The Golden Age of Baghdad

Build your child’s reading confidence at home with books at the right level

1,100 years ago Baghdad was the world’s biggest and finest city. Discover this glamorous, glorious desert city – its art, literature and learning – during the Islamic Golden Age.

• Diamond/Band 17 books offer more complex, underlying themes to give opportunities for children to understand causes and points of view.
• Text type – An information book.
• The book is organised into short chapters to help children practise the skills of locating and identifying important information.
• The glossary and index can be used to develop children's information retrieval skills further.
• Curriculum links – History