Chris Kent Glasby
Author of ‘The Bare Essentials’ series of books
Blog
World Book Day: 4th March 2021
As most children will not be back in school for this year's World Book Day, a friend asked me to make a video to share in her school. The video is about using non-fiction texts and suggests a challenge to create a newspaper article. It is accompanied by a quiz, some...
The Bare Essentials: Kings and Queens: divine right to constitutional monarchy
The Troubador website has now enabled the 'Preview Book' setting so you are now able to view selected pages from inside the book. Troubador are also offering a £5 discount on the run up to Christmas. Please use the code KING20 to receive the discount. The code can...
Kings and Queens of Scotland
Just to prove that I am working on the new book, I have uploaded a few images of the work in progress for the Scottish Kings and Queens. Pretty messy. On some of the pages I have scribbled out my notes as they are not ready for reading yet. Although I love...
PUBLISHED
Finally, my personal copies of The Bare Essentials: Kings and Queens have arrived and I was very pleased with the quality of the printing. I have uploaded a few images to give you an idea of the book's set up. It is easy to dip in and out when looking for information...
LOCKDOWN
We are almost 6 weeks into lockdown and it must have been the strangest ever 6 weeks that any of us can remember. Will life as we know it ever return? Meanwhile, I am continuing to work on the next two books in the Bare Essentials series: Kings and Queens of...