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If you've ever wondered what your street was like years ago, then this is the book for you. This large format and detailed book takes you through the life of one street and shows how it changes, over thousands of years from a small Stone Age camp into a bustling riverside thoroughfare in the heart of a metropolis.
Beautifully illustrated, this book brings 14 key periods of history to life. Magnificent buildings go up, and come down again, new churches are built on the site of ancient temples, wooden bridges are destroyed and then rebuilt in stone, statues are demolished and then unearthed many years later. There are also some buildings which remain throughout. As well as the buildings changing, the people who inhabit the street also change--what they do, what they wear, what they eat. As well as incredibly detailed illustrations there is also lively text which provides a fascinating and factual insight into the life going on on the pages and suggests particular features to look out for in the pictures.
This is one of those books that the more you look at the pages the more you see in them. It is also a very useful and informative book which will be useful for both home and school study. (Ages 9 to 12)
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- Follow the life of a street, seeing it develop from a small Stone Age camp - changing over thousands of years - into a bustling riverside thoroughfare in the heart of a metropolis
- This beautifully illustrated book brings fourteen key periods in history to life
- You'll find out how people lived long ago - the tools they used, what they wore, what they ate and what they did all day.
- Lively text provides a fascinating and factual insight to the pictorial story
265 x 350mm Hardback
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Simply beautiful, interesting and fun! I teach 6 to 10 years old children history, and this is our favourite book. This is such a clever way to educate and and increase interest. The children felt so clever when they made discoveries on the pages, and this book really got them to wonder over whole series of questions for themselves, got them to really think. Even thouse not so interested in the story the book told got into the game of finding the hiding man, for that the book should get and extra star.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
My 6-year-old son is Autistic, and discovered this book at our city museum. He fell in love with it and I got it from our library. It's obviously been well loved (falling apart)so I've put it on the wish list to buy.
He has learned so much about British history without even trying and, as he has a fantastic eye for detail, he's always the one to spot the objects that are on display in the present-day museum, as they appear in previous ages.
I cannot recommend this book highly enough for any learner, but especially visual learners, who get put off by dense writing.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Truly superb graphical representation of the last 12,000 years or so of history. A feast of superbly-presented historical milestones and turning points. If you yawned your way through history class at school, you can learn what you missed in this book!
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Very good book
The book has mainly pictures from a village/town through time, starting with cavemen to nowadays.
The pictures have so much information and so much detail. Read more
The pictures have so much information and so much detail. Read more
Published 2 days ago by Mom of two book freaks
A Street Through Time
This is an excellent book, relating the changing architecture and social aspects of life in a single street through the passage of time. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Bluesman
Lots to talk about
When my youngest son had speech problems I got the farm through time as one of his talk tools. This one is even better.
Published 3 months ago by K. J. Stone
Good but a bit disappointed
I purchased this book on recommendation for my grandsons. It is excellent in presenting how streets were and how have developed. Read more
Published 4 months ago by activate
Nice book
This is a big book in size it didnt fit through the letter box. All the drawings are very detailed.
Published 7 months ago by Michael S
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Brought this book after seeing it in a shop, for our sons. They have found it very interesting, and so have I. Brillant condition, and well packaged.
Published 7 months ago by M. Naylor
Accurate and Artistic History
This is the only book, apart from the annual new Guinness Book of World Records, that is in continuous demand at the library in the primary school where I work. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Book Beaver
Really Quick Delivery
Ordered this for my brother. He was thrilled, when he was about three he had it out of the library every other week. Read more
Published 16 months ago by mamfii
Facinating for 6 year olds !
I bought this for my two grandsons, 6 and 8. The latter is already well into books; the former is on the brink. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Carole Allen
A fabulous book to look at for hours
I am a teacher and have bought this book to use with my Year 5s. It is a fabulous resource for Geography and History. Read more
Published on 13 Oct 2009 by ruskin villa
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