The Head that Wears a Crown
Poems about Kings and Queens
Emma Wright illustrator Emma Wright editor Rachel Piercey editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:The Emma Press
Published:6th Dec '18
£12.00
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Which King had a mischievous pet monkey? Which ruthless Queen enjoyed toasting people to a crisp? Whose reign lasted only nine days? The Head That Wears A Crown is a captivating collection that features the Kings and Queens of the British Isles as you’ve never seen them before.
Read Queen Victoria’s Twitter posts and young Elizabeth I’s letters to her father’s latest wife. Hear the muddy marching song of King Harold’s soldiers and learn which royal was Danish as a pastry, but nothing like as sweet! Intriguing, comical and accompanied by fascinating historical facts, these vibrant poems are a joy to read, bringing a long line of daring and devious monarchs to life.
'This anthology picks up on not just the expected, but hones in on the misfits, the misunderstood, the forgotten, the interesting, the known but not as you expected, the almost unknown and the possibly wish you hadn't known power brokers of British history... Aimed at children 8+, we think the Head That Wears The Crown would make an ideal class reader for upper KS2 pupils (Years 5 & 6 in primary school) either as a text for history topics or as impetus for reading and writing lessons.' -- The School Reading List * The School Reading List *
ISBN: 9781910139769
Dimensions: 210mm x 150mm x 14mm
Weight: unknown
168 pages