Author: Renzo Rossi
ISBN: 0761443339
Publisher: Benchmark Books, 2009
Age: 9-12
Genre: Non-fiction
Summary: Take a journey through time with 10 year old siblings Alice and Freddy with Charles Dickens through Victorian London. Beginning with information about Charles Dickens’ life and writings this book gives the reader a good look at what life was life in London during the 1800’s. Follow them through London to notable sights such as train depot, the Tower of London, the London docks, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Hyde Park, Buckingham Palace, The Great Exhibition, an English Pub, Trafalgar Square, and a typical Victorian home. For each location learn about its origins and its use during Dickens’ time.
Personal Thoughts: This is a quick but thoroughly enjoyable trip into Victorian England. The reader gets to learn about so much history in a fun and interesting way that you hardly notice that you’re learning history. The illustrations are well done and give each page spread a way to connect the text with a place or thing. I enjoyed reading about things like the Great Exhibition in the Crystal Palace because that is something that is specific to Victorian England and not something generally talked about.
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