Knight - Helen Greathead

Tough Jobs!is a new narrative non-fiction series covering popular historical topics through a variety of colourful jobs in a down-to-earth, readable style, with plenty of toilet humour! Each chapter features a double page fact spread and there is a glossary at the end.

In Knightyou are a page, a trainee knight. Experience what it's like to live in a castle and sometimes even clank about in armour. You are trained not just to fight, but to hunt, read poetry and serve at table, too! You'll find it's a tough job being a knight.

Helen Greathead is a highly experienced creator, editor, project manager and writer of successful non-fiction titles and series. She spent 14 years at Scholastic Children's Books where she commissioned series, including Horrible Histories. She began a freelance career in 2003, and titles she has written include the Now You Knowseries (Scholastic) and the Design and Make series (Watts).

'Written in an accessible style with humorous illustrations, they are great for engaging reluctant readers as well as educating them about a historical period.'
Junior Education Plus (December 2008)