Good Times Travel Agency (Hardcover)
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In this adventure story the intrepid Binkerton children are transported back to Viking Scandinavia - as stowaways on a Viking longship. Each comic strip provides information about the period, and the volume should support school topic work on the Vikings.
Join the Binkertons -- twins Josh and Emma and their little sister Libby -- as they return to the Good Times Travel Agency and end up knee-deep in an ancient Chinese rice paddy! Adventures in Ancient China is an engaging mix of adventure and historical information about life in China during first century AD. Kids will learn about Chinese society, inventions, medicine, the Silk Road, the Great Wall, nomadic warriors and much more. They'll love the book's contemporary comic-book look, while parents, teachers and librarians will appreciate the well-researched story line and solid factual information.
Join the Binkertons --- twins Josh and Emma and their little sister Libby --- as they return to the Good Times Travel Agency only to find themselves deep-frozen in the Ice Age!
First they get lost --- there are no road signs in the Ice Age (no roads, either). Then they're starved and shivering --- Ice Age food is no picnic, and the only shelter is a cave. The Binkertons need to make some friends, fast. Even if they're mammoth, woolly ones ...
Adventures in the Ice Age is an engaging mix of adventure and historical information about life in the last Ice Age. Did you know that Early Modern Humans looked like us? Or that Earth has been going through ice age cycles for millions of years? Find out about the world's first art gallery, Ice Age barbecues, music and more.
First they get lost --- there are no road signs in the Ice Age (no roads, either). Then they're starved and shivering --- Ice Age food is no picnic, and the only shelter is a cave. The Binkertons need to make some friends, fast. Even if they're mammoth, woolly ones ...
Adventures in the Ice Age is an engaging mix of adventure and historical information about life in the last Ice Age. Did you know that Early Modern Humans looked like us? Or that Earth has been going through ice age cycles for millions of years? Find out about the world's first art gallery, Ice Age barbecues, music and more.
This is the fourth volume in a gripping series of adventure stories in which the intrepid Binkerton children grapple with a different period in history. In Adventures in Ancient Greece the Binkerton trio want to see the next Olympic Games, but instead end up watching the sports in Ancient Greece! But this is not simply an entertaining narrative: the comic strip story provides a wealth of information about the period - thanks to the Good Times Travel Agency guide book, which accompanies the children on their adventure. The guide book provides a running commentary on the time in history, providing the reader with all kinds of well-researched information about the social system, everyday way of life, boats, buildings, clothing and food of the time.