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My Story (Scholastic UK)
''My Story'' is a series of historical novels for children published by Scholastic UK. They are similar to the ''Dear America'' series, each book is written in the form of the diary of a fictional young woman or man living during an important event in history. Most of the books feature British characters and history, but some are about non-British characters during important events and times in world history. My Story: Girls * ''Princess of Egypt: The Diary of Asha 1490 BC'' by Vince Cross (2008) ** ''Egyptian Princess'' (re-released 2009) * ''Pompeii: The Diary of Claudia, Pompeii, AD 78'' by Sue Reid (2008) * ''My Tudor Queen: The Diary of Eva De Puebla, London, 1501'' by Alison Prince (2001) ** ''Catherine of Aragon'' (re-released 2010) * ''Anne Boleyn and Me: The Diary of Elinor Valjean, London, 1525'' by Alison Prince (2005) ** ''Anne Boleyn and Me: A Tudor Girl's Diary, London, 1525'' (re-released 2010) * '' Lady Jane Grey, 1547'' by Sue Reid (2012) * ''Bloody Tower: Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dear America
''Dear America'' is a series of historical fiction novels for children published by Scholastic starting in 1996. By 1998, the series had 12 titles with 3.5 million copies in print. The series was canceled in 2004 with its final release, ''Hear My Sorrow''. However, it was relaunched in the fall of 2010. Each book is written in the form of a diary of a young woman's life during important events or time periods in American history. The ''Dear America'' series covers a wide range of topics, including: the Pilgrims' journey to the New World, the Salem Witch Trials, the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, western expansion, slavery, immigration, nineteenth-century prairie life, the California Gold Rush of 1849, the Great Depression, Native Americans' experiences, racism, coal mining, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, the fight for women's suffrage, the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic'', the Battle of the Alamo, the V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Prince
Alison Prince (26 March 1931 – 12 October 2019) was a British children's writer, screenwriter and biographer, who settled on the Isle of Arran in Scotland. Her novels for young people won several awards. She was the scriptwriter of the much repeated children's television series '' Trumpton''. Background Prince was born on 26 March 1931 in Beckenham, Kent (now in Greater London) to Louise (née David) and Charles Prince. Her mother trained as a nurse and was later Mayor of Bromley while her father was manager of the Yorkshire Bank in London. She grew up in South London and attended a girls' grammar school where she enjoyed grammar and Latin, but not maths. Her parents were from Scotland and Yorkshire. Her father was a keen pianist, and she played the clarinet. As a child she visited Scottish relatives in Glasgow. After completing a degree course at the Slade School of Art, where she had won a scholarship, Prince found work in casual, low-paid jobs unrelated to art. She later t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol Drinkwater
Carol Drinkwater (born 22 April 1948) is a British actress, writer and filmmaker residing in France. She portrayed Helen Herriot (née Alderson) in the television adaptation of the James Herriot books '' All Creatures Great and Small'', which led to her receiving the Variety Club Television Personality of the Year award in 1985. Career Drinkwater was a member of the National Theatre Company under the leadership of Laurence Olivier and has acted in numerous television series and films including the highly successful '' Chocky'', '' Bouquet of Barbed Wire'', '' Another Bouquet'' and '' Golden Pennies''. Drinkwater won a Critics' Circle Best Screen Actress award for her role, Anne, in the feature film ''Father'' (1990) in which she starred opposite Max von Sydow. Amongst many other film and television series, she has appeared in Stanley Kubrick's '' A Clockwork Orange'' (1971), ''Queen Kong'' (1976), ''The Shout'' (1978), ''Father'' (1990), and the film adaptation of Beryl Bainbr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Eldridge
Jim Eldridge (born November 1944) is an English radio, film and television screenwriter with hundreds of radio and TV scripts broadcast in the United Kingdom and across the world in a career spanning over 30 years. Eldridge is the creator and writer of radio shows including ''Shut UP'', '' King Street Junior'', ''Coming Alive'', ''Crosswords'', '' Albert and Me'', '' Parsley Sidings'' and ''The Demon Headmaster''. On TV, he has created children's science fiction drama '' Powers'', ''Time of My Life'' and '' Uncle Jack'' and written for ''The Ghost Hunter'', ''Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde ''Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde'' was a British children's television series which aired on BBC One (via Children's BBC and later CBBC) in the UK for 53 episodes between 1995 and 1998. The programme was a comedy with its premise being loosely ba ...'', and '' Up the Elephant and Round the Castle'', in addition to other TV and radio series. In 1971 he sold his first sitcom to the BBC and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dear Canada
''Dear Canada'' is a series of historical novels marketed at kids first published in 2001 and continuing to the present. The books are published by Scholastic Canada Ltd. They are similar to the ''Dear America'' series, with each book written in the form of the diary of a fictional young woman living during an important event in Canadian history. The series covers both familiar and little-known topics such as Home Children, North-West Rebellion, and the 1837 Rebellion. Books *''Orphan at My Door: The Home Child Diary of Victoria Cope, Guelph, Ontario, 1897'' by Jean Little (2001) *''A Prairie as Wide as the Sea: The Immigrant Diary of Ivy Weatherall, Milorie, Saskatchewan, 1926'' by Sarah Ellis (2001) *''With Nothing But Our Courage: The Loyalist Diary of Mary MacDonald, Johnstown, Quebec, 1783'' by Karleen Bradford (2002) *''Footsteps in the Snow: The Red River Diary of Isobel Scott, Rupert's Land, 1815'' by Carol Matas (2002) *''A Ribbon of Shining Steel: The Railway Dia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Am Canada
''I Am Canada'' is a series of Canadian historical novels marketed at older boys, with the first book being published in September 2010. The series is written by a variety of Canadian authors and is published by Scholastic Canada Ltd. The books are a mixture of fact and fiction, including actual maps, documents and photographs alongside first-person narratives. The stories are set all over the world, showing the involvement of Canadians in world events as well as the history of Canada. Books *''Blood and Iron: Building the Railway, Lee Heen-gwong, British Columbia, 1882'' by Paul Yee (2010) *''Prisoner of Dieppe: World War II, Alistair Morrison, Occupied France, 1942'' by Hugh Brewster (2010) *''Shot at Dawn: World War I, Allan McBride, France, 1917'' by John Wilson (2011) *''Deadly Voyage: RMS Titanic, Jamie Laidlaw, April 14, 1912'' by Hugh Brewster (2011) *''Behind Enemy Lines: World War II, Sam Frederiksen, Nazi-Occupied Europe, 1944'' by Carol Matas (2012) *''A Call to B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Australian Story
''My Australian Story'' is a series of historical novels for older children published by Scholastic Australia which was inspired by ''Dear America''. Each book is written in the form of a fictional diary of a young person living during an important event or time period in Australian history. Series *''On Board the Boussole: The Diary of Julienne Fulbert, Laperouse's Voyage of Discovery, 1785-1788'' by Christine Edwards (2002) *''Surviving Sydney Cove: The Convict Diary of Elizabeth Harvey, Sydney, 1790'' by Goldie Alexander (2000) *''The Rum Rebellion: The Diary of David Bellamy, Sydney Town, 1807-1808'' by Libby Gleeson (2001) *''A Banner Bold: The Diary of Rosa Aarons, Ballarat Goldfield, 1854'' by Nadia Wheatley (2000) *''Archer's Melbourne Cup: The Diary of Robby Jenkins, Terara, New South Wales, 1860-1861'' by Vashti Farrer (2007) *''New Gold Mountain: The Diary of Shu Cheong, Lambing Flat, New South Wales, 1860-1861'' by Christopher W. Cheng (2005) *''Riding with Thunder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Story (Scholastic New Zealand)
''My Story'' is a series of historical novels for older children published by Scholastic New Zealand which was inspired by Dear America. Each book is written in the form of a fictional diary of a young person living during an important event or time period in New Zealand history. The series was renamed ''My New Zealand Story'' around 2010 when the style of the covers also changed. Books *''Journey to Tangiwai: The Diary of Peter Cotterill, Napier, 1953'' by David Hill (2003) *''A Better Life: The Diary of Ivana Ivanovich, Dargaville, 1924–25'' by Amelia Batistich (2003) *''Abandon Ship!: The Diary of Debbie Atherton, Wellington, 1968'' by Shirley Corlett (2003) etitled ''The Wahine Disaster: Wellington, 1968'' in 2012 *''Finding Father: The Journal of Mary Brogan, Otago, 1862'' by Pauline Cartwright (2004) [Retitled ''Gold: Otago, 1862'' in 2010 *''Earthquake: The Diary of Katie Bourke, Napier, 1930–31'' by Janine McVeagh (2004) *''A New Song in the Land: The Writings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Royal Story
My Royal Story is a series for older children that are some re prints of the Royal Diaries and some of the girls My Story. They are written in diary forms of real and fictional characters in different parts of the world and in different time periods. * ''Egyptian Princess, Egypt, 1490 BC'' by Vince Cross (2009) * ''Cleopatra: An Egyptian Princess Diary, Egypt BC 57'' by Kristiana Gregory (2010) * ''Catherine of Aragon, London, 1501'' by Alison Prince Alison Prince (26 March 1931 – 12 October 2019) was a British children's writer, screenwriter and biographer, who settled on the Isle of Arran in Scotland. Her novels for young people won several awards. She was the scriptwriter of the much re ... (2010) * ''Anne Boleyn and Me:A Tudor Girl's Diary, London, 1525'' by Alison Prince (2010) * ''Elizabeth: A Tudor Princess Diary, England, 1544'' by Kathryn Lasky (2010) * ''Mary Queen of Scots: A Scottish Queen's Diary, France, 1553'' by Kathryn Lasky (2010) * ''Marie Antoinette: An A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Series Of Children's Books
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Young Adult Novel Series
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Children's Historical Novels
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