A fun and magical journey back to the time of the ancient Greeks, with Billie and their very silly pet cat, Mia!
Billie has a very special dressing up box. When they choose an outfit from the box, they are whisked back in time to different historical civilisations to discover how people lived in the past.
Journey back in time with Billie and Mia to discover the fascinating world of the Ancient Greeks. Meet Greek gods and goddesses; marvel at the ancient Olympic Games, sample some Greek delicacies and take in a famous Ancient Greek play!
Perfect as an introduction to history for readers aged 5+
Contents: Meet Billie and Mia! / Greece ... is ancient / Athens ... is where democracy began / Greek gods and goddesses ... had superpowers / The ancient Olympic games ... were popular / Battles ... happened all the time / Myths and legends ... were epic / Theatres ... were outdoors! / Philosophers ... began to wonder / Astronomers ... gazed at stars / Boys ... went to school / Food ... was yummy / Timeline / Glossary / Find out more / Index
Books in the series Jump into History: Ancient Egyptians /Jump into History: Romans / Jump into History: Ancient Greeks / Jump into History: Vikings / Jump into History: The Maya / Jump into History: The Shang Dynasty
1: Meet Billie and Mia!
2: Greece ... is ancient
3: Athens ... is where democracy began
4: Greek gods and goddesses ... had superpowers
5: The ancient Olympic games ... were popular
6: Battles ... happened all the time
7: Myths and legends ... were epic
8: Theatres ... were outdoors!
9: Philosophers ... began to wonder
10: Astronomers ... gazed at stats
11: Boys ... went to school
12: Food ... was yummy
13: Now it's your turn to jump into history!
14: Timeline and further information
15: Index
Kay Barnham (Author) Kay Barnham was born in Barrow-in-Furness, grew up in Carlisle, went to college in Brighton, and lived in Hove for a while, before sailing for Kinsale, Co Cork, popping back to Hove and then moving to the New Forest with her husband and daughter. And never at any point has she lived more than ten miles from the sea. She began working in children's publishing in 1992. She was an editor first of all, working on illustrated non-fiction and learning fun facts like how long it would take to walk to the moon - nine years - and how to spell palaeontology. Next, she commissioned fiction titles, editing picture books, storybooks and novels. And then she got the chance to write her own books, which she thinks is quite the best job ever. Except possibly being a chocolatier. She writes non-fiction as Kay Barnham. Her specialist subjects include ice-skating, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, lightning, fairies, Roald Dahl, Sir Isaac Newton, Christmas, dolphins, Florence Nightingale and very bad cracker jokes. And chocolate. She also writes fiction as Kay Woodward, including the Skate School series for Usborne and the novels Jane Airhead and Wuthering Hearts for Andersen Press. Altogether, she's written about a hundred books. Her favourite colour is navy blue. Her favourite chocolate is 85% cocoa solids.
Jennifer Naalchigar (Illustrator) Jennifer Naalchigar is a British - Japanese illustrator based in Hertfordshire, England. She has a love for quirky characters and enjoys experimenting with digital brushes. Jen's client list includes HarperCollins, Hachette, Oxford University Press, Pearson, Random House Children's Books, Reycraft books and Scholastic.
