Children's Books on Modern & Contemporary History

Horrible Histories: USA

By Terry Deary, Martin Brown

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By b-fowke

Horribly Famous: Horatio Nelson and His Valiant Victory

By Philip Reeve

The Frightful First World War (Horrible Histories)

By Deary, Terry, Brown, Martin, Terry Deary

Oliver Twist: 1 (Scholastic Classics)

By Dickens, Charles

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

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

By Ellen Bailey, Sophie Beer, Lauren Farnsworth

Can I Come Home, Please?: The Second World War - By the Children Who Lived Through it

By Phil Robins

Fire! Fire!

By Stuart Hill

The First World War Sticker History Book

By Lisa Miles

1930s

By Neil Thomson

Who Was: Samuel Pepys?

By Paul Harrison

Queen of Freedom: Defending Jamaica

By Catherine Johnson (Author)

Treasure Island (Penguin Classics)

By Stevenson, Robert Louis

The Yellow Star

By C. Deedy

Story of the Second World War

By Paul Dowswell, Ian McNee

Who Marched for Civil Rights?

By Richard Spilsbury, HL Studios

Martin Luther King

By Arthur M. Schlesinger

The Stuarts: A Heroes History of

By William Webb, Les Ives

The Blitz

By Patricia Kendell

My True Story: Hero at Dunkirk

By Vince Cross