Books with author Becky Williams

Kalabashee decides he definitely has too many sisters, until something frightful happens to one of them. His little fatherless family struggles to survive in a Bangladesh fishing village nestled between the jungle and the Bay of Bengal, noted for its great storms. This is the story of the adventures of a plucky 11-year-old who barely reads as he tackles the predicaments befalling his family--from keeping the rice bowl filled to rallying against the fearsome forces of nature. Twenty appealing drawings by artist Jim Crane illustrate the tale.

When Queen Victoria came to the throne in 1837, a married woman was not allowed to own property. Any money she earned belonged to her husband, who also had the right to take her children away from her. Higher education for girls was non-existent, while in the factories of the industrial north, women did the same work as men for half the wages. In this book Betty Williams assesses the achievements of pioneers such as Florence Nightingale, Emmeline Pankhurst and Marie Stopes, and asks how far women still live in a man's world. It is the third book in the "Changing Britain" series, which looks at the changing face of Britain from the mid-19th century to the present day. Fully illustrated throughout, the book is aimed at 14-16 year olds.

This is the companion coloring book to author and artist Bob Williams' children's book The Boy, The Horse, and the Balloon: the original story is shown alongside line drawings of the illustrations. Coloring in the pictures and completing the activities will encourage younger children to try to read the accompanying text: the tale of a little boy who is helped to retrieve his lost balloon by a horse and a passing bird.