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Ancient China
Stewart Ross
Hardcover (DK Children, Aug. 21, 2006)Combining amazing facts with compelling fiction, a new entry in a captivating series uses the tale of an attempted assassination to explore the fascinating world of Ancient China.
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Ancient Greece
Stewart Ross, Richard Bonson, Inklink
Hardcover (DK Children, Aug. 16, 2004)Introduces facts about ancient Greek society, as a tale of rivalry and adventure at the Olympic Games, in graphic novel format, threads its way through the pages.
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Tales of the Dead: Ancient Egypt
Stewart Ross, Richard Bonson
Hardcover (DK Children, Oct. 16, 2003)A fact-packed reference work that reads like a fast-paced graphic novel follows an exciting tale of life in ancient Egyptian society, with all its grisly detail. 17,500 first printing.
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Ancient Rome
Stewart Ross, Inklink
Hardcover (DK Children, July 4, 2005)When two children of a North African soldier are taken captive in a raid on their village and transported to Rome as prisoners of war and sold into slavery, their father sets out on an epic search for them, which leads him through the Roman underworld and eventually to the Coliseum, where his children are working.
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Ancient Greece
Stewart Ross, Richard Bonson, Inklink
Hardcover (DK CHILDREN, Aug. 16, 2004)Tales of the Dead: Ancient Greece is actually two books in one! It's a fact-packed reference work and a fast-paced fiction title seamlessly designed in a single volume. Young readers will love the exciting story of Greek society that snakes through the pages, the incredibly detailed illustrations, and the supporting non-fiction information that tells all the cool and sometimes grisly details of life in Ancient Greece.
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Ancient China: Tales of the Dead
Stewart Ross
Hardcover (Dorling Kindersley Child's H/B, Aug. 16, 2006)This gripping combination of fact and fiction, will have you on the edge of your seat. It's the third century BCE, China has been unified by a powerful emperor. But some of the conquered want him dead. Plucked from his peaceful life, 11 year old Shen suddenly finds himself favourite musician at the court of China's First Emperor, but he is unknowingly drawn into a web of plots and counter-plots. Shen's precious instrument holds the key to the life of the Emperor. But when the moment for action comes, will he be ready? From the low-down on the terracotta army, to the plot to assassinate an emperor, you'll find facts on everything you need know to qualify as an expert on ancient China. Every page is packed with amazing illustrations, astonishing facts and detailed cross-sections. An innovative blend of fact and fiction guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat!
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Ancient Greece
Stewart Ross, Richard Bonson, Inklink
Hardcover (DK CHILDREN, Aug. 16, 2004)Tales of the Dead: Ancient Greece is actually two books in one! It's a fact-packed reference work and a fast-paced fiction title seamlessly designed in a single volume. Young readers will love the exciting story of Greek society that snakes through the pages, the incredibly detailed illustrations, and the supporting non-fiction information that tells all the cool and sometimes grisly details of life in Ancient Greece.
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From Massacre to Matriarch - Six Weeks in the Life of Fanny Scott/De la Masacre a Matriarca
Clara Talton Fugate, Caren Ertmann Gallimore
Paperback (Pocahontas Press, Sept. 1, 1989)The true story of a woman's escape from Indian capture and her trek home through the Southern Appalachian wilderness, still reeling from the shock of the massacre of her husband and four children.
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