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    East Anglia
Eastern England, East Anglia is a large ear-shaped area on the North Sea, comprised of four counties – Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex. People have lived in East Anglia for thousands of years, from Bronze and Iron Age settlements, to the Romans, Anglo Saxons, and Normans. Traveling with kids in East Anglia, you'll find lots of choose from – ancient archeological sites, re-constructed 7th century villages, medieval cathedrals, the great university of Cambridge, boat cruises through a maze of rivers, and miles of coast to explore.
    Norfolk
    Suffolk
    Cambridgeshire
 
Cambridge
    Essex
kids books england
     
Ely Plot  
Ely Plot (The Wickit Chronicles)
Joan Lennon

High-spirited medieval adventures, all set in the Fenlands. Young Pip, who lives at Wickit Abbey, is sent to Ely to sing in the famous cathedral choir, but Pip uncovers a plot to poison the king of England. (Chapter book)

For Pip's next adventures, he searches the Black Bog for Viking gold in Fen Gold, and skates through the frozen waterways to stop an invasion in Ice Road.

     

More sailing adventures of the four Walker children (Swallows and Amazons). A day of sailing around Harwich Harbor unexpectedly turns into an ocean voyage, when the fog closes in and they drift out to sea. (Chapter book)

 

 
We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea
     
Green Knowe series  - kids books England  

In this wonderful fantasy series, set in Cambridgeshire, kids who visit the manor house of Green Knowe discover magic in the miles of river and islands, richly inhabited with creatures large and small, and meet children from centuries past, all who lived in the house and loved the sparkling watermeadows and endless countryside. Absolutely magical! (Chapter book)

 

(More children's books on other England pages)
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