Historical

Become an eyewitness to the Great Pyramids and the Valley of the Kings, discovering all the secrets of this fascinating civilization.   Travel back in time with this picture-led guide and explore the magnificent monuments and fabulous tombs of...

Explores the history and culture of the Maya Civilization. Eye-catching photos, fascinating sidebars, and a “Contributions” special feature guide readers through the rise and fall of this great civilization, focusing on the people and...

Explores the history and culture of the Inca Civilization. Eye-catching photos, fascinating sidebars, and a “Contributions” special feature guide readers through the rise and fall of this great civilization, focusing on the people and...

Explores the history and culture of Ancient Rome. Eye-catching photos, fascinating sidebars, and a “Contributions” special feature guide readers through the rise and fall of this great civilization, focusing on the people and accomplishments...

Explores the history and culture of Ancient Rome. Eye-catching photos, fascinating sidebars, and a “Contributions” special feature guide readers through the rise and fall of this great civilization, focusing on the people and accomplishments...

Explores the history and culture of Ancient Mesopotamia. Eye-catching photos, fascinating sidebars, and a “Contributions” special feature guide readers through the rise and fall of this great civilization, focusing on the people and...

Explores the history and culture of Ancient Mesopotamia. Eye-catching photos, fascinating sidebars, and a “Contributions” special feature guide readers through the rise and fall of this great civilization, focusing on the people and...

Explores the history and culture of Ancient Greece. Eye-catching photos, fascinating sidebars, and a “Contributions” special feature guide readers through the rise and fall of this great civilization, focusing on the people and...

Explores the history and culture of Ancient Greece. Eye-catching photos, fascinating sidebars, and a “Contributions” special feature guide readers through the rise and fall of this great civilization, focusing on the people and...

Explores the history and culture of Ancient Egypt. Eye-catching photos, fascinating sidebars, and a “Contributions” special feature guide readers through the rise and fall of this great civilization, focusing on the people and accomplishments...

Explores the history and culture of Ancient Egypt. Eye-catching photos, fascinating sidebars, and a “Contributions” special feature guide readers through the rise and fall of this great civilization, focusing on the people and accomplishments...

Explores the history and culture of Ancient China. Eye-catching photos, fascinating sidebars, and a “Contributions” special feature guide readers through the rise and fall of this great civilization, focusing on the people and accomplishments...

Explores the history and culture of Ancient China. Eye-catching photos, fascinating sidebars, and a “Contributions” special feature guide readers through the rise and fall of this great civilization, focusing on the people and accomplishments...

"Tender and illuminating. A beautiful debut." --Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medal-winning author of When You Reach Me A heartrending and hopeful story about a nonverbal girl and her passion for space exploration, for fans of See You in the Cosmos,...

History comes alive in this gripping account of a young boy caught up in the start of the Revolutionary War. Based on an episode in National Book Award-winning author Nathaniel Philbrick's New York Times bestseller Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A...

Pura Belpré Award Winner Ruth Behar's inspiring story of a Jewish girl who escapes Poland to make a new life in Cuba, where she works to rescue the rest of her family The situation is getting dire for Jews in Poland on the eve of World War II. Esther's...

Pura Belpré Award Winner Ruth Behar's inspiring story of a young Jewish girl who escapes Poland to make a new life in Cuba, while she works to rescue the rest of her family The situation is getting dire for Jews in Poland on the eve of World War II...

Winner of the 2018 Pura Belpre Award! "A book for anyone mending from childhood wounds."--Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street In this unforgettable multicultural coming-of-age narrative--based on the author's childhood in the 1960s--a...

The #1 bestselling Magic Tree House series for chapter book readers is ready to whisk you away across the world with Jack and Annie--this time to rescue little horses! Perfect for readers ages 6-9! The wind started to blow. . . and a new magical journey...

A twisty, darkly seductive anti-hero origin story, starring a teenage killer whose trial in the Wild West is upended when her first victim, her husband, arrives alive with a story to tell. Summer 1886--When nineteen-year-old Belle King turns herself in...