Books with author Jan Francis

This set of twelve short stories has been written for growing (and grown-up) girls and boys. Each self-contained chapter is short enough to be a good bedtime story length and also to discourage the independent reader. As we grow, we develop an interest in the world about us... how it works, how it has come to be and how our own small story might fit into the bigger one. These stories seek to encourage an empathy between the modern reader and ordinary people who lived in the past and whose stories aren’t often told. 'Tell Me a Story About the Olden Days...' ranges from Ancient Egypt and Biblical times right through to the twentieth century. Each story explores a familiar aspect of history from a different and perhaps newer perspective. Whilst being thought provoking, these easy-to-read stories are individual and enjoyable; aiming to give younger readers a personal connection with the past and a 'feel' for history. This is by no means a History textbook, as the writer has purposefully avoided dates and facts - there are plenty of ‘proper’ history books out there stuffed full of details ready for learning and being tested on!

Everything Men Know About Women - Note BookA landmark book completely revised and updated to reveal everything men really know about the opposite sex.In a little more than 100 pages, Dr. Alan Francis and collaborator Cindy Cashman distill years of research and thousands of interviews to reveal the most comprehensive understanding of men's knowledge and understanding of the opposite sex in Everything Men Know About Women.Fiercely frank and brilliantly insightful, this book spells out everything men know about such topics as:Making friends with womenRomancing womenAchieving emotional intimacy with womenMaking commitments to womenSatisfying women in bedThat's right, this book is completely BLANK! A great gag gift for your boyfriend or husband, for a birthday or anniversary, or just to give to your girlfriends when you want a laugh!

Jo (Josephine) is twelve and a half, and not particularly looking forward to yet another family fortnight in North Wales. Despite her earlier misgivings, however, the holiday takes a definite turn for the better as she gets to know some of the locals… including an eighteenth century pirate! Clearly he needs her help to understand and deal with the modern world, and together they make a great team. The story contains a mixture of reality and fantasy, but which is which? You decide. The greatest gift to give a child is… time.