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

Lift off in the hilarious edge-of-your-seat adventure series that is a home alone story with a difference! Written by the inimitable Larry Hayes an...

The terrifying Vikings are coming! Invaders and Raiders: Vikings describes how the Vikings invaded and conquered much of Britain, and voyaged far a...

Thanksgiving is the original American holiday. When the Pilgrims sat down to give thanks for the hard-won bounty of their new world, they continued...

If you could go back in time and talk to famous rulers from the past, what would you ask? Brave animal interviewer and author Andy Seed has adapted...

The Queen was Britain's longest-reigning monarch and one of the most famous women in the world. But what was she really like? This enthralling stor...

History in Infographics helps children to visualise facts and statistics using a clever and appealing mix of graphics and numbers. The colourful, ...

A weird and wonderful activity book about the culture, gods and traditions of Ancient Egypt. Take a journey down the Nile to the Delta and discov...

Eva and Maxime are two young Normans who love to live a life of adventure! One day they travel to Bayeux for a medieval fair. Have you heard of W...

In 1666 a fire started in Pudding Lane in London. Soon the flames spread and no one could stop them. The Great Fire bought down much of the medieva...

Discover the greatest story ever told: the story of life on our planet, from the big bang to the dinosaurs and beyond.Before humans took their firs...

Important historical topics from the Stone Age and Ancient Egypt to the US Civil War and World War II are clearly explained in this fun and informa...

Discover what it was like to be a barber surgeon in the sixteenth century and why it was a terrible time for people to be sick. Sharpen your saw be...

Get ready... as a 12-year-old girl living in Britain in the 1880s, you are about to start work for a wealthy family. You will be busy all day long ...

As Catholic conspirator and would-be assassin Guy Fawkes, you''ll witness the secretive planning and thwarted execution of the infamous Gunpowder P...

You are a young man from a noble family in Mexico. Little do you suspect that you are about to fall victim to one of the most powerful South Americ...