Mike Phillips has been illustrating everything from picture books to the gruesome Horrible Histories series for almost twenty years. His artistic approach focuses on creating immersive visual worlds that draw readers into the heart of the story, whether it's a fantastical adventure or a historical exploration. Phillips masterfully uses his illustrations to enhance and expand upon the narrative, making his work a beloved choice for readers across different genres and age groups.
Freaky Peaks takes the intrepid young explorer on a thrilling tour of the tallest mountains, from Everest to Kilimanjaro, encountering many dangers along the way, including glaciers, yetis and avalanches. With a brand-new cover design, text updates and an added extra-horrible index, it's geography with even more gritty bits left in!
The lowdown on the world's most loathsome leaders. From bizarre tsars and evil emperors to crazy kings and queens, people all around the world have suffered at the hands of their rulers for centuries
Perishing Poles takes the young reader on a perilous voyage to the polar regions. Along the way they will encounter savage snowstorms, enormous icebergs, and hungry polar bears. With a brand-new cover design, text updates and an added extra-horrible index, it' geography with even more gritty bits left in
Damp wet rainforests and bone-dry deserts are nicely juxtaposed in this third bind-up in the Horrible Geography series
Broadcaster Trevor Phillips and his novelist brother Mike retell the very human story of Britain's first West Indian immigrants and their descendants from the first wave of immigration in 1948 to the present day.
Broadcaster Trevor Phillips and his novelist brother retell the very human story of Britain's first West Indian immigrants and their descendants from the first wave of immigration fifty years ago to the present day
The Worst Jobs in History takes you back to the days when being a kid was no excuse for getting out of hard labour. This book tells the stories of all the children whose work fed the nation, kept trains running, and put clothes on everyone's backs, over the last few hundred years of Britain's history. No longer will you have to listen to your parents, grandparents, uncles, neighbours, and random old people in the Co-op telling you how much harder they had it in their young day. Next time you find yourself in that situation, ask them if they were a jigger-turner or a turnip-picker in their young day. No? An orderly boy, perhaps? A stepper? Maybe they spent their weekends making matchboxes? Still no? Then they have no idea about the real meaning of hard work. Tony Robinson takes you on a guided tour through all the lousiest places for a kid to work. With profiles and testimonies of real kids in rotten jobs, this book will tell you things you probably didn't want to know about the back-breaking, puke-inducing bits of being a child in the past.
This title introduces a compendium of weird, wacky and wonderful facts that are essential for every boy to know. "The Boys' Miscellany" is crammed with fascinating facts and tremendous truths. There's a list of superhero sidekicks, details of dangerous dolphins, tales of meat-eating plants, a roll call of infamous outlaws and much, much more
Geography with the gritty bits left in! Wave goodbye to boring geography lessons as you clamber up some Cracking Coasts... · Marvel! at the ginormous Giant's Causeway. · Scream! as you surf an awesome reef breaker. · Shiver! with fear as you take a trip to the spooky Skeleton Coast. And if that's not cracking enough for yo...visit an eerie lighthouse where the light suddenly went out and go sailing with ... a snail. It's earth-shatteringly exciting! Geography has never been so horrible!
