Educational

Taking as its starting point a child's natural desire to understand the world, this series is designed to entertain and inform. This book focuses o...

Questions and answers introduce the clothing, food, weapons, religion, and other aspects of daily life in Ancient Greece. Suggested level: primary.

Sail back to a vicious time with fearsome seafaring Viking warriors with big boats, big shields and enormous ginger beards. Readers can discover al...

This title contains fascinating facts about Bill the Conquerer and his bully boys who battled at Hastings, stormed around Europe and joined the Cru...

"The Measly Middle Ages" portrays life as it really was in the days when knights were bold and the peasants were revolting.

Terry Deary's foul facts and Martin Brown's crafty cartoons combine to bring all those cunning conquistadors and terrific temples to life. With an ...

History with the nasty bits left in. Awful information about phabulous Pharoahs, mean mummies, revolting recipes for 3000 year old sweets, and more...

Revealing facts about the awesome ancients, their groovy gods, potty pyramids and their mad mummies, this book also tells how a hunted hippo got hi...

The Barmy British Empire gives you the brutal facts about how Britannia ruled the waves - from infamous antics in India to dreadful deeds down under.

This reference book includes everything you need to know about the history of the British Isles. It reviews thousands of years of culture, events a...

Take a look at the mad Tudor monarchs and their suffering subjects - who just couldn't help losing their heads. Discover who invited Queen Lizzie t...

History with the nasty parts left in! The Rotten Romans follows life for folks in Roman Britain from Nasty Nero and other awful emperors, to Brave ...

"The Groovy Greeks" is full of fab facts about the hip and happening Greeks - who hung out all over 2000 years ago. This book tells you who had the...

The closest relative of man They say, is the orang-utan; And when I look at Grandpapa, I realize how right they are! Jam-packed with the very best ...

How awful! Captain Low, a legendary English pirate, cut off the lips of another man and fried them. The ancient Egyptian cure for bad eyesight was...

This series provides a fact-filled introduction to British history, from the end of the last Ice Age to the 1990s. Read about World Wars I and II, ...

After a down and dirty visit with Leif Eriksson and his equally famous and irascible father, Eric the Red, Stich and Mo set Darren Dongle straight ...

Designed to amuse and intrigue the young reader, this book combines cartoons with facts and simple analogies to provide an introduction to life in ...

This series provides a fact-filled introduction to British history, from the end of the last Ice Age to the 1990s. Read about Henry VIII and his si...

When ten-year-old Tom accidentally smashes a statue in a museum he releases Isis, a young Egyptian mummy who has been imprisoned for thousands of y...

After fifteen fearsome years on the page, Horrible Histories are coming to the small screen - with all the nasty bits intact - of course. Twelve cl...

The next title in the hugely successful series to get a marvellous make-over. With a bold new cover look and a heap of extra horrible bits at the b...

History with twice the nasty bits!Want to know:How sniffing your own pee could save your life in the First WorldWar?Why wearing white knickers coul...

You are Marius and looking for a life of adventure you join the Roman Army. Through a lifetime of campaigns and battles you come face to face with ...