Millionaires 21st Century Lives by Clive Gifford
Category: Children's History | Series: 21st Century Lives S.
"21st Century Lives: Millionaires" is a fresh and lively approach to the achievements of today's successful businessmen and women. Find out how today's highest achievers began their careers - read about their education, their career highs and future ambitions. This is an original and exciting guide to a ...Show more
Inventors Who Changed the World by Angela Royston
Category: Children's History | Series: Crabtree Connections
Ever had an idea that you thought could change the world? Thomas Edison lit up the world. The Wright Brothers helped us fly around it. Tim Berners-Lee helped us all communicate in cyberspace.Discover the amazing brains behind the inventions we could not live without!
THE ANCIENT CHINESE by SCHOMP VIRGINIA
Category: Children's History | Series: People of the Ancient World
- The rich, full-color interior has a strong, engaging design that will draw in young readers.- At 100+ pages, this series offers substantially more information than other books for young readers available in paperback.- Contains several special features, such as a biographical dictionary, which describ ...Show more
I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor (Harbour) by Lauren Tarshis
Category: Children's History | Series: I Survived
70 years later, the bombing of Pearl Harbor comes to life for a new generation of readers!History's most terrifying moments are brought vividly to life in the action-packed fictional I SURVIVED series! Do you have what it takes to survive ... the bombing of Pearl Harbor?Eleven-year-old Danny Crane is al ...Show more
Parramatta Rosie Colonial Girl
Category: Children's History
It's 1817 and Rosie has lived all her life in Parramatta. When Pa's brother and his family arrive from England to join them Rosie is sure she and Cousin Amelia will become best friends. Pa takes Rosie with him and the new arrivals to set up their farm in the bush a day's journey from town. Rosie can't b ...Show more
Horrible HIstories: Edinburgh by Terry Deary
Category: Children's History | Series: Horrible Histories S.
In the first of the "New City" titles Terry Deary reveals the foul and fierce history of Edinburgh. Featuring tales of the cursed castle and details of a whole host of historical horrors that happened on the High Street, "Edinburgh" comes complete with a fold-out map of the city's horrible highlights. ...Show more
Smashing Saxons (Horrible Histories) by Terry Deary
Category: Children's History | Series: Horrible Histories
Readers can discover all the foul facts about the Smashing Saxons, including who got cow pats as Christmas presents, why wearing a pig on your head is lucky and how to make a dead Saxon happy. Refreshed with a fantastic new design for 2016, these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet ano ...Show more
History Is Worn - A Story of Fashion by Christine Na-Eun Millar
Category: Children's History | Series: Honest History Ser.
Discover the incredible (and often bizarre) history of fashion and clothing from around the world in History Is Worn, a children's book by Honest History. What's the story behind your shirt, pants, dress, sweater or jacket? It's much more exciting than you may think. Explore the history of fashion fr ...Show more
Robert the Bruce and all That by Alan Burnett
Category: Children's History
Age range 8 to 12 Robert the Bruce and All That is a real-life adventure packed with historical facts about Scotland's warrior king. Gallop alongside King Robert the Bruce as he takes up the quest to free the Scots from terrifying King Edward and his bumbling son, Edward II. Voyage with Bruce to the mys ...Show more
The Unexpected Light of Thomas Alva Edison by Raymond Arroyo; Kristina Gehrmann (Illustrator)
Category: Children's History | Series: Turnabout Tales Ser.
From New York Times bestselling author and news anchor Raymond Arroyo comes the first book in the Turnabout Tales series--a picture book biography of one of America's most famous inventors, Thomas Alva Edison, and a story about how a small spark can create a big light.No one thought much of young Thomas ...Show more
Atlantis and Other Lost Civilizations by Herbie Brennan
Category: Children's History | Series: Forbidden Truths Ser.
The first title in a mind-blowing new series that will force you to rethink everything you've ever been taught in science lessons at school. From the internationally bestselling author of Faerie Wars and the popular Handbook series. I never believed in Atlantis. It didn't fit anything I'd been taught ab ...Show more