Bøger af Valerie Wilding

The first ever picture book celebrating the Queen's childhood and early years. Fun, playful and colourful, this charming book is 'The Crown' for Kids

From a feast for monkeys in Thailand to gifts from Grandfather Frost in Ukraine, twenty children from around the world introduce us to their favourite feasts, festivals and celebrations.

Kom med på en rejse Jorden rundt, hvor vi skal besøge 20 børn med helt forskellige hjem. Kom for eksempel inden for i:en lejlighed i Kina, hvor toget kører lige igennem bygningen et par etager længere nede. en hytte på en flydende ø i Titacaca-søen i Peru.et hus, der står på pæle i den faktiske permafrost.Fra en jurt i Kirgistan til en husbåd i Holland - børn bor på vidt forskellige måder verden over, men fælles for hjemmene i denne bog er, at de er fyldt med glæde og tryghed. Kom med indenfor!

Visit a diverse range of homes around the world in this title in the This Is Our World series.

From a feast for monkeys in Thailand to gifts from Grandfather Frost in Ukraine, twenty children from around the world introduce us to their favourite feasts, festivals and celebrations.

Meet 20 children from around the world as they tell us about the feasts and festivals they enjoy and the religions and customs they follow.This Is Our World-Celebrate With Us!, written by Valerie Wilding, is the follow-up to the critically acclaimed This Is Our World. It's a vibrant and colorful celebration of our planet's cultural diversity-an unforgettable journey that brings the people, customs, and religions of 20 places around the world vividly to life for young readers. The tour is truly global, as we journey from the Gathering of Nations in New Mexico to the Lunar New Year in Korea, from Christmas Eve in Poland to the Festival of the Sahara in Tunisia, via Australia's indigenous Barunga festival, Rosh Hashanah in New York, the Day of the Dead in Mexico, Eid al-Fitr in the UK, Diwali in India, and much more.This is both a beautiful gift book and a highly accessible home reference, sure to foster an interest in the wider world, in travel, in diversity, and in cultures and religions.

A funny and feminist non-fiction picture book celebrating 15 feisty queens from around the world and throughout history -with a foreword by historian and Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, Lucy Worsley

In 1939, on a royal tour of Dartmouth Naval College, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) meets the dashing Prince Philip of Greece. Immediately they begin a correspondence, as war breaks out across Europe, where Philip is sent to serve in the Navy. Elizabeth convinces her father the King, despite his reservations, to allow her to sign up to the war effort and joins the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service. Serving her country, driving trucks and fixing cars, Elizabeth wonders, will she ever see her prince again...?

I Was There... is a perfect introduction for younger readers into stories from the past, allowing children to imagine that they were really there. I Was There... Shakespeare's Globe tells the thrilling story of a young boy actor in Shakespeare's own theatre company. Brilliantly reimagined by My Story author, Valerie Wilding, readers aged 7+ will love this vivid first-hand account of a child's experience of Tudor times. 2014 is the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth.

Cleopatra, the last pharoah of Egypt, is one of the most famous and powerful women in history. This narrative biography gets deep into the gripping and dramatic chain of events.