Children's Books on Modern & Contemporary History

Moments in History: Why did World War I happen?

By Reg Grant

What They Don't Tell You About: World War I

By Robert Fowke

Beyond the Call of Duty: Bravery in World War II (The National Archives)

By Peter Hicks

The World Wars

By Lisa Jane Gillespie, Struan Reid, Emi Ordas

Why do we remember?: The Great Fire of London

By Izzi Howell

Rebel Voices: The Rise of Votes for Women

By Louise K Stewart, Eve Lloyd Knight

Oliver Twist: 1 (Scholastic Classics)

By Dickens, Charles

The Frightful First World War (Horrible Histories)

By Deary, Terry, Brown, Martin, Terry Deary

Horribly Famous: Horatio Nelson and His Valiant Victory

By Philip Reeve

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By b-fowke

Horrible Histories: USA

By Terry Deary, Martin Brown

In the Street

By Paul Noble

Horrible Histories Handbook Blitz

By Terry Deary

Elizabeth II's Reign - Celebrating 60 years of Britain's History

By Jacqui Bailey

School

By Nicola Barber

Exploring History: Modern Weapons & Warfare

By William Fowler

Mohammed Ali

By jason hook

KS3 History Modern Britain (1760-1900) (Knowing History)

By Robert Peal

The Year I Was Born: 1988

By Sally Tagholm, Michael Evans

The Year I Was Born: 1987

By Sally Tagholm, Michael Evans

Victorian Town Children

By Sallie Purkis

Popcorn: History Corner: The Gunpowder Plot

By Jenny Powell

Mary Queen of Scots

By Geddes & Grosset

Charles Dickens: A Life of Storytelling; a Legacy of Change

The Silver Hand

By Terry Deary

Guy Fawkes

By Harriet Castor

World War I

By Ian Westwell

Facts at Your Fingertips: Military History: World War II

By Antony Shaw

Past in Pictures: A Photographic View of World War One

By Alex Woolf

Samuel Pepys?

By Paul Harrison