Ladybird Histories: British History

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This is an accessible, insightful and authoritative account of the naval campaign that kept supply lines open and enabled Britain to continue to fight. Trading Address (Warehouse) Unit E, Vulcan Business Complex, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EB. In 1904, William Hepworth joined the firm and although Wills retired in 1905 the company continued trading as Wills and Hepworth, becoming Wills and Hepworth Ltd in 1924. The collection covers the wide range of subjects Ladybird published, ranging from What to Look for in Spring to the recent Ladybird Experts series. A notice at the town’s railway station welcoming visitors to ‘The Home of Ladybird Books’ was taken down but in 2015 a green plaque was unveiled at Angel Yard in Loughborough, the original home of Ladybird Books, recognising the company’s importance in the town’s history.

With fifty titles in the series all told, Adventures From History is the biggest series that Ladybird produced between 1940 and 1981. joint venture with Axel Springer, Heinrich Bauer Verlag, Lühmanndruck Harburger Zeitungsgesellschaft and Morgenpost Verlag. This is your chance to own a very scarce French edition of The Secret, The Adventures of Wonk, also containing the story Le Veilleur de Nu .Each beautifully illustrated book features the first new illustrations produced in the original Ladybird style for nearly forty years.

Their distinctive artwork and snapshots of everyday life have made them a visual library of mid to late 20th century life in Britain. THE BURMA CAMPAIGN was one of the most prolonged campaigns in the South-East Asian theatre of war, but it was also one of the most dramatic. The dust-jacket remains unclipped and is in good clean condition, except for a small white scuff mark to the middle of .Ladybird Books are a fond childhood memory for many people who grew up during their heyday from the 1940s to the 1980s.

Complimented by colourful illustrations, this is a valuable addition to a once-common feature of most homes, but what is fast becoming an endangered species: the bookshelf. Full of fascinating facts and detailed drawings, this handy book will form an invaluable part of any child's first reference library. Good luck with building up your collections and enjoy re-reading your old favourite Ladybird stories and discovering new ones you never knew existed!One year later, they merged with the Pearson Group, one of Britain’s biggest publishing groups who owned companies such as Longman, Penguin, Westminster Press and the Financial Times. Ladybird Books children’s classics feature everything from classic fairy tales to early learning books to TV adaptations of classics. Some collectors focus on the early standard format Ladybirds from the 1940s and 50s; some collect only Ladybirds with dust jackets; some only books in a particular series; the 606C Well-Loved Tales series are currently quite sought after by collectors of my generation who grew up with these; some collectors seek out the early Ladybird books from the pre-1940s, some collect books with illustrations by well-known illustrators and some collect foreign language editions.

Written by historian, author and broadcaster James Holland, The War in Burma is an essential, accessible introduction to Britain's triumph in the East.McNally and Murray (1968) claimed that while the average adult had a speaking vocabulary of about 20,000 words, an extremely large proportion of the language which people produced, and read, was made up of just 250 words.