The Orchard Book of Heroes and Villains

Bradman and Ross are a well-tried combination, with text and illustration perfectly united for story-telling pleasure.

Ancient history and the classics are transported into the readers’ own experience by the use of lively language and spirited illustration, which both show that our forbears were just like us.

It’s a little-known fact that when Odysseus’ ship grounded on the shore in the land of the Cyclops, ‘several warriors fell off their benches’!

Bradman and Ross offer punchy retellings frequently punctuated by images which provide additional clues to the textual content, but neither sacrifices accuracy for effect.