Children's Books on Modern & Contemporary History

Our King Charles

By Eleanor Grey, Rose Gerrard

Workhouse

By Pamela Oldfield

The Hunger

By Carol Drinkwater

Taff in the WAAF

By Mick Manning, Brita Granstrom

Tudor Theatre

By Moira Butterfield

Famous People, Great Events: The Gunpowder Plot

By Gillian Clements

Victorian Tales: The Fabulous Flyer

By Deary, Terry, Flook, Helen

World War II Tales: The Barrel Burglary (Terry Deary's Historical Tales)

By Deary, Terry, de la Rue, James

Going Solo

By Roald Dahl

The Woeful Second World War

By Terry Deary, Martin Brown

Ladybird Histories: Second World War

The Who's Who Of: World War II

By Clive Gifford

Victorian Crime

By Fiona MacDonald

The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England

By Antonia Fraser

I am a Wonder Woman: Inspiring activities to try. Incredible women to discover.

By Ellen Bailey, Sophie Beer, Lauren Farnsworth

Rebel Voices: The Rise of Votes for Women

By Louise K Stewart, Eve Lloyd Knight

Why do we remember?: The Great Fire of London

By Izzi Howell

The World Wars

By Lisa Jane Gillespie, Struan Reid, Emi Ordas

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

By Peter Hicks

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

By Robert Fowke

Moments in History: Why did World War I happen?

By Reg Grant

Did Anything Good Come Out of... WWI?

By Philip Steele

The Oxford Children's History of the World

By Neil Grant

1930s (I Can Remember)

By Sally Hewitt

Ladybird Histories: Tudors and Stuarts

The Yellow Star

By C. Deedy

Queen of Freedom: Defending Jamaica

By Catherine Johnson (Author)

Treasure Island (Penguin Classics)

By Stevenson, Robert Louis

Who Was: Samuel Pepys?

By Paul Harrison

Story of the Second World War

By Paul Dowswell, Ian McNee