Wilding, Valerie – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk Henley-on-Thames Wed, 20 Dec 2023 17:41:32 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cropped-Bell-Background-Blue-32x32.png Wilding, Valerie – The Bell Bookshop https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk 32 32 Celebrate with us! https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/celebrate-with-us/ Thu, 27 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=32197 Meet twenty children from around the world as they tell us about the feasts and festivals they enjoy and the religions and customs they follow.

This Is Our World – Celebrate With Us!, written by Valerie Wilding and illustrated by Åsa Gilland, is the follow-up to the critically acclaimed This Is Our World. It’s a vibrant and colourful celebration of our planet’s cultural diversity – an unforgettable journey that brings the people, customs and religions of twenty places to life for young readers.

The tour is truly global, as we journey from Eid al-Fitr in the UK to the Hanami cherry blossom festival in Japan, from Christmas Eve in Poland to the Festival of the Sahara in Tunisia, via Diwali in India, Australia’s indigenous Barunga festival, Rosh Hashanah in New York, the Day of the Dead in Mexico, and much more.

This is both a beautiful gift book and a highly-accessible home reference, sure to foster an interest in the wider world, in travel, in diversity, and in cultures and religions.

]]> My Story Wartime Princess https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/my-story-wartime-princess/ Thu, 07 Jan 2016 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.bellbookshop.co.uk/product/my-story-wartime-princess/ In 1939, on a royal tour of Dartmouth Naval College, Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) meets the dashing Prince Philip of Greece. Immediately they begin a correspondence, as war breaks out across Europe, where Philip is sent to serve in the Navy. Elizabeth convinces her father the King, despite his reservations, to allow her to sign up to the war effort and joins the Women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service. Serving her country, driving trucks and fixing cars, Elizabeth wonders, will she ever see her prince again…?

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