Time Travel at Puddle Lane: A Bloomsbury Reader: Dark Blue Book Band

By Author / Illustrator

Emma Shevah, Laura Catalan

Genre

Adventure

Age range(s)

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

ISBN

9781801991391

Format

Paperback / softback

Published

01-09-2022

Synopsis

An exciting time-travel adventure by Emma Shevah, ideal for fans of Horrible Histories.The librarian at Ariella and Yosef's school loves History. She even has a collection of historical objects in the library. When she starts acting strangely, Ariella and Yosef can't resist investigating. Transported back to Georgian London, how will they get back home? This thrilling story features beautiful black-and-white illustrations by Laura Catalan. Book Band: Dark Blue.

The Bloomsbury Readers series is packed with book-banded stories to get children reading independently in Key Stage 2 by award-winning authors like double Carnegie Medal winner Geraldine McCaughrean and Waterstones Prize winner Patrice Lawrence. With engaging illustrations and online guided reading notes written by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE), this series is ideal for home and school. For more information visit www.bloomsburyreaders.com.

'Any list that brings together such a quality line up of authors is going to be welcomed ... Bloomsbury Readers are aimed squarely at children in Key Stage 2 and designed to support them as they start reading independently and while they continue to gain confidence and understanding.' Books for Keeps

Download Extract

Reviews

Ariella and Yosef notice that their school librarian keeps coming back to the library covered in mud. They can't resist investigating and end up transported back in time to Georgian London, where they meet the founder of their school.

Time Travel at Puddle Lane is split into chapters with a fair amount of text on every page - some pages have illustrations. It's marked as a 'Dark Blue' book band level and would suit able Lower Key Stage 2 readers. Similar to the others in the 'Bloomsbury Young Readers' series, this isn't your usual 'dry' book scheme book. It's packed full of action, whilst also being educational.

I think this could be a great class text too as there are so many things that could be shared and discussed within it. Cleverly woven into the story are many opportunities for learning and discussing different parts of history - from the point that the school was established at a time when only the rich and mostly boys were able to benefit from education, to the slave trade and ending with the lack of hygiene in medicine at the time. Many different parts of society are evident in the book and, as the main characters are Jewish, there are opportunities to discuss various parts of Judaism as a faith - for example the characters refuse buns back in Georgian London, incase they contain pork lard which would make them not kosher. The vocabulary in the book is quite subject specific - words such as chronology and circa are talked about by the characters, a great way for children to learn technical vocabulary.

80 pages / Reviewed by Lizi Backhouse, teacher