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Becky Jones

    Becky Jones is a documentary filmmaker specializing in science, history, and arts programming for BBC and Channel 4. Her skills in fact-finding, research, and global travel have been honed and brought closer to home through the 'Adventure Walks for Families' series of guidebooks she created with journalist Clare Lewis. These books inspire children and families to get outdoors and explore the stories and games of a traditional, old-fashioned childhood through country walks.

    Homes Around the World
    Families Around the World
    Entertainment Through the Years
    Schools Around the World
    Clothes Around the World
    Games Around the World
    • Games Around the World

      • 26 pages
      • 1 hour of reading

      This book looks at the rich diversity of games around the world. Through simple text and stunning photographs, it introduces children to similarities found in games played in different cultures, as well as honouring differences.

      Games Around the World
    • This book looks at the rich diversity of clothes around the world. Through simple text and stunning photographs, it introduces children to similarities found in clothes in different cultures, as well as honouring differences.

      Clothes Around the World
    • This book looks at the rich diversity of schools around the world. Through simple text and stunning photographs, it introduces children to similarities found in schools in different cultures, as well as honouring differences.

      Schools Around the World
    • Entertainment Through the Years

      • 24 pages
      • 1 hour of reading

      How did your grandparents have fun? How did people listen to music in the 1950s? When did colour television become popular? What toys were popular in the 1970s? Find all the answers and more in this book about how entertainment has changed since the 1950s.

      Entertainment Through the Years
    • This book looks at the rich diversity of family life around the world. Through simple text and stunning photographs, it introduces children to similarities found in families in different cultures, as well as honouring differences.

      Families Around the World
    • This book looks at the rich diversity of homes around the world. Through simple text and stunning photographs, it introduces children to similarities found in homes in different cultures, as well as honouring differences.

      Homes Around the World
    • This book looks at the rich diversity of shopping experiences around the world. Through simple text and stunning photographs, it introduces children to similarities found when shopping in different cultures, as well as honouring differences.

      Shopping Around the World
    • How did your grandparents clean their house? How did families enjoy time with each other in the 1950s? When did huge supermarkets become popular? How did people cook in the 1980s? Find all the answers and more in this book about how home life has changed since the 1950s.

      Home Life Through the Years
    • What was school like when your grandparents were young? How were classrooms different in the 1970s? Did children use computers at school in the 1980s?Find all the answers and more in this book about how school life has changed since the 1950s.

      Education Through the Years
    • Have you ever marked a set of student essays and been left with little time to develop a resource which pushes your students further? This collection will offer you a time-saving resource to alleviate that workload, alongside developing your subject knowledge and raising the academic aspirations of your students.

      Essays for Excellence