CGP Discover & Learn: History - Anglo-Saxons Study Book, Year 5 & 6

Really like the books in this series, that also address some less-ordinary topics for children history like this one about the Saxons and the Maya culture. Much appreciated. And the book provides good insight in the period given the detail. The text is clear and very well-organised in specific topics per chapter, that often start with a time time (I think even adult history books could benefit from that practice).What really attracts me and the children however is the presentation and illustrations. On each page there are colourful pictures, maps and photos. This really brings the era to life. Our daughter reads these books for fun. She loves to soak up historic facts and to dig into a topic, after which for weeks she will treat me on her detailed knowledge and we will have little discussion about the subject. She already has some familiarity with the topic as somehow Alfred the Great and Danelaw has always fascinated her. So we have visited Winchester and spent time at the excellent Anglo Saxon exhibitions at the British Museum.The only drawback is that I ordered the the book in softcover version - the higher price for the hard cover version would have warranted the purchase. Moreover, while I’m less obsessed with this, it's a book from 2014, so all years are set in BC/AD format rather than the BCE/CE designation that is used in most recent history books.

This book is well written, the pictures are colourful and detailed well, the most important thing is the information is so child friendly, easy to follow and understand. I definitely recommend this book, delivery was really quick.

Perfect book to find history about Anglo-Saxon as it's hard to find right information on Google for ks2 kids. Very useful to understand their history.

We used this book for topic work for Year 5 during lockdown. It covered everything that was needed.

Lovely illustrations and a great resource for the time period. It would be better if there was a set of questions or essay type questions to go along with it, but this is clear in the seller instructions so cannot fault it, it's just an observation.