By Tony Bradman (author) Part of the The Cobb Street Commandos series
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Join Jimmy and his friends in a new, action packed adventure series, specially designed for readers learning about World War II for the very first time!
It's 1941 and the Second World War has transformed London.
All the adults are doing important things and playing their part. Jimmy and his friends want to be in the thick of the action, doing whatever they can to keep the East End safe. So they form a top-secret group called the Cobb Street Commandos.
Houses become hidden headquarters for official CSC meetings. Abandoned warehouses turn into their personal training grounds. They create helmets from cardboard and training tools from old scraps of wood.
They know how to be creative and are more than ready for battle.
The only thing missing is a mission for them - until now, that is.
Join Jimmy and his friends in action-packed adventures around the city as they raise money for Spitfire planes, train alongside soldiers and go on daring missions to meet the prime minister - Winston Churchill himself!
With striking illustrations throughout by Aleksei Bitskoff.
'Exciting and thought-provoking.' Tom Palmer, acclaimed author of After the War 'A delightful, fact-filled book about London under siege in World War II.' Francesca Simon, Best-selling author of Horrid Henry 'Very much my kind of book.' David Long, Blue Peter Award-winning author of Survivors 'Cheeky, pacy and full of charm.' Jasbinder Bilan, Costa Award Winning author of Asha and the Spirit Bird 'A funny, easy to read, fact-filled caper.' Judith Eagle, author of The Blitz Sister 'Funny, cleverly written, emotive and educational. A must for anyone curious about wartime London.' Gavin Puckett, author of Blanksy the Street Cat
Tony Bradman was born in 1954 (not during the Jurassic era, as his children have been known to claim). He went to school in London, and then Cambridge University. After university he worked in the music press, then became Deputy Editor of Parents magazine, and began reviewing children’s books. He had his first book for children published in 1985 and became a full-time author in 1987. He is a hugely prolific author with a particular passion for bringing history to life for young people. He is a regular at all the major literary festivals, reviews for The Guardian and is the Chair of the Siobhan Dowd Trust. He is perhaps best known in the UK for his Dilly the Dinosaur stories. His books have sold more than two million copies worldwide and he has been published in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany, Sweden, Spain and Japan amongst others. Tony loves films and popular culture. He lives in Beckenham, Kent with his wife Sally and their three children Emma, Helen and Thomas and Rufus the cat.
If you were a Viking warrior, what would your name be? And what about your battle cry? I love Viking warrior names – my favourites are Erik Bloodaxe, Ivar The Boneless and of course, Harald Hardnut. I’d like my name to be exciting too! But the Vikings had a great sense of humour, and I’m not very tall, so I’d expect they would call me stumpy or something like that. My battle cry would be easy – “Yaaaaaaagggghhh” Which of the places in the book would you most like to visit: Russia, Norway or Constantinople? Why? I’d like to visit them all. Constantinople is now called Istanbul, and it’s an ancient city full of interesting things. I studied Russian at school and so I’d love to visit places like Novogorod and Kiev. And in fact, I’ve just booked up to go to Oslo, capital of Norway – and the first place I’ll visit is the Viking Ship Museum…. If you were a Viking warrior, and could have any person from history/film/books in your gang – who would you choose? And Why? What would the gang be called? I’d pick all the great Viking warriors – Harald Hardnut, Erik Bloodaxe, the Godwin brothers Tostig and Harold, maybe Thor the Norse God, Beowulf, Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Boromir and Faramir from Lord of the Rings and loads of others. What would we be called? Why The Cool Vikings, of course!
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Join Jimmy and his friends in a new, action packed adventure series, specially designed for readers learning about World War II for the very first time!It's 1941 and the Second World War has transformed London.All the adults are doing important things and playing their part. Jimmy and his friends want to be in the thick of the action, doing whatever they can to keep the East End safe.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Tales of the Cobb Street Commandos and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
Tales of the Cobb Street Commandos features in the following genres: Featured Books for 9+ readers, Featured Books for 11+ readers, Adventure Stories, Historical Fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Military and war fiction, Recommendations, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
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Tales of the Cobb Street Commandos was written by Tony Bradman and published by Faber & Faber
Tales of the Cobb Street Commandos has 140 pages
Yes it is part of The Cobb Street Commandos series
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