History & The Past: General Interest (Children's/Teenage)

In 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas. Or did he? Look at all the facts and discover the fiction through primary sources, infograph...

Join Harriet, Darwin's pet tortoise, and Milton, Schrodinger's indecisive cat on a time-travelling quest of discovery, unravelling scientific explo...

'In a strange, vast and wonderfully imagined museum, an apprentice sculptor and student scientist must solve a murder. Julia Golding has written a ...

'The brilliant and entertaining illustrations in this series enliven a clear and enjoyable text that should stimulate serious thought about the wor...

An entertaining biography of the man behind Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web, two of the best loved children's books of all time. Learn about E.B....

Following the success of Science Comics, First Second is launching a new nonfiction series: History Comics! These page-turning and gorgeously illus...

Get ready...as the captain of a Spanish treasure ship sailing in the Spanish Main, you're about to get captured as a pirate's prisoner! Pirates hav...

You are a 10-year-old girl living in London with your family in 1938. When the German air force begins dropping bombs on the city, the government d...

The humorous cartoon-style illustrations and the narrative approach encourages readers to get emotionally involved with the characters, aiding thei...

A wonderfully written, sweeping narrative history of the United States that will help Americans discover the land they call home.American History f...

WINNER OF THE CALDECOTT MEDAL, THE CORETTA SCOTT KING AWARD, THE KATE GREENAWAY SHADOWER'S CHOICE AWARD AND A NEWBERY HONOR BOOK. This is for the u...

Join Bjorn the young Viking on a voyage of discovery around his world. Hear about those tough adventurous times as he spins thrilling tales of trai...

People have always got sick so have always needed doctors. But while most doctors tried to help their patients sometimes their methods were weird d...

Travel down the Nile and into the heart of an ancient tomb with young Neferu who is learning the mysterious work of embalming. You will see how dog...

Richard Marshall is from medieval England a young squire learning to be a knight. We will follow him on his journey learning to joust, fight and ho...

The Tower of London holds almost a thousand years' worth of secrets!The Tower of London draws more than 2 million visitors a year! Almost 1,000 yea...

Plague looks at the most frightening diseases and epidemics in the history of medicine. These include the bubonic plague or Black Death, its effect...

Invisible microbes cause sickness by setting up home in our bodies and multiplying - fast Follow the hunt for these tiny killers over thousands of ...

This is for the unforgettable. The unafraid. The undefeated. From New York Times bestselling-author Kwame Alexander comes this powerful and impo...

Meet Martin Luther King, Jr. and discover the story of his life and work in this engagingly illustrated biography - narrated by King himself. A ser...

A brilliantly fun search-and-find puzzle book for children from 6+, developed in consultation with the British Museum.Tom's not only lost in time, ...

  Mac B. and his arch-nemesis are facing off at the Video Game World Championships! But first, Mac B. needs to crack an unbreak...

Discover all the foul facts about the Gorgeous Georgians with historys most horrible headlines. The master of making history fun, Terry...

Hiya! Alison Hammond here! I love getting to know all about different people and I'll tell you a secret . . . sometimes people we don't know much a...

Hop in a time machine with Wally and join in with the fun through history! Includes games, puzzles and searches set through the ages from the days ...