The Time Travelling Cat and The Tudor Treasure
This novel is about a real search for the Philosophers Stone, which people really believed in in the sixteenth century.
Queen Elizabeth I ordered a magician cum scientist called Dr Dee to find it, so she could have lots of gold and live for ever.
In this story Dr Dee gets Topher and Ka, the time-travelling cat to help him in his search.
If you want a Terrible Tudors Quiz to test your kids go to my Puzzles and Games Page.
Go to the Write Away website for an excellent Teachers Guide.
Also see Issue 55 July 2008 of Literacy Time Plus (pub Scholastic) for more super teaching materials.
(The guided reading resources ‘Novels set in Tudor times’ were published in Literacy Time PLUS Ages 9 to 11 July 2008, Issue 55, © Scholastic Ltd 2008 (www.scholastic.co.uk/literacytime). To order a copy, call 0845 850 4411.)
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