Trailblazers
45 total works
Fantastic Feats' looks at great things never to try at home. Could you: Climb Mount Everest? Walk through fire? Eat 8 kilos of cow's brains in fifteen minutes? Fly a toilet? Eat an entire aeroplane? Thought not. But find out about those who can. The fiction story 'Feat of Endurance' shows how tough it gets when reality TV goes mad.
Great Journeys' looks at some of the greatest journeys ever made - starting with human beings' first great journey 150,000 years ago: leaving Africa. Find out who first discovered America, who reached the South Pole first (and who came second!). Then find out about the great journey to reach the Moon. The fiction story 'The Big Sleep' tells of a man who spends a hundred years asleep in space, on the greatest journey ever.
"The Trailblazers Library" is a complete pack of all 18 reading books from Ransom's "Trailblazers Series". The series has a range of highly illustrated books on popular non fiction topics. Designed to encourage children to read, the books start with a non fiction section which is followed by a fiction story on the same topic. The reading age of the books is 6 to 7 years and they are designed for children up to age 14.
