Queen Elizabeth II's Britain A celebration of British history under its longest reigning monarch

Elizabeth II's Britain examines the recent history of Britain, during the time of the country's longest-reigning monach. Exploring the Britain the Queen was born into and took over when her reign began, the Commonwealth, changing social times, family, fashion, technology and work, the book builds up a picture of how life in Britain has changed.

The book is brought alive with humourous cartoon and by memories in the form of quotes from people who remember the events and changes from the past 60 years. It is illustrated with pictures of the Queen and the Royal family and historical photos of life in Britain. Ideal for the 9-11 year old reader.

Jacqui Bailey has spent a lot of her adult life working with children's books. She has been an editor and publisher of everything from picture books to encyclopedias, but mostly enjoys finding out amazing bits of information and then writing about them.

She particularly likes writing about science, as the information so often turns out to be far stranger than fiction.

• 1: Sixty years on the throne
• 1: The end of the war
• 1: Rationing; Marriages and births
• 1: A crumbling empire; The Commonwealth; United for peace;
• 1: A European community
• 1: A new queen
• 1: King for a year; The Queen’s father
• 1: Coronation day; Open to the public
• 1: Good times... and bad; Popular monarch
• 1: Family life
• 1: Getting married; Seen not heard
• 1: School days; Pass or fail; All together
• 1: Women’s rights; All sorts of families
• 1: Somewhere to live; Instant houses; Building blocks; Renting and buying
• 1: Healthier and wealthier
• 1: Paying the price; Health for free; Government care
• 1: Changing jobs; Haves and have nots; The poverty line; Relative poverty
• 1: Going places;Travelling by train; On the roads
• 1: It’s good to talk; Talking and walking; Using computers
• 1: The way we live
• 1: A changing population; Favourite food
• 1: Tins of things; ‘Foreign’ foods; Small and local; Super shops
• 1: Well dressed; Minis, bell-bottoms, boots and chains
• 1: At the cinema; What’s on the box?
• 1: From ballroom to the Beatles; Festival time
• 1: By the seaside; Packaged up
• 1: Looking ahead
• 1: In the future; A link to the past
• 1: Timeline
• 1: Further information & websites
• 1: Index

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