Buku ini adalah perenungan historis yang mendedah akar-akar feminisme, hak suara, pembebasan di tahun 1960-an, dan kemudian menganalisis situasi terkini para perempuan di seantero Eropa, Amerika Serikat, serta belahan dunia lainnya, terutama di negara-negara Dunia Ketiga. Margaret Walters membabarkan pelbagai kesukaran dan ketidaksetaraan yang masih dihadapi oleh perempuan, lebih dari 40 tah…
The North Wind thinks he is stronger than the sun. But the Sun has other ideas.'
D.W. wants to wear glasses, just like her big brother, Arthur. After Arthur explains that without his glasses a hat looks like a bat and some string looks like a ring duck, D.W. sets out to prove that everything looks funny to her, too. Finally, Arthur finds a way to make his sister see the situation a bit more clearly!
D.W. is jealous when her big brother Arthur loses a tooth and gets a visit from the Tooth Fairy. Arthur explains that the Tooth Fairy comes only when you lose a tooth and put it under your pillow at night, so D.W. dreams up some hysterical (but unsuccessful) plans to trick her into coming. Finally, Arthur decides to reward D.W.'s efforts by playing Tooth Fairy himself! By matching picture st…
Mrs. Molly's magic pot makes steamy creamy porridge, hot, crusty bread and apple pie. But can it make Paul's secret wish come true?'
'Vile Victorians' gives the reader all the terrible truth about revolting events affecting everyone not so very long ago - from the vile Victorian queen herself, to some vicious Victorian villains.
After fifteen fearsome years on the page, Horrible Histories are coming to the small screen - with all the nasty bits intact - of course. Twelve classic Horrible Histories are being reissued with a tie-in cover. In Gorgeous Georgians readers can discover the full story: Gangs who made a living selling dead bodies. Husbands who sold their wives at auction. Doctors who cured toothache with squash…