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

Filled with all the festive facts every Horrible Histories reader wants to know! The complete horrible history of Christmas tells tal...

Press the buttons to hear the music in this time-travelling journey around the world, as young readers embark on a magical adventure through the hi...

When do you eat ''bread of the dead'', or walk barefoot across red-hot coals? When might you dress up as a demon in a hairy suit and huge horned he...

  A gripping heart-in-your-mouth adventure told by Eve, a Tudor girl who sets out on a dangerous journey to change her life for...

The story of the Skye terrier who refused to leave his master's grave in Greyfriar's Kirkyard, Edinburgh, has been popular from Victorian times. Th...

When Charles-I came to the throne in 1625 he began to make changes in the way Scotland was run, including the introduction of a new prayer book. He...

Who were the Jacobites and what were they fighting for? Step into the shoes of siblings Rob and Aggie, young Jacobites living in the Scottish Highl...

Ibn Battuta was no ordinary traveller. Between 1325 CE when he set off and 1354 CE when he finally returned home to stay, he had visited about 40 m...

Discover the history of one of the worlds most influential civilizations. Based on the Cyrus Tang Hall of China exhibit at The Field Museum, China:...

Born in 1451 in the seafaring nation of Genoa in northern Italy, Christopher Columbus grew up watching ships sail into the harbor loaded with riche...

When teenager Ciara Farrelly visits her dead grandfather's Ontario home she uncovers a secret from his childhood. Back in 1928, twelve-year-old Mi...

A picture book story about the triumph of hope, love, and determination, Coming to England is the inspiring true story of Baroness Floella Benjamin...

A stunning collection of the world''s most important discoveries for all the family to enjoy.In the stylish miscellany, print-maker James Brown tra...

When Samuel Rutherford picked up his pen he changed lives, maybe even across continents.    What he wrote influenced the American constitution bu...

A visit to Greenwich is a chance to explore not one, but four fascinating places - the National Maritime Museum, the Queen's House, the Royal Obser...

There was something about John Chrysostom and the words he spoke that lit up his world. He was an important leader of the early church, known so...

A funny, philosophical book about the universal subject of money.In the Yap Islands in the South Pacific it can be a stone with a hole in the middl...

Imagine what life would be like without the wheel, the safety lock or the flushable lavatory - without the automatic washing machine, the electric ...

Introduces readers to the life and legacy of Louis Braille. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text give early readers an engaging and age-appropri...

And now, Master Harker, now that the Wolves are Running, perhaps you could do something to stop their Bite?' A magical old man has asked ...

A gorgeous new hardcover edition of the award-winning cookbook, featuring full-color photographs, classic illustrations, and more than 100 of the r...

This first-ever LGBTQ history book of its kind for young adults will appeal to fans of fun, empowering pop-culture books like Rad American Women A-...

The epic true story of Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds, an American hero who risked his life in the final days of World War II to save othersnow in ...

Who was the worlds first female programmer? Who made history as the first British woman to sail solo around the world non-stop? Who is Birminghams ...

At eight years old, Tani Adewumi, a Nigerian refugee, won the 2019 New York State Chess Championship after playing the game for only a year--and wh...

This is the story of how Les Paul created the world's first solid- body electric guitar, countless other inventions that changed modern music, and ...

Explorer, sailor and navigator, Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition to sail all the way around the world. He encountered lands and creature...