Travel back to the time of the celts! Who were the Celts and who were their leaders? Why did they come to the British Isles and how did they live? Explore this ancient civilisation to understand how prehistoric people have influenced the way we live today.

Find out all about the lives of the Celts - from the well-known leader Boudicca, to the Druid priests that were highly important in Celtic society. Discover the artefacts that give evidence of their way of life, and how historians have pieced together the evidence of their lives. Learn about the homes and communities that they lived in, the food that they ate, how they travelled and worshipped, and the influence of the Romans on their society. And try your hand at making your own Celtic torc!

A great tool for project work at KS2!

This book is part of a book series called Explore .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 2. KS2 covers school years 4, 5 and 6, and ages 8-11 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Hachette Children's Group .

Sonya Newland is an experienced author of children's books. She specialises in geography.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Who were the Celts?
• 2: The Celtic world
• 3: Tribes of Britons
• 4: Warrior Celts
• 5: Celtic communities
• 6: Society and family
• 7: Trade and travel
• 8: Language and learning
• 9: Facts and Figures
• 10: Glossary
• 11: Further information
• 12: Index