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I know at that age, knowing this stuff would have been really grounding for me. How did you change the book to make it child-friendly? For readers aged 12+, the book asks some thought-provoking questions and answers them in a smart and thorough style that will teach adults as much as it will children. We can see why it's been called a must-read. * Evening Standard * I’ll know there’s progress when I have to stop saying the obvious. When was the first time you saw yourself in a book? Usual UK delivery timescale (excluding custom prints) is between 5 and 7 working days from the date of dispatch. Please allow up to 14 working days for delivery. For custom print delivery pricing and timescales see below. Author Luke Palmer introduces his new book, Play (Firefly Press) about four boys growing up together, the challenges, the friendships, and what hap...For readers aged 12+, the book asks some thought-provoking questions and answers them in a smart and thorough style that will teach adults as much as it will children. We can see why it’s been called a must-read. Does the book contain anything that teachers would wish to know about before recommending in class (strong language, sensitive topics etc.)? Longlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2022 Information Books 3-14 | Winner of Book of the Year, Children's: Illustrated and Non-Fiction at The British Book Awards | Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year 2020 As the government’s national archive for England, Wales and the United Kingdom, The National Archives hold over 1,000 years of the nation’s records for everyone to discover and use.

Olusoga’s enthusiasm for his subject is most evident as he wends his way to the Georgian house of Samuel Johnson, to tell the tale of his servant Francis Barber, born enslaved in Jamaica, who went on to become the beneficiary of his master’s will. Along the way, there are chapters on familiar themes, such as the advent and end of the Atlantic slave trade, but refocusing on heroic figures such as the abolitionists Granville Sharp and Olaudah Equiano; and poignant reflections on the Commonwealth troops who fought in the two world wars. Olusoga’s intentions are commendable, and his insightful reflections amount to much more than an accompanying text to a TV series. This is a thrilling tale of excavation. When I was 16, I bought a copy of Peter Fryer’s Book Staying Power. It was an incredibly empowering experience to read that book. I wish I’d been able to read it at 11 not 16. Wieder ein so wichtiges Buch, dass ich wünschte alle würden es lesen. Es ist unglaublich, wie viel uns nicht beigebracht wird und wie viel wir aus der “Weißen Perspektive” lernen!For all the fanfare heralding the book and the series as a revolutionary landmark – as a means of seeing our history differently – it is Olusoga’s personal story that is most arresting. At the beginning and end, he mournfully captures that feeling of being unwelcome in Britain, and the desire for flight, to escape the brutal and bruising atmosphere that I, as a child of Jamaican immigrants, felt in the 1970s. Our father used to counsel: “Don’t get too comfortable, you hear; we’re only passing through.” But our temporary residence, despite the worst efforts of Enoch Powell’s bovver boys and their contemporary equivalents, turned out to be permanent. Olusoga reminds us that we had been here centuries before. And as the descendants of people who travelled to these shores on British passports stamped “right of abode”, surely now “we reach”. The winners of The Farshore Reading for Pleasure Teacher Awards 2023, highlighting the work schools are doing to encourage a love of reading, have... For readers aged 12+, the book asks some thought-provoking questions and answers them in a smart and thorough style that will teach adults as much as it will children. We can see why it's been called a must-read. - Evening Standard

LoveReading4Kids exists because books change lives, and buying books through LoveReading4Kids means you get to change the lives of future generations, with 25% of the cover price donated to schools in need. Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives.Night Mayor Franklefink has vanished from the Transylvanian Express - and it's up to you to solve the case! Part of the Solve Your Own Mystery seri... Much of what was in here I’d vaguely heard of (especially the areas Professor Olusoga highlights in the 1700s and beyond), but much of the information about things before then was brand new to me. And I learned some new things about topics I had a baseline knowledge of, like the Windrush generation, and the British profit from slave trade and slavery. I like using historical sources and that language is quite difficult. So I had to use sources in very different ways and that was quite a challenge.