Street Through Time: A 12,000 Year Journey Along the Same Street

Steve NoonPublished: 02/01/2020

£10.99

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Think of the street you live on. Now think of how it may have looked in the Stone Age in 10,000 BCE, or in Victorian times during the Industrial Revolution, or how it may look 50 years from now. ‘A Street Through Time’ takes you on a time-travelling journey that you won’t forget. Highly detailed illustrations bring 15 key periods in time to life. You will see magnificent buildings go up and come down, new churches built on the site of ancient temples, wooden bridges destroyed and then remade in stone, and statues demolished then unearthed many years later.

ISBN: 9780241411544 Category:

Description

Have you ever wondered what your street was like thousands of years ago? This illustrated history book for children takes you on a 12,000-year journey to find out the story of a single street.

Think of the street you live on. Now think of how it may have looked in the Stone Age in 10,000 BCE, or in Victorian times during the Industrial Revolution, or how it may look 50 years from now. A Street Through Time takes you on a time-travelling journey that you won’t forget. Highly detailed illustrations bring 15 key periods in time to life. You will see magnificent buildings go up and come down, new churches built on the site of ancient temples, wooden bridges destroyed and then remade in stone, and statues demolished then unearthed many years later. You’ll find out how people lived long ago – the tools they used, what they wore and what they did all day. Revised and updated for a new generation, A Street Through Time now includes a look at the street 50 years in the future.

Additional information

Weight 0.62 kg
Dimensions 35.2 × 27.1 × 0.9 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

32

Language

English

Edition

Updated edition

Dewey

909 (edition:23)

Readership

Children – juvenile / Code: J

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