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

Why do humans look like they do? What will we look like in the future? Why do some species of animals die out where others thrive? Our Hairy Past t...

When Prince Thutmose visits the Pyramids of Giza, he discovers the head of the Sphinx sticking out of the sand. To his surprise, the Sphinx tells h...

Araminta Ross was born a slave in Delaware in the early 19th century. Slavery meant that her family could be ripped apart at any time, and that she...

Hava (Eva) Bromberg and Ephraim Sokal were Jewish teenagers in Poland when the Nazis invaded in 1939. Hiding in plain sight, Bromberg lived amon...

Growing up at the foot of Mount Everest, a Sherpa boy named Tenzing Norgay dreamed about one day being the first to climb the giant in his backyard...

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Your child can travel through time with Wild About British History and learn about everything from the earliest inhabitants to the present day. Thi...

Free Lunch is the story of Rex Ogles first term in Year 7. Rex and his baby brother often went hungry, wore second-hand clothes and were short of s...

Susan Wise Bauers narrative world history series is widely used in advanced high school history classes, as well as by home educating parents. The ...

Designed for parents and elementary/middle grade students (grades 3-7) to share together, The Story of the World, Volume 3: Early Modern Times hist...

On August 18, 1920, women in the United States secured their right to vote with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Their ...

What will you learn about Ancient Egypt today? Travel back in time to learn all about the pharaohs of Egypt, decode Egyptian hieroglyphs, and see h...

Amy Chan Zhous searing memoir about growing up in rural Communist China features descriptions of pastoral beauty and tales of the simple joys of ra...

''Significantly more engaging and inspiring than the rival Rebel Girls'' GUARDIAN ''It''s hard to imagine any group of primary-aged children who w...

The First World War was the world's first 'total war'. Although large-scale wars like the Napoleonic wars had ranged across many territories, the s...

A Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People 2016 In the late 1800s, the daring young reporter Elizabeth Cochraneknown by the pen name Nell...

Tales of pirates, whether in fact or fiction, have long excited young imaginations. The pirate stories here all have a Scottish connection. The tit...

An NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young PeopleChristopher Columbus is one of the most famous people in world history, yet few know the ...

Leonard Calvert was a quiet boy who grew up in England. When he was grown, Leonard went to Newfoundland with his father, George Calvert, the first ...

What do moa eggs, seeds chewed by rats and 600-year-old footprints have in common? Lost planes, dog turds and frozen sleeping bags? Archaeologists ...

It''s the end of the 15th century, and your local castle is looking for a jailer. Are you up to the job? Your charges will include all sorts of peo...