The Secrets of Stonehenge - Hardcover

Manning, Mick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847803466 ISBN 13: 9781847803467

Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2013

Synopsis

Why was this amazing monument erected? How did our Stone-Age ancestors bring such massive stones to the site from so far away? How did they raise the enormous stones to their upright positions? What was Stonehenge used for, and who lived around the site? With captions and pictures, and using up-to-the-minute research discoveries, Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom tell the incredible true story of this awe-inspiring monument - one of the greatest ancient sites in the world.

About this title

About the Author:

Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom have won many awards for their picture information books, including the Smarties Silver Award and the English Association Award. Their books for Frances Lincoln include The Beatles, Charles Dickens: Scenes from an Extraordinary Life, What Mr Darwin Saw, Tail-End Charlie, Taff in the WAAF, The Secrets of Stonehenge, Dino-Dinners, Woolly Mammoth, the Fly on the Wall series: Roman Fort, Viking Longship, Pharaoh's Egypt and Greek Hero, and Nature Adventures. They have four sons, and divide their time between the North of England and Brita's homeland of Sweden. Find out more about their books at www.mickandbrita.com.MICK MANNING’and’BRITA GRANSTRÖM’have developed a unique approach to picture information books over the last 21 years. Sharing’the illustration between them and mixing words and pictures in inventive ways, they have won many awards, including the Smarties Silver’Award, and are five-times winners of the English Association Award. Mick fell in love with wildlife on primary school nature walks many years’ago, and has an MA in Natural History Illustration from the Royal College of Art. Brita grew up on a farm, and has an MFA from Konstfack in’Stockholm. They spend a lot of their time having both Swedish and British Wild Adventures with their four children. Their other books for Frances Lincoln include:’The Beatles;’Charles Dickens,’Scenes from an Extraordinary Life;’What’Mr Darwin Saw;’Tail-End Charlie;’Taff in the WAAF;’The Secrets of Stonehenge;’Woolly Mammoth;’and’the’Fly on the Wall’series:’Roman’Fort, Viking Longship;’Pharoah's Egypt;’Greek Hero.

Review:

'A new book from this talented duo is always a real treat! ... Intricately detailed, the pictures give a wealth of information and are fun to look at as well. ... I learnt a lot from this fascinating book.'

'Fascinating'

'A new book from this talented duo is always a real treat! ... Intricately detailed, the pictures give a wealth of information and are fun to look at as well. ... I learnt a lot from this fascinating book.'

`I will actually remember what I've learned about Stonehenge from now on. That's because Brita Granstr?m and Mick Manning have done again what they do so well. They find a topic and then they find out all there is to know about it, after which they make a deceptively simple non-fiction picture book.'

’`Fun, colourful introduction to one of Britain's most enigmatic monuments ... a great asset for children to learn from.' -

'Artfully making history accessible using captions and drawings..the mystery behind the giant stones is explored with satisfying depth.'

'an excellent introduction to its subject that touches on the awe and mystery that the monument still inspires.'

'lots of interesting information . made easy to understand through the detailed pictures.'

`Mick Manning and Brita Granstr?m are a superb combination. . . A wonderful book for youngsters (and adults) about one of the greatest ancient sites in the world.'

'Light years away from the dull post-war black and white text books which many of us were brought up on.'

‘Mick Manning and Brita Granström are a superb combination. . . A wonderful book for youngsters (and adults) about one of the greatest ancient sites in the world.’

'lots of interesting information ... made easy to understand through the detailed pictures.’

About this edition

• Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1847803466
• ISBN 13: 9781847803467
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Granström Brita