Adventures in the Middle Ages; Adventures in Ancient Egypt

An interesting conceit as a fun way to introduce younger kids to the basics about these much studied periods. Josh, Emma and little Libby stumble across the Good Times Travel Agency (and note the word Time) run by the mysterious Mr Pettigrew and are transported back to the worlds in question. Much information and quite a bit of fun is to be had from the cartoon style approach which concentrates mainly on everyday life whilst the last 'More About' page takes a more serious approach. No doubt there are more titles to come in the series - Ancient Rome, Tudor times perhaps. For the record Bailey is the writer and Slavin the illustrator but they deservedly get joint billing.