisie has always loved horses. She is also a talented artist. When the opportunity arises for her to study in Paris, her two worlds collide. There, in the heart of the city, Maisie finds the childhood diary of famous horse artist, Rose Bonifait, and meets the beautiful black stallion, Claude.As the two girls’ stories emerge, tragedies unfold – both past and present – and Maisie realises that she can’t begin to imagine life without her forever horse…
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Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Levelled for guided and independent reading, each book includes ideas to support reading. Teaching and assessment support and eBooks are also available.September 1666.Grace and her brother Simon are on their way to London to claim their inheritance. As a great fire breaks out, Simon is kidnapped. Can Grace rescue her brother and escape the flames?Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically.Text type: A story with a historical settingIdeas for reading in the back of the book provide practical support and stimulating activities.On Sunday 2nd September 1666, a spark in a baker’s shop ignited one of the most famous fires in history, the Great Fire of London. David Macphail wrote this story because he loves history and is interested in how people used to live and how children would experience such an important historical event.
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This semi-autobiographical classic, written by the beloved Judith Kerr, tells the story of a Jewish family escaping Germany in the days before the Second World War.This beautiful new hardback celebrates fifty years of an unforgettable adventure that Michael Morpurgo called “The most life-enhancing book you could ever wish to read.”Suppose your country began to change. Suppose that without your noticing, it became dangerous for some people to live in it any longer, and you found, to your surprise, that your own father was one of those people. This is what happened to Anna in 1933.Anna is too busy with her schoolwork and tobogganing to listen to the talk of Hitler. But one day she and her brother Max are rushed out of Germany in alarming secrecy, away from everything they know. Their father is wanted by the Nazis. This is the start of a huge adventure, sometimes frightening, very often funny and always exciting.Judith Kerr wrote When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit fifty years ago, based on her own journey, so that her own children would know where she came from and the lengths to which her parents went to keep her and her brother safe. It has gone on to become a beloved classic that is required reading for many children all over the world and is an unforgettable introduction to the real-life impact of the Second World War.This commemorative hardback celebrates fifty years of this extraordinary story.
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🌟One of the Telegraph’s 50 BEST CHILDREN’S BOOKS OF ALL TIME🌟The stunning novel from Jamila Gavin, bestselling and award-winning author of Coram Boy and The Wheel of Surya.“Flawless” — TelegraphBased on the true story of Indian WWI gunner and recipient of the Victoria Cross, Khudadad Khan. The story is told from four perspectives: Lotte, a Belgian farmgirl whose village is the flashpoint for a battle; Ernst, a German teenage cavalry soldier whose grandiose dreams of war lie in tatters; Khudadad Khan, the gunner fighting with the British Army; and a wild walnut tree.When Lotte’s farm is destroyed in the fighting, she and her sister flee with their young neighbour Michael, to take refuge beneath the walnut tree on the ridge — a ridge currently being defended from the encroaching Germans by Indian gunner Khudadad Khan. There, they are joined by traumatised German soldier Ernst, whose horse lies lost in the trenches of the battle raging below. As their perspectives converge, their shared humanity emerges as a light in the darkness of war, safe beneath the branches of the walnut tree that shelters them all.Perfect for fans of War Horse and The Skylarks’ War
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Award-winning Hilary McKay brings the childhood of Victorian heroine Grace Darling to life in this heartfelt reimagining of her life up to and including the Forfarshire shipwreck. Despite her fear of boats, Grace Darling loves her life as the daughter of a lighthouse keeper and spends fun-filled childhood days with her three sisters, four brothers, numerous goats, chickens, cats and her beloved dog, Happy.The only shadows come from the many shipwrecks caused by the poor location of their lighthouse, a problem that seems to be fixed when a new one is built further out on the remote Longstone Rock.But in September 1838, a steamship called the Forfarshire is wrecked on the dangerous Harcar Rock. Grace alerts her father to survivors, but can she find the courage to help him row out through the mountainous waves to rescue them? Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.
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With a witchfinder skulking about town, gifted healer Ann and a young Isaac Newton must be careful not to draw too much attention in this high-stakes story from Lindsay Galvin. Will the discovery of the Elixir of Life lead to a death sentence for a talented young healer?Ann Storer has inherited her grandmother’s mysterious gift of healing, which she shares through the special tinctures she dispenses in her family’s apothecary shop. When she combines her talents with the genius of a young Isaac Newton, recently arrived to board above the shop, the two create an incredible elixir with seemingly unlimited powers.But seventeenth-century England is a dangerous place to display any special abilities, and Ann must hide all evidence when witchfinder Abel Geach arrives in town.So when the plague starts to run rife and those she loves are in danger, will Ann risk everything to help them? Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.
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This semi-autobiographical classic, written by the beloved Judith Kerr, tells the story of a Jewish family escaping Germany in the days before the Second World WarSuppose your country began to change. Suppose that without your noticing, it became dangerous for some people to live in it any longer, and you found, to your surprise, that your own father was one of those people. This is what happened to Anna in 1933.Anna is too busy with her schoolwork and tobogganing to listen to the talk of Hitler. But one day she and her brother Max are rushed out of Germany in alarming secrecy, away from everything they know. Their father is wanted by the Nazis. This is the start of a huge adventure, sometimes frightening, very often funny and always exciting.Judith Kerr wrote When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit fifty years ago, based on her own journey, so that her own children would know where she came from and the lengths to which her parents went to keep her and her brother safe. It has gone on to become a beloved classic that is required reading for many children all over the world and is an unforgettable introduction to the real-life impact of the Second World War.
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Partly autobiographical, this is the second title in Judith Kerr’s internationally acclaimed trilogy of books following the life of Anna through war-torn Germany, to London during the Blitz and her return to Berlin to discover the past…It is hard enough being a teenager in London during the Blitz, finding yourself in love and wondering every night whether you will survive the bombs. But it is even harder for Anna, who is still officially classified as an “enemy alien”. Those bombs are coming from Germany – the country that was once her own. If Hitler invades, can she and her beloved refugee family possibly survive?This was previously published as The Other Way Round.
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Save 30% on this 30-copy class set.Specially selected as an ideal text for whole-class reading, this pack offers 30 copies of Tom Palmer's Resist at a unique discount.Number of books: 30Reading Age: At LevelFor: Ages 11+This contains: 30 paperbacks
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Save 30% on this 30-copy class set.Specially selected as an ideal text for whole-class reading, this pack offers 30 copies of Catherine Johnson’s Journey Back to Freedom at a unique discount.Number of books: 30Reading Age: At LevelFor: Ages 9+This contains: 30 paperbacks
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The Whitbread 2000 Book of the Year is a haunting and captivating work of historical fiction for children.The Coram man takes babies and money from desperate mothers, promising to deliver them safely to a Foundling Hospital in London. Instead, he murders them and buries them by the roadside, to the helpless horror of his mentally ill son, Mish.Mish saves one, Aaron, who grows up happily unaware of his history, proving himself a promising musician. As Aaron's new life takes him closer to his real family, the watchful Mish makes a terrible mistake, delivering Aaron and his best friend Toby back into the hands of the Coram man.It tells the story of a dark time in English history. Fans of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Goodnight Mr Tom will love this. A great read for children aged 10+.Look out for Jamilla's other titles:The Eye of the HorseThe Robber Baron's DaughterThe Track of the WindWheel of SuryaCoram Boy won the 2000 Whitbread Children's Book of the Year, was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and has been adapted into a highly acclaimed stage play.Jamila Gavin was born in Mussoorie, India, in the foothills of the Himalayas. With an Indian father and an English mother, she inherited two rich cultures which ran side by side throughout her life, and which always made her feel she belonged to both countries.The family finally settled in England where Jamila completed her schooling, was a music student, worked for the BBC and became a mother of two children. It was then that she began writing children’s books, and felt a need to reflect the multi-cultural world in which she and her children now lived.
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When Jim Jarvis is separated from his sisters, Lizzie and Emily, he thinks he will never see them again. Now, in this companion novel to the modern classic Street Child, it is the turn of Lizzie and Emily to tell their tale.In Victorian London, Lizzie and Emily are left in the care of a cook, but their story takes them to the mills of northern England. There, under the keen eyes of the mill owners, the girls are made to work in harsh conditions and any chance of escape is sorely tempting…Can the girls survive a harsh winter full of hardship – and will they ever be reunited with their little brother?An incredible sequel to the bestselling Street Child, based on the true experiences of Victorian mill girls.‘A magnificent story.’ Daily Mail on Street Child
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Raised in a desperately poor village during the height of China's Cultural Revolution, Li Cunxin's childhood revolved around the commune, his family and Chairman Mao's Little Red Book. Until, that is, Madame Mao's cultural delegates came in search of young peasants to study ballet at the academy in Beijing and he was thrust into a completely unfamiliar world. When a trip to Texas as part of a rare cultural exchange opened his eyes to life and love beyond China's borders, he defected to the United States in an extraordinary and dramatic tale of Cold War intrigue. Told in his own distinctive voice, this is Li's inspirational story of how he came to be Mao's last dancer, and one of the world's greatest ballet dancers.
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Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss retells her own story specially for younger readers. This is the remarkable true story of a young Jewish girl and her brother caught in a world turned upside down by the Nazis during the Second World War. Eva Schloss describes her happy early childhood in Vienna with her kind and loving parents and her older brother Heinz, whom she adored. But when the Nazis marched into Austria everything changed. Eva's family fled to Belgium, then to Amsterdam where, with the help of the Dutch Resistance, they spent the next two years in hiding - Eva and her mother in one house, and her father and brother in another. But in the end they were all betrayed and deported to Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. Despite the horrors of the camp, Eva's positive attitude and stubborn personality (which had often got her into trouble) saw her through one of the most tragic events in history but sadly her father and brother perished just weeks before the liberation. Eva and her mother travelled back to the house in Amsterdam where Heinz and his father had hidden. There they found over thirty beautiful paintings by her brother. For Eva, here was a tangible, everlasting memory of her beloved older brother, and a reminder of her father's promise that all the good things you accomplish will make a difference.Heinz's paintings have been on display in exhibitions in the USA and are now a part of a permanent exhibition in Amsterdam's war museum.Eva Schloss is the posthumous step-sister of Anne Frank, after her mother was remarried to Otto Frank, the only surviving member of his immediate family.
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The true story of a poor Chinese peasant boy who, plucked unsuspectingly at the age of ten from millions of others across the land to be trained as a ballet dancer, turned the situation to his advantage to become one of the world's greatest ballet stars.Simply told, with charm, humour and compassion and at times, great drama. His childhood, despite the terrible hardships, is drawn with love and affection and contrasts starkly with the seven lonely years of gruelling training at the Peking Dance Academy. At the age of l8, Li performs at the Houston Ballet school in the US, which leads to his dramatic defection.This is a condensed edition, specially for younger readers, and has an Afterword especially for children.
For the Ones You Love
A true story of sisterhood and survival during the Holocaust
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
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The extraordinary true story of the sisters who saved each other.Friedel and Gina, twins and best friends, live happy enough lives. Their world is cycling trips, visits to their father’s shops, and first-day-of school excitement.But this is a world that is about to fall apart.It is the 1930s, and the Nazis are on the rise across Germany. They hate anyone who is different – anyone who is Jewish.Friedel and Gina and their family are Jewish, and before long they are forced to journey to Poland, where terrible hardships await in a prison-like ghetto. Soon separated from loved ones, as the Second World War rages around them Friedel and Gina are eventually taken to a Nazi prison camp – a place of danger and fear, where they must do everything they can to survive.From daring recues to incredible acts of kindness, this is the story of the sisters’ love for each other, and of friendships found in the darkest of places.
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Lots of Jacqueline Wilson's characters are well-known and well-loved by thousands of readers: Hetty Feather, Ruby and Garnet, Pearl and Jodie, Elsa, Lily and, of course, the brilliant Tracy Beaker! But how much do you know about Jacqueline herself?In Jacky Daydream, Jacqueline takes a look back at her own childhood and teenage years in this captivating story of friendships, loneliness, books, family life and much more. She explores her past with the same warmth and lightness of touch that make her novels so special. Best of all, she reveals how she was always determined to be a writer; from the very first story she wrote, it was clear that this little girl had a very vivid imagination! But who would've guessed that she would grow up to be the mega-bestselling, award-winning Jacqueline Wilson?With original photographs and new illustrations by Nick Sharratt, this book is a delight for all of Jacky's fans, and a treat for any new readers too.
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A wonderfully written and engaging teenage memoir: read all about Jacqueline's problems with her family, her first love, her school life and her friends. Read extracts from her real diaries and the stories she wrote as a teenager; learn all about the music and books she loved, her troubled school life and her parents' difficult relationship. Written in Jacqueline's usual and inimitable style, this will be fascinating reading for her fans, and for anyone who's interested in what life in the UK was like in the fifties and sixties.
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In this heart-stopping adventure based on real historicalevents, Kereen Getten takes readers on a journey of sisterhood,struggle and survival from Jamaica to Britain.'She was rarely afraid, and even if she was ... she stillstood her ground, because Ruth never faltered in what she believedin.'“The superbVoices series takes unsung heroes of the past and imagines them recountingthe story of their remarkable lives' ” - TheTimesRuth and Anna are inseparable. Ruth has always known her half-sister isn'tlike her - her almost-white skin means she is allowed certain thingsthat Ruth can only dream of.Anna wishes she could be braver, like her sister,Ruth. But she has had to live with the fact that the smallestmistake would land not only her in danger, but Ruth and theirmother, too. When Ruth and Anna are shipped off to Master John's home in Londonfor their safety, it isn't the haven they imagined. Their differencesforce them apart – Anna is allowed to stay upstairswhile Ruth is banished to the servants' quarters and is forcedto work.With whispers of freedom on the city's streets, will Anna findthe courage to stand up for Ruth before it's too late? VOICES: A thrilling series showcasing some of the UK's finestwriters for young people.Voices reflects the authentic, unsung stories of our past.Each shows that, even in times of great upheaval, a myriad ofpeople have arrived on this island and made a home for themselves- from Roman times to the present day. PRAISE FOR TWO SISTERS: A STORY OF FREEDOM"As well as highlighting the appalling treatment of slaves,this moving tale, based partially on real events, celebrates thebond between the sisters and the courage of those who help them.An excellent addition to the Voices series, which features storiesabout historical black and minority ethnic figures, whose contributionto Britain has often gone unrecognised." -BookTrust"Extensively researched and providing an authentic portrayalof a time not frequently covered in children's literature, thisbook would be excellent to use alongside the teaching of history...This powerful and deeply affecting novel will provide youngreaders with a deeper insight into Black British History prior toWindrush and, just as this excellent series intends, give a voiceto those who previously had none. - Just Imagine"Two Sisters: A Story of Freedom provides readers with a newpoint of view and the opportunity to develop empathy for thosewhom history often forgets. Thank you to Scholastic for this fascinating,powerful book." - Scope For Imagination
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In this heart-stopping adventure, Benjamin Zephaniahshows us what it was like to be a child of the Windrush generation.“Thesuperb Voices series takesunsung heroes of the past and imagines them recounting the storyof their remarkable lives' ” - The TimesLeonard is shocked when hearrives with his mother in the port of Southampton. His father isa stranger to him, it’s cold and even the Jamaicanfood doesn’t taste the same as it did back home in MaroonTown. But his parents have brought him here to try to makea better life, so Leonard does his best not to complain,to make new friends, to do well at school – evenwhen people hurt him with their words and with theirfists. How can a boy sofar from home learn to enjoy his new life when so many thingscount against him? ‘Zephaniah pulls no punchesin his depictions of the racism that Leonard suffers both at schooland in the streets in a powerful, moving account of family andfitting in’iNews‘An invaluable story for anyyoung readers who enjoy adventure and want to learn more about theWindrush generation’s experience. Essential reading’Alex WheatleABOUT THE SERIES: VOICES A thrilling series showcasing some of the UK’s finest writersfor young people.Voices reflects the authentic, unsung storiesof our past.Each shows that, even in times of great upheaval, a myriad ofpeople have arrived on this island and made a home for themselves– from Roman times to the present day.Perfect for teaching children about inclusivity and diversity
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The story before the scandal.A book to celebrate the inspiring legacy of the Windrushpioneers.In June 1948, hundreds of Caribbean men, women and children arrivedin London on a ship called the HMT EmpireWindrush. Although there were alreadyBlack people living in Britain at the time, this event marks thebeginning of modern Black Britain. Combines historical fact with voices from the Windrush GenerationTells the inspiring story of the Windrush Generation pioneersfor younger readersWith full colour illustration