A kid's life in ancient Egypt might sound like fun with all the cool pyramids and glorious sunny weather, but actually it was rather tough!
Chae Strathie Books
Chae Strathie is an award-winning children's author and journalist whose formative years spent in a small village surrounded by a Scottish forest likely shaped his imagination. His early foray into professional writing involved crafting a Star Wars comic at the tender age of seven. A familiar face at major book festivals, Strathie has toured extensively, bringing his stories and engaging performances to schools across the UK and beyond. He currently resides in Dundee with his feline companions and a venerable goldfish.
Discover sea creatures from all corners of the ocean in this beautifully illustrated collection of twenty original tales.
Multi award-winning author Chae Strathie teams up with illustrator Francis Martin for this fabulously funny story about a feisty little girl, her toy monkey and the mischievous adventures they get up to.
Dear Dinosaur
- 32 pages
- 2 hours of reading
After a trip to the museum, Max writes a letter to his favourite dinosaur, the mighty T. Rex - and the T. Rex writes back! So begins a very unusual friendship in this interactive picture book with letters and cards to open, and dinosaur facts to discover along the way.
It's a new term at Captain Firebeard's School for Pirates, and Tommy, Jo, Milton and Spencer are back on board the Rusty Barnacle for another adventure. But something fishy is going on. Someone is stealing sweets from Liquorice Len's tuck shop. They need to find the culprit, but no one is expecting it to be a real-life sea monster!
This fabulous follow-up to DEAR DINOSAUR is packed with fold-out letters and cards to open and dinosaur facts to discover. When Max visits his friend, the mighty T.Rex at the museum, he's disappointed to learn that T.Rex is away. He's on a tour of different museums around the world. But that doesn't stop T.Rex writing to Max!
A kid's life in ancient Greece might sound like fun, what with all that brilliant sunny weather and watching the Olympic Games, but actually life for kids could be pretty hard.
A kid's life in ancient Greece might sound like fun, what with all that brilliant sunny weather and watching the Olympic Games, but actually life for kids could be pretty hard.
British Museum: So You Think You've Got it Bad? A Kid's Life in the Aztec Age
- 64 pages
- 3 hours of reading
Part of Nosy Crow's list of publishing in collaboration with the British Museum and developed in consultation with one of the world's leading experts on the Aztecs. A kid's life in the Aztec Age might sound like fun, what with all that brilliant sunny weather and exciting festivals, but actually life for kids could be pretty hard.
Join Max and T.Rex for a Choctastic Easter in the next picture book in the Dear Dinosaur series, written by Chae Strathie and illustrated by Nicky O'Byrne! When Max finds out that Dinosaurs normally eat twigs, stones and creepy-crawlies - EW! - he wants them to be able to try a tasty treat for a change.