This enthusiastically reviewed, scrupulously researched, and Mountbatten Maritime Prize-winning book chronicles a resonant episode of Victorian history led by Samuel Plimsoll, MP, "The Sailor's Fri
•Curated by a children’s book expert with unparalleled knowledge and insight•An inspiring, accessible and powerful collection of pieces of writing, with commentary from Nicolette Jones throughout•Sits
Raymond Briggs has changed the face of children’s picture books, with his innovations of both form and subject. Stylistically versatile, he has illustrated some sixty books, twenty of them with his ow
