Knight

(Paperback)

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Tough Jobs! is a new narrative non-fiction series covering popular historical topics through avariety of colourful jobs in a down-to-earth, readable style, withplenty of toilet humour! Each chapter features a double page fact spread and there is a glossary at the end.In Knight you are a page, a trainee knight. Experience what it's like to livein a castle and sometimes even clank about in armour. You are trainednot just to fight, but to hunt, read poetry and serve at table, too! You'll find it's a tough job being a knight.

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'Written in an accessible style with humorous illustrations, they are great for engaging reluctant readers as well as educating them about a historical period.' * Junior Education Plus (December 2008) *

Author Bio

Helen Greathead is a highly experienced creator, editor, projectmanager and writer of successful non-fiction titles and series. Shespent 14 years at Scholastic Children's Books where she commissionedseries, including Horrible Histories. She began a freelance career in 2003, and titles she has written include the Now You Know series (Scholastic) and the Design and Make series (Watts).