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

The fascinating, little-known story of how two brilliant female physicists’ groundbreaking discoveries led to the creation of the atomic bomb. In 1...

History has rarely been told from a woman’s point of view. Good Girls Don’t Make History  is an important graphic novel that amplifies the voices o...

Some people just can’t resist showing off… and this book introduces readers to some of the biggest braggers and loudest show-offs throughout histor...

Do you know why a chef's hat has 100 pleats? Or how many ways there are to tie a tie?Packed full of whacky facts and stunning clothes from designer...

Civil Rights Movement Facts for Kids (Ages 8-12)#1 New Release in Children's Modern History and African History BooksCivil Rights Then and Now: A T...

Rafael Guastavino Sr. was 39 when he left a successful career as an architect in Barcelona. American cities—densely packed and built largely of woo...

Blast into the past and make amazing discoveries through the dinosaur era with Kid Paleontologist.Introduce young readers to the wonders of the pre...

Young Marie first showed a talent for life-modelling as a teenager in Paris. Sent to live in the royal household, she started sculpting famous figu...

*From the author of the multi-million bestselling Sapiens comes the next volume in the incredible story of the human race, for younger readers.*Som...

Born as Eric Blair in India in 1903, George Orwell was a sickly child who was sent away to boarding school at age eight. Later he won a scholarship...

On the wind-swept steppes of Mongolia in the thirteenth century, a princess was given the chance to rule. She took lands that had been ruined by wa...

Ambitious Roman empress Agrippina murdered and married her way to the throne--and to being declared a goddess. She made many enemies, including her...

Kate Moore Barry served as a scout and a spy and is credited with helping Gen. Daniel Morgan defeat the British at the Battle of Cowpens, a turning...

Thousands of years ago, in the world of the Ancient Greeks where women were expected to obey their husbands in all matters, to play no part in publ...

The richest, most powerful woman in the world, Cleopatra ruled the East and tamed the West. With both cunning and charm, she beguiled two of the mo...

Kit Carson, the quintessential frontiersman, is remembered as a larger-than-life mountain man, explorer, trapper, guide, soldier, Indian agent, off...

Nicolaus Copernicus and Elizabeth Cady Stanton are just two of the twenty-five extraordinary men and women whom you will have a chance to meet in t...

In a twist on the classic fairy tale, a princess in fifteenth century Spain refused to wait to be rescued by a prince but instead chose one for her...

Queen of France, Catherine de' Medici would do anything to keep her family in power, including using poison and black magic. A nation-wide killing ...

In what could be a tale from the Arabian Nights, a girl grows up in thirteenth century Persia to be so desirable that she is kidnapped several time...

The last empress of China, Cixi fought ruthlessly to isolate her country from the West, while cloistered inside her lavish Forbidden City, ignoring...

The first reigning Queen of England, Mary Tudor believed fervently that Catholicism should be the religion of the land, leading her to burn at the ...

Uncover the secret agents of World War 2—an exciting history book for kids 8 to 12 Discover World War 2's hidden heroes and villains. Spies, Code B...

The young, pretty queen who is remembered for supposedly uttering, "Let them eat cake," Marie Antoinette had fun and spent money on beautiful thing...

Celebrate Britain's newest monarch, King Charles III, and uncover his fascinating story in time for his coronation in this kid's biography.In honou...

What Are We Fighting For? is a poetry collection that explores the concept of war in a brilliantly accessible way for younger readers.Fascinating a...

In A Gentleman of Color, Julie Winch provides a vividly written, full-length biography of James Forten, one of the most remarkable men in 19th-cent...

Poems from the Second World War is a moving and powerful collection of poems written by soldiers, nurses, mothers, sweethearts and family and frien...

From sacred cats to the invention of toothpaste, Blue Peter Award winning author David Long takes readers on an intriguing investigati...

Ah ha me hearties. So you're thinking of running away to experience life on a gorgeous pirate galleon. Well, before you book your one-way ticket be...

Discover the fascinating history of African and Caribbean communities in Britain, from pre-Roman times to the 21st Century.Newly updated, The Histo...

For the first title in this series, Kunstler's paintings bring history to life with vivid, high-action portrayals of the primary events that won Am...

When was the Iron Age, and how did people make iron? This book lays out the answers and much more, using photographs, clear step-by-step illustrati...

This simple information book uncovers the history of Stone Age people and how they lived, from their clothing and houses to monuments such as Stone...

Find out what life was really like in Ancient Rome through the adventures of a wealthy Roman businessman named Petronius, and his family. Watch gla...

A fascinating information book about the history of the Celts and how they lived, full of facts, illustrations and photographs of historical arte...