Stone Circles

by Dawn Finch

Stone Circles are monuments made up of large stones arranged so that they are standing in a circle. It is believed that there are over 1,300 stone circles in the United Kingdom. They are a fascinating reminder of our ancient ancestors. But who built these stone circles and why are they there? How did ancient people build these circles using such giant stone blocks? This book provides all the information you need to know about stone circles in a clear and simple way, and highlights the most famous stone circles in the United Kingdom, such as Stonehenge, the Ring of Brodgar, Calanais and Avebury.

32 pages, Hardcover

Published January 26, 2017

About the author

Dawn grew up on a London overspill council estate and spent much of her time in libraries. Books were important in her family and she used them as a means of escape and became an obsessive reader. The careers officer asked her, aged twelve, what future she would like. Dawn she said that she wanted to work as a writer and a librarian. She was told to "stop pointless dreaming or you'll only live to regret it". A typing course was recommended together with a future in a typing pool.

In an academic publishers in central London, while sorting the unsolicited submissions, Dawn learnt something about how not to prepare a manuscript. Later she worked at St Albans Cathedral as a Research Assistant for the Education Office. This essentially involved taking school children for tours of the Abbey whilst dressed as a Benedictine monk. Dawn later began working in public libraries and helped to establish a large library at her daughter's school...soon the headteacher convinced her to leave public libraries to run the school library. Since 2003 Dawn has been School Librarian for a large and buzzy primary school taking care of 10,000 books and the children who love them. She also works as a literacy and school library consultant and is vice-chair of the London and SE committee of the School Libraries Group and the Society of Authors.

Dawn does not believe in regrets, and is glad that she never stopped her pointless dreaming.
Her first book, YA contemporary fantasy novel Brotherhood of Shades, was e-published by Harper Collins imprint authonomy in October 2012 and is due in paperback Sept 19th 2013.

"With Brotherhood of Shades, Finch has proven herself to be an author to watch"
British Fantasy Society

Reviews

[Beth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Found out some new facts - 3*

Yeah, facts about stone circles. Not much to really comment on...

Side note: I find the Stone Age topic BOOOOOORRRRRRIIIINNNNNGGGG but I'm doing my best to try and jazz it up.