Collection: Junior Non-Fiction History

Uncover the true story of an Egyptian king, and the 20th century explorer who found him. Discover the troubles Tutankhamun faced as a young king, his untimely death, and his legacy, which lay hidden for centuries. Pore over his treasures, learn the steps of mummification, and see Tutankhamun's fa...

This book is fiction and non-fiction. The fictional part tells the story of five white castaways or runaways who were found and cared for by Indigenous groups. There are five pairs of stories: each pair of stories has one written by an Indigenous author and one by a non-Indigenous author. After ...

From building techniques and making textiles to creating accurate calendars and understanding the human body. Books in this series show how each civilisation gradually developed their knowledge and applied it, making advances that would dramatically and permanently change how people lived. This b...

The year is 79 AD. Seventeen year-old Roman student Pliny the Younger is at his home across the bay from the bustling town of Pompeii, where people are going about their daily business. The tremors that sometimes shake the ground are coming more frequently than usual, but all are unaware of the c...

Based on a series of a BAFTA-nominated animated documentaries, the artwork in Survivors of the Holocaust has been reinvented to bring together six different real-life survivors' account of the Holocaust. Every word rings with truth, whether it describes the bleak fear of arriving at Auschwitz or ...

"What links shipwrecks, Egyptian treasure, and fossilised Viking poop? They're all things that have been discovered by archaeologists! Pick up your shovel and Indiana Jones hat and dig into the world of archaeology in this nonfiction kids' book by YouTuber Stefan Milosavljevich. Alongside beautif...

Want to know more about how the Normans changed Britain? Keen to find out more about the Black Death? Curious as to how the Native Americans lost their land? The answers to all these and more can be found in this encyclopedic volume, updated and revised with a brand new design following the succe...