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Picturing the Past


Historical picture books (mainly published in the UK)

General History
  • A City Through Time (Philip Steele and Steve Noon) UK
  • A Street Through Time (Anne Millard and Steve Noon) UK
  • A Port Through Time (Anne Millard and Steve Noon) UK
  • A Farm Through Time (Angela Wilkes and Eric Thomas) UK
  • A Journey Through Time (Jayne Parsons and Richard Bonson) UK
  • The Picture History of Great Buildings (Gillian Clements) UK
  • The Picture History of Great Explorers (Gillian Clements) UK
  • The Picture History of Great Inventors (Gillian Clements) UK
Prehistory
  • Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs (Kathleen V. Kudlinski) UK
  • Katie and the Dinosaurs (James Mayhew) UK
  • Prehistoric Actual Size (Steve Jenkins) - prehistoric animals UKk
  • The Cave Painter of Lascaux (Roberta Angeletti) UK
Ancient History
  • Pepi and the Secret Names (Jill Paton Walsh) - ancient Egypt UK
  • The Scarab's Secret (Nick Would) - ancient Egypt UK
  • Pharoah's Egypt (Mick Manning) - Fly on the Wall series UK
  • An Egyptian Tomb: the Tomb of Nebamun (Meredith Hooper) UK
  • Who Built the Pyramid? (Meredith Hooper) UK
  • Senefer (Beatrice Lumpkin)
  • Nefertari: Princess of Egypt (Roberta Angeletti UK
  • The Story of the Nile (Anne Millard and Steve Noon) UK
  • Kings and Queens of the Bible (Mary Hoffman) - eight stories UK
  • The Minotaur of Knossos (Roberta Angeletti) UK
  • Greek Hero (Mick Manning) - Fly on the Wall series UK
  • Vulca the Etruscan (Roberta Angeletti) UK
  • Roman Fort (Mick Manning) - Fly on the Wall series UK
  • Escape from Pompeii (Christina Balit) UK
Middle Ages
  • Arthur of Albion (John Matthews) - story of King Arthur, fact and legend UK
  • Viking Longship (Mick Manning) - Fly on the Wall series UK
  • The Most Magnificent Mosque (Ann Jungman) - Medieval Spain UK
  • Stephen Biesty's Castles (Meredith Hooper and Stephen Biesty) UK
  • Joan of Arc (Josephine Poole) UK
Sixteenth Century
  • Sir Francis Drake: His Daring Deeds (Roy Gerrard)
  • Sam Stars at Shakespeare's Globe (Pauline Francis) - Tudor England UK
Nineteenth Century
  • The Brontes (Catherine Brighton) UK
Twentieth Century
  • Story of the Titanic (Steve Noon) UK
  • One Boy's War (Lynn Huggins Cooper) - World War I UK
  • The Gardener (Sarah Stewart) - American Depression UK
  • The Cats in Krasinski Square (Karen Hesse) - World War II UK
  • Elsie's War (Frank Dabba Smith) - World War II UK
  • My Secret Camera (Frank Dabba Smith) - Lodz Ghetto, World War II UK
  • Tail-End Charlie (Mick Manning) - story of RAF airgunner, World War II  UK
  • Petar's Song (Pratima Mitchell) - war in Eastern Europe UK
  • The Colour of Home (Mary Hoffman) - story of a Somalian refugee UK
  • Gervelie's Journey (Anthony Robinson) - story of refugee from Republic of Congo UK
  • Mohammed's Journey (Antonia Robinson) - Iraqi-Kurdish boy leaves Kirkuk for UK UK