Books by Tony Bradman

Tony Bradman is a celebrated British author best known for his engaging and accessible stories for children and young adults. With a career spanning decades, he has written everything from early readers to historical adventures, often weaving warmth, humour, and emotional insight into his narratives. His work appeals to both reluctant and confident readers, offering relatable characters and vivid storytelling that capture everyday experiences with honesty and heart.

Beyond his own writing, Bradman has been a passionate advocate for literacy and children's literature, editing anthologies and supporting new voices in the field. His books, whether set in a modern classroom or the Viking age, are crafted to inspire curiosity and empathy, making them a valued addition to any school library or young reader's bookshelf.

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  • Pearson Education Limited Bug Club Pro Guided Year 5 Below Deck A Titanic

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    Book SynopsisBelow Deck: A Titanic Story Grace is sad to leave Auntie Nora, but she can't help feeling excited about living with Uncle Patrick in New York. As Grace climbs on board the Titanic, she is unaware of the difficult choice that awaits her. Will she make the right decision, and can she survive the ship's fateful voyage?

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    £999.99

  • Cambridge Reading Adventures The Silk Road White

    Cambridge University Press Cambridge Reading Adventures The Silk Road White

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    Book SynopsisOur international primary reading series will help your learners become confident, independent readers. Cheng went looking for a new home on the Silk Road. Can he learn enough to survive and be happy? White Band books typically feature stories which explore ''why?'' questions and include more complex sentences with a wider range of grammar. Contains full teaching support including learning outcomes, curriculum links and follow-up activities

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    £8.27

  • Reading Planet Astro  Forbidden Classroom The

    Hodder Education Reading Planet Astro Forbidden Classroom The

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    Book SynopsisWelcome to Rockhead Primary, a school so ordinary even the teachers think it''s boring. But things start to change when a builder knocks down an internal wall and reveals something totally weird... Now the school has been invaded by an invisible intruder from another galaxy. Verna Lee and Jamie Ballard investigate, but our dynamic Year 6 duo are stumped by the alien''s antics. Can they track it down and save the human race from a terrible fate? Can they even save themselves? The answers to all these questions are inside this book. Open it...if you dare! Forbidden Classroom: The Intruder is part of the Astro range from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Astro books are ideal for struggling and reluctant readers aged 7-11. Each book is dual-banded so that children can improve their fluency whilst enjoying exciting fiction and non-fiction relevant to their age. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features usef

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    £10.69

  • HarperCollins Publishers Daisy and the Unknown Warrior

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    Book SynopsisReluctant reader favourite Tony Bradman returns with a captivating historical tale inspired by the true story of Britain’s Tomb of the Unknown Warrior. November 1920. The body of an unknown soldier is to be buried at Westminster Abbey. The war has claimed the lives of thousands of men whose bodies will never make it home, and the Unknown Warrior will represent them all. As hundreds of people crowd to Westminster Abbey, Daisy knows she has to make it to the ceremony. Because although they call the warrior ‘unknown’, she is sure that he is her father …Trade Review"A powerful and important story" – Kate Heap, True Education Partnerships "An engaging story … Bradman skilfully melds together convincing characterisation and narrative with vivid historical detail about the period" – The English Association "Thoroughly enjoyable, this is a history lesson without the pain" – Books for Keeps "A beautiful and heartfelt reflection on the terrible sacrifices of a generation" – Lancashire Evening Post "First class. It brims with atmosphere, well drawn characters and is packed with history" – The Letterpress Project

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  • Project X Alien Adventures Orange An Amazing Find

    Oxford University Press Project X Alien Adventures Orange An Amazing Find

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    Book SynopsisThe micro-friends, and Nok, are on a school trip to the woods. They shrink for some micro-fun, and find a strange-looking object hidden in some leaves. Find out what they discover in An Amazing Find.The friends find themselves on board Nok''s lost spaceship, the Excelsa. Tiger presses a button and the ship takes off! Find out where it''s taking them in Blast Off!In Don''t Press the Buttons!, Nok shows the friends the ship''s fabricator. It makes them some cool, new spacesuits, but what else it can do The ship is flying through space when they see a huge rock. As they get closer, it starts to move! Find out what they have awoken in Worm Song.In Spacewalk the ship has flown close to a wormhole and has been damaged. Can Max and Tiger repair the ship before it''s swallowed by the wormhole?The Excelsa is swallowed by a junk cruncher. Can they find a way to escape before they are squashed flat by the metal pounders? Find out in The Junk Cruncher.Each book comes with notes on the inside frontTrade ReviewAll my friends like Dr Who so I know they will like this * Billy 6 *It's good really good * Hannah 6 *If you like alien books, you'll like this * Callum 6 *It's really, really, really awesome * Joey 5 *

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    £7.30

  • HarperCollins Publishers The King Who Thought He Was Clever A Folk Tale

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    Book SynopsisBuild your child's reading confidence at home with books at the right levelA hilarious tale about a mischievous king who is desperate to show off his clever tricks to three unsuspecting princes. Find out what he gets up to, and whether anyone can beat him at his own game.Ruby/Band 14 books give increasing opportunities for children to develop their skills of inference and deduction.Text type: A traditional tale from another cultureCurriculum links: English: fairy stories, myths and legends; books from other cultures and traditionsThis book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

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  • Project X Origins Orange Book Band Oxford Level 6

    Oxford University Press Project X Origins Orange Book Band Oxford Level 6

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    Book SynopsisProject X Origins is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development. When a puddle appears in the playground and the taps stop working at school, a micro-sized Max decides to turn detective in Max the Detective and investigate what could be causing the plumbing problems.Each book contains inside cover notes that highlight challenge words, prompt questions and a range of follow-up activities to support children in their reading.

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    £7.30

  • Oxford University Press Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks Oxford Level 10

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    Book SynopsisWhen Ivar decides he''s going to be The Greatest Viking Ever, he sets off on a sea-voyage and drags his reluctant brother, Olaf, along with him. Can Ivar survive a storm, a troll and a wolf? Or will Olaf need to come to the rescue ...? Children will love this adventurous tale about brotherly love.Oxford Reading Tree Story Sparks is an emotionally-engaging fiction series that will fire children''s imaginations. These 36 original stories will get children thinking, and develop and deepen their comprehension skills. The variety of authors and illustration styles broadens children''s reading experience, with something to appeal to every child. All the books in the series are carefully levelled, so it''s easy to match every child to the right book for them. They also contain inside cover notes, to enable parents and teachers to support children in their reading. Help with children''s reading development is also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.

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  • Oxford University Press Project X Alien Adventures Brown Book Band Oxford

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    Book SynopsisBlast off on the biggest micro-adventure yet with the popular Project X characters Max, Cat, Ant and Tiger and their new alien micro-friend, Nok. Carefully levelled and highly motivating, this book is ideal for independent reading. Max, Cat, Ant, Tiger and Nok have a dramatic start to this story when they are teleported on to the Destroyer a ship belonging to the space villain Badlaw. They set out to find Noks parents, the king and queen of Exis, who are thought to be being held captive on the ship. However, when the micro-friends are discovered by Badlaws robotic Krools, the friends have to split up. Max, Ant and Nok meet a strange-looking space rat and have to decide whether they can trust it.This book also contains notes on the inside front and back covers that highlight challenge words, prompt questions and give a follow-up activity to support children in their reading and comprehension skills.Trade ReviewAll my friends like Dr Who so I know they will like this. * Billy, age 6 *It's got scary bits, exciting bits and you don't know what's going to happen in the end so you just have to read it. * Daisy, age 7 *It's exciting and dramatic. * Ella, age 8 *It's exciting to read about different planets. * Lauren, age 7 *It's really fun and you don't know what's going to happen next. * Richard, age 8 *It's definitely worth reading. It's really different. * Thomas, age 8 *

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    £8.55

  • Hero Academy Oxford Level 4 Light Blue Book Band

    Oxford University Press Hero Academy Oxford Level 4 Light Blue Book Band

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    Book SynopsisIn The Pest, a squirrel steals a snack bar from Cam and Jin's picnic!This book is part of Project X Hero Academy, a fully decodable series designed to motivate young readers and turn them into reading superheroes.

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    £7.15

  • Bug Club Independent Fiction Year Two Purple B

    Pearson Education Limited Bug Club Independent Fiction Year Two Purple B

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    Book SynopsisThis title is part of Bug Club, the first whole-school reading programme that joins books with an online reading world to teach today's children to read. Purple Level B: Young Robin Hood: The Great Escape - Oh no! Robin's mum has been locked in the Sheriff's dungeon. Robin and Marian are soon on the case, as they plot her great escape!

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    £9.76

  • Reading Planet Astro  Forbidden Classroom Secrets

    Hodder Education Reading Planet Astro Forbidden Classroom Secrets

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    Book SynopsisWelcome to Rockhead Primary, a school so ordinary even the teachers think it''s boring. But things start to change when a builder knocks down an internal wall and reveals something totally weird ... Two Year 6 pupils - Verna Lee and Jamie Ballard - join forces to investigate a whole series of secrets. What terrifying event took place on December 21st 1983? Why has the school caretaker suddenly started to behave strangely? And what is really inside the Forbidden Classroom? The answers to all these questions are inside this book. Open it ... if you dare! Forbidden Classroom: Secrets is part of the Astro range from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Astro books are ideal for struggling and reluctant readers aged 7-11. Each book is dual-banded so that children can improve their fluency whilst enjoying exciting fiction and non-fiction relevant to their age. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful not

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    £10.69

  • Reading Planet Astro  Forbidden Classroom Friends

    Hodder Education Reading Planet Astro Forbidden Classroom Friends

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    Book SynopsisWelcome to Rockhead Primary, a school so ordinary even the teachers think it''s boring. But things start to change when a builder knocks down an internal wall and reveals something totally weird... Powerful forces are now gathering inside the school, and Verna Lee and Jamie Ballard find themselves pushed aside. They soon realise things are not what they seem, and they take on the dark forces that threaten the human race. But who is a friend, and who is an enemy? The answers to all these questions are inside this book. Open it... if you dare! Forbidden Classroom: Friends and Enemies is part of the Astro range from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Astro books are ideal for struggling and reluctant readers aged 7-11. Each book is dual-banded so that children can improve their fluency whilst enjoying exciting fiction and non-fiction relevant to their age. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful no

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    £10.69

  • Reading Planet  Maui and the Sun  Purple Galaxy

    Hodder Education Reading Planet Maui and the Sun Purple Galaxy

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    Book SynopsisThe days are far too short for Maui and his family to fit in all their jobs. Can Maui come up with a plan to slow down the Sun? Maui and the Sun is part of the Galaxy range of books from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Galaxy provides captivating fiction and non-fiction for Pink A to White band. The rich collection of highly decodable books immerses children in a range of cross-curricular topics and genres. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and activities to support reading at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 6-7 years

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    £9.37

  • Revolt Against the Romans

    Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Revolt Against the Romans

    Book Synopsis''An intriguing insight into the early history of our nation'' PARENTS IN TOUCHRoman and Celtic cultures collide in this thrilling adventure about the Roman conquest of Britain. Written by bestselling author Tony Bradman, this coming of age tale is perfect for fans of Rosemary Sutcliff and will have readers gripped from start to finish. I''ve fought every kind of barbarian, but the Britons are by far the worst...Marcus is excited about travelling to Britannia, an island at the edge of the world. But the Britons are savages who tattoo themselves and take the heads of their enemies in battle. They won''t bow down to the rule of Rome. As Marcus travels to meet his father he meets Caractacus the barbarian chief instead and his destiny is changed forever, along with that of Britannia...This exciting and dramatic story is packed with great characters and insight into the world of Roman Britain.Book Band: Dark BlueIdeal for readers aged 9+Trade ReviewThe characters come alive on the page and you find yourself rooting for Marcus and his new family, and booing the Romans. -- Saviour Pirotta * An Awfully Big Blog Adventure *I have said this often, but I love to encourage children to read historical fiction set in a period they are studying at school - and Tony Bradman writes some of the best around, with their blend of exciting stories with excellent period detail to bring the history alive…. An intriguing insight into the early history of our nation. * Parents in Touch *As ever, this excellent author makes history exciting and relevant and I learnt quite a lot about Rome and the invasion of Britannia that I didn't know... it is packed with fierce action and tense with the on-going pull between the different cultures that Marcus has experienced. * Karen Argent, The LetterPress Project *

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  • Robinson Crusoe Shipwrecked The Greatest

    Hachette Children's Books Robinson Crusoe Shipwrecked The Greatest

    Book SynopsisPart of a collection of fun-filled, dynamic and dramatic stories, tales that every aspiring boy-adventurer wants to read.

    £4.74

  • Gulliver in Lilliput The Greatest Adventures in

    Hachette Children's Books Gulliver in Lilliput The Greatest Adventures in

    Book SynopsisPart of a collection of fun-filled, dynamic and dramatic stories, tales that every aspiring boy-adventurer wants to read.

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  • Arthur And The Kings Sword The Greatest

    Hachette Children's Books Arthur And The Kings Sword The Greatest

    Book SynopsisPart of a collection of fun-filled, dynamic and dramatic stories, tales that every aspiring boy-adventurer wants to read.

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  • William Tell And The Apple For Freedom The

    Hachette Children's Books William Tell And The Apple For Freedom The

    Book SynopsisPart of a collection of fun-filled, dynamic and dramatic stories, tales that every aspiring boy-adventurer wants to read.

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  • Aladdin And The Fabulous Genie The Greatest

    Hachette Children's Books Aladdin And The Fabulous Genie The Greatest

    Book SynopsisPart of a collection of fun-filled, dynamic and dramatic stories, tales that every aspiring boy-adventurer wants to read.

    £4.97

  • Capstone Press Snow White and the Magic Mirror After Happily

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  • Bug Club Guided Non Fiction Year 1 Green B Epic

    Pearson Education Limited Bug Club Guided Non Fiction Year 1 Green B Epic

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    £9.53

  • Bug Club Comprehension Y5 Below Deck A Titanic

    Pearson Education Limited Bug Club Comprehension Y5 Below Deck A Titanic

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    £95.95

  • Hachette Children's Books Beowulf the Hero The Greatest Adventures in the

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    Book SynopsisPart of a collection of fun-filled, dynamic and dramatic stories, tales that every aspiring boy-adventurer wants to read.

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    £4.65

  • David and Goliath The Greatest Adventures in the

    Hachette Children's Books David and Goliath The Greatest Adventures in the

    Book SynopsisPart of a collection of fun-filled, dynamic and dramatic stories, tales that every aspiring boy-adventurer wants to read.

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  • Reading Planet - The Samurai's Brave Daughter -

    Rising Stars UK Ltd Reading Planet - The Samurai's Brave Daughter -

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    Book SynopsisAfter an Emperor banishes one of his Samurai guards in error, Tokoyo, his brave daughter, goes to find him. Along the way, she encounters some villagers who are very afraid of a terrible sea dragon. Can Tokoyo help the villagers and save her father? The Samurai's Brave Daughter is part of the Galaxy range of books from Rising Stars Reading Planet. Galaxy provides captivating fiction and non-fiction for Pink A to White band. The rich collection of highly decodable books immerses children in a range of cross-curricular topics and genres. Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and activities to support reading at home as well as comprehension questions to check understanding. Reading age: 5-6 years

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    £8.93

  • Reading Planet KS2 - Tales of Snow and Ice -

    Rising Stars UK Ltd Reading Planet KS2 - Tales of Snow and Ice -

    Book SynopsisDuring the long, dark nights in the frozen north, people tell tales of snow and ice. Grandfather Frost watches over the land, trolls lurk in caves to hide from the sun, a child comes to life when a wish is made, and terrifying ogres meet beasts even they can't defeat. Wrap up warm to read this chilly collection of snowy stories ... Tales of Snow and Ice: Stories from the North is part of the Reading Planet range of books for Stars (Lime) to Supernova (Red+) band. Children aged 7-11 will be inspired to love reading through the gripping stories and fascinating information books created by top authors Reading Planet books have been carefully levelled to support children in becoming fluent and confident readers. Each book features useful notes and questions to support reading at home and develop comprehension skills.Reading age: 8-9 years

    £10.67

  • Jason And The Voyage To The Edge Of The World The

    Hachette Children's Books Jason And The Voyage To The Edge Of The World The

    Book SynopsisTo win back his father's kingdom, Jason must find the fabled Golden Fleece. Many have attempted the perilous journey in search of it and never returned. But Jason and his band of Argonauts set sail determined to succeed!

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  • Robin Hood And The Silver Arrow The Greatest

    Hachette Children's Books Robin Hood And The Silver Arrow The Greatest

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    Book SynopsisPart of a collection of fun-filled, dynamic and dramatic stories, tales that every aspiring boy-adventurer wants to read.

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    £4.97

  • Klett Ernst /Schulbuch Young Merlin Mit AudioCD Englische Lektre fr die

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  • Stone Arch Books Goldilocks and the Just Right Club

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  • Capstone Press Rapunzel Lets Her Hair Down

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  • Capstone Press Red Riding Hood Takes Charge

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  • Capstone Press Red Riding Hood Takes Charge After Happily Ever

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  • Capstone Press Mr Wolf Bounces Back After Happily Ever After

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  • Stone Arch Books Mr. Bear Gets Alarmed

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  • Capstone Press Snow White and the Magic Mirror After Happily

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  • Stone Arch Books The Ugly Duckling Returns

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  • Capstone Press Mr Bear Gets Alarmed

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  • Capstone Press The Wicked Stepmother Helps Out

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  • Capstone Press The Three Little Pigs go Camping

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  • Capstone Press The Ugly Duckling Returns

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  • Capstone Press Cinderella After Happily Ever After

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  • Capstone Press Fairy Godmother After Happily Ever After

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  • Capstone Press Goldilocks After Happily Ever After

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  • Stone Arch Books Jack and the Bean Snacks After Happily Ever After

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  • Capstone Press Rapunzel Lets Her Hair Down After Happily Ever

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