Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls from Around the World Collection_London minutes are shown as black

minutes are shown as black numbers and each quarter-hour is shown in red numbers

Our Epic Explorers collection focuses on middle-grade readers aged 7-12 years

Eltham Palace - now an Art Deco gem - and nearby engineering feats like the Thames Barrier

The minute and second hands are conventional

Date: 1591

Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls from Around the World Collection_London minutes are shown as blackMeet a girl who fights dragons, a brave warrior queen, and a daughter in search of her Samurai father. This book is a celebration of stories from around the world. The heroes of the tales are all girls and young women. They can slay dragons, save kingdoms and outwit their foes, but they also show kindness and compassion, wisdom and selflessness. They are heroes in every sense of the world. And they are, of course, brave and brilliant, each and every