The Picture History of Great Explorers
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Product Description
Fun, informative, chronological guide to the history of world explorers, beginning with the ancient explorers Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #48966 in Books
- Published on: 2006-04-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .30" h x 9.80" w x 9.70" l, .95 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 96 pages
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- Mint Condition
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Editorial Reviews
Review
[Gillian Clements] studied illustration under Raymong Briggs, and clearly shares her mentor's skill in the use of the cartoon format for storytelling (Books for Keeps )
This pictorial romp through history is full of interesting information told in both the main text and the picture-laden pages… There are cross-curricular nuggets of information that will tempt readers to delve deeper (School Librarian )
About the Author
Gillian Clements was born in Sussex and grew up mainly on a farm. After studying Geography at Newcastle University, she took a degree course in Illustration under Raymond Briggs at Brighton Polytechnic. Since graduating she has written and illustrated manypopular books for Macmillan, Franklin Watts, A&C Black and Scholastic as well as Frances Lincoln. She now lives in Hereford. Her books for Frances Lincoln are A Picture History of Great Buildings, A Picture History of Great Explorers and A Picture History of Great Inventors.
