Lacey, Josh – The Bell Bookshop

The Stone Age clash

Emma — Thu, 02 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Twins, Scarlett and Thomas, are learning about the Stone Age at school. Grandad offers to use his time machine to send them there. Thomas wants to see a sabre-toothed tiger; Scarlett wants to see Stonehenge, but they were thousands of years apart, what should they do? Go back twice of course! The twins have travelled back in time to 40,000 years ago! They must survive in the forest with the help of their new homo-sapiens and Neanderthal friends. A sabre-toothed tiger is nearby and so are the huge woolly mammoths. Then, they travel back to 5,000 years ago. Scarlett is in danger, she's landed in the sacred site of Stonehenge and angered the antlered priest, will he sacrifice her at dawn? Thomas has joined the young men who are pulling the first enormous stone to Stonehenge.

The Roman invasion

Emma — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Discover two sides of history with the Time Travel Twins!Twins, Scarlett and Thomas, are learning about the Romans at school. So Grandad uses his time machine to send them back to Roman Britain.Scarlett finds herself in a Roman camp and is chosen as a slave by the Emperor Claudius’s daughter, Antonia. The two become friends and Scarlett sees first hand the glamour and treachery of the Roman court.Thomas joins a rabble of local kids who hate the Romans. Their leader is a small red-headed girl called Boudicca. Even when the kids are overwhelmed and taken as slaves, Bou hatches another plan to attack the Romans.Will the twins find each other and escape, or will they both be stuck as Roman slaves for ever?Also in the series: The Viking Attack

The Viking attack

Emma — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Discover two sides of history with the Time Travel Twins!Twins, Scarlett and Tom, are studying the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons at school and they have a homework project to do. When Tom’s struggling for inspiration, Grandad comes to the rescue with his time machine. Tom is catapulted onto a Viking long ship and it’s not long before he’s being told oral tales, fitted out with armour and weapons and is getting ready to attack a Saxon village.But uh oh, his sister Scarlett has landed in a Saxon village, in a pile of pig poo to be exact. Things seems to be getting better when she befriends the young Alfred the Great, but watch out, Scarlett, there’s a Viking ship on its way.Also in the series: The Roman Invasion

The pet potato

Emma — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Albert is so desperate to get a pet, he’ll take anything – a cat, a dog, giraffe… he’s not fussy, so he’s super excited when Dad finally brings a pet home. There’s just one problem: it’s a potato. Potatoes can’t do anything a proper pet does… can they?!Branford Boase Award shortlisted Josh Lacey and World Illustration Award shortlisted Momoko Abe bring warmth and humour in perfect measure to this story, perfect for any child who’s desperate for a pet!