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

A fascinating illustrated biography about Elisha Gray, the second person to invent the telephone. Elisha Gray may not have received a patent for ...

The 10th installment in the bestselling Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales series tells the story of the Haitian Revolution and the Louisiana Purchase  ...

Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. They ar...

Illustrated by World Book Day 2022 Illustrator Allen Fatimaharan! Step back in time to Ancient Egypt and meet some of the many people who lived, wo...

The Atlas of Great Journeys allows readers to follow in the footsteps of the most daring adventurers as they set out to explore the unknown. Fascin...

Fact-packed topic books for primary school children Amazing armies, powerful emperors, colossal buildings! It’s time to learn everything ...

The inspiring autobiography from Gabrielle Douglas—the first African-American gymnast in Olympic history to become the individual All-Around champi...

  Discover all the foul facts about fifty gruesome great houses with history’s most horrible headlines: Gruesome Great Houses e...

'This beautifully drawn book is a delightful launchpad for home learning' – Sunday TimesTold in gentle rhyming verse, this beautiful non-fiction pi...

Set out on a time-travelling expedition to Ancient Egypt!Fetch your backpack and join adventurer Mia on a spectacular journey down the Nile, meetin...

Well Behaved Women Seldom Make History#1 New Release in Historical Study EssaysA thrilling journey into the badass women whose non-conventional liv...

Queen of historical fiction Emma Carroll crafts an evocative and spine-tingling tale of childhood on the brink of war. ...

Join Thomas and friends for a fun-filled journey in this All Engines Go picture book! Thomas and Kana spot a rain...

Everyone in Britain has migrants in their family history - even if they have to travel back thousands of years to find them. From the Ice Age to th...

Become an eyewitness to the world of Nordic raiders and traders and learn all about the culture and history of Vikings.This picture-led guide will ...

"Steal-your-breath adventure." —Marissa Meyer, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Lunar ChroniclesPerfect for fans of Fable and House of S...

An epic and exhilarating story of deception, love and revenge, from the extraordinary Sunday Times and New York Times number-one-bests...

    The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising is one of history's most powerful acts of resistance. Here, author Joshua M. Greene (Sig...

Journey through time with this illustrated account of UK history for 7-11 year olds.From the Jurassic coastline to the Jacobites and the Stone Age ...

The city of Paris wanted to tear down the Eiffel Tower! Gustave Eiffel, an engineer and amateur scientist, had built the incredible structure for t...

Pirates of the Caribbean meets The Mummy in Vengeance of the Pirate Queen, a new standalone YA fantasy romance, set in the world of Trica Levensell...

A beautifully illustrated collection of 20 Chinese myths retold for children aged 7-9.Delve into a world of magical creatures, powerful gods and br...

Meet every king and queen in the history of Britain in this lively comic-strip guide from award-winning author–illustrator Marcia Williams.From med...

    A bold graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis's bestselling I Survived the Destruction of Pompeii, AD 79, with ...

Delve into the past and explore the life of Elizabeth I and the hidden truth of Britain's last Tudor monarch.The fourth book in this captivating se...

Delve into the past and explore the life and reign of Henry VIII in this fascinating biography for children.Learn about one of the most famous mona...

A gripping tale of paranoia at its worst, this bewitching narrative nonfiction graphic novel visually imagines the haunting details behind the Sale...

Discover our collectable Puffin Clothbound Classic edition of Chinese Cinderella Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunning collectable gift editions ...

An action-packed graphic novel about Virginia Hall, known as one of the most courageous spies of World War II. In the early 1940s, during World Wa...

An inspiring graphic novel about Elizebeth Friedman, a codebreaking pioneer who changed the course of World War II. Nazi spy rings! No-good gangst...

Uncover History and find out about ancient Egypt, its people and the story of ancient Egypt that goes back some 4,000 years. Who were the Ancient...

'This powerful, vividly illustrated book proudly reframes Black British history'The Guardian'... a brilliant, fascinating history book'The Week Jun...

In the exciting second Warriors story arc, the wild cats of the forest have lived in peace and harmony for many moons—but new prophecies from their...

  HORRIBLE HISTORIES GRUESOME GUIDES: DUBLIN takes his readers on a gore-tastic tour of the streets of Dublin, exposing all of ...

Known for its cricket legends, striking miners and iconic pudding, Yorkshire is a county steeped in history. Tracing its development from Viking ca...

In a beautiful picture book brimming with G for Groundbreaking women, writer and poet Rio Cortez and illustrator Lauren Semmer celebrate all the jo...

A stunning collection of oral histories from Black elders who grew up in the Jim Crow South The past is not past. We may think something ancient h...

On 17 December 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made history on the hills of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. With four test runs of their Wright Flyer, ...

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