Books with author Jack Gill

Rosie the Clever Mouse is the 2nd in this series of Uncle Jack’s Children’s Stories and tells the tale of a little mouse living very happily behind the skirting board in an old lady’s home. Every night the old lady puts cheese and milk out for Rosie but one day the old lady leaves to go and live with her son and the new owners move in with a big, bad, mean ginger cat ... whatever will become of Rosie?

The Deceived Sorcerer’s Son is the 3rd in this series of Uncle Jack’s Children’s Stories and tells the tale of Hubris and his sixteen year old son Dominique. Hubris is the King’s sorcerer and he and Dominique live in the castle with the king. One day Dominique disobeys his father which results in the wicked sorcerer Donovan conning Dominique out of Hubris’s magic wand. Donovan uses the wand to turn Dominique into a pot bellied pig who cannot talk and Hubris into a sickly old man with boils. Both are cast out of the castle to live in the forest. The only way the spell can be reversed is when Hubris tells the pig that he loves him but the pig can’t talk to tell Hubris this is how the spell can be reversed and Hubris doesn’t know the pig is his son Dominique!

King of the Nomads is the 1st in this series of Uncle Jack’s Children’s Stories and tells the tale of King Tully who ruled over the Nomadic tribe of Tent people in Tamping. King Tully is a very fair king who saw to it that his people earned well but a huge error in judgement almost causes him and his loyal subjects to drown when the winter snow starts to melt causing floods in the valley.

The Fish that didn’t Get Away is the 5th book in this series of Uncle Jack’s Children’s Stories and tells the tale of Timmy Croft, a 12 year old boy who sets out to catch a Pike who is eating up ducklings on a local lake. With the help of Mr Harris, the school janitor, who is also the chairman of the local angling club, they devise a plan to catch the Pike who only feeds on live bait, but does the 12 year old Timmy have the strength and stamina to land the evil Pike? Who will tire first?

Reading and interpreting a variety of maps is an important geographical skill and enquiry method. Maps and Mapping skills is a series that looks at basic and intermediate geographical skills involved in map reading and map making. By translating the three dimensional into two, children are encouraged to hone their thinking skills and spacial awareness, and consider the presentation of complex information into a logical and usable map. This will provide a useful introduction to reading atlases as well as basic map skills for KS3. Will contain questions/activities throughout to encourage children to practice map reading, understand concepts from scale to population density, and to learn to use maps for particular purposes.

Reading and interpreting a variety of maps is an important geographical skill and enquiry method. Maps and Mapping skills is a series that looks at basic and intermediate geographical skills involved in map reading and map making. By translating the three dimensional into two, children are encouraged to hone their thinking skills and spacial awareness, and consider the presentation of complex information into a logical and usable map.

Each title in this series addresses an environmental topic and illustrates its aspects with the help of maps. This title presents energy resources, and explains key ideas, concepts and vocabulary. Twelve spreads each introduce an area of the world, including a map locating relevant sites, graphs offering comparative data and photography. A spread at the back of the book provides further study and comparison exercises.

Each title in the series addresses an environmental topic and illustrated its aspects with the help of maps. An introductory spread presents the topic and explains key ideas, concepts and vocabulary. Twelve spreads each introduce an area of the world, including a map locating relevant sites, graphs offering comparative data and photography. A spread at the back of the book provides further study and comparison exercises.

Each title in the series addresses an environmental topic and illustrated its aspects with the help of maps. An introductory spread presents the topic of transport networks and explains key ideas, concepts and vocabulary. Twelve spreads each introduce an area of the world, including a map locating relevant sites, graphs offering comparative data and photography. A spread at the back of the book provides further study and comparison exercises.