While on holiday in the Isle of Wight, London schoolgirl Laurella Swift makes an amazing discovery; she can travel through time and dimensions. Threads from a charity shop rug transport the mixed-race 10-year-old back to the heart of ancient Persia, where she befriends Artafarnah and his mischievous pet lion cub, Zareen. Artafarnah is the son of Pantea, one of Persia’s greatest female warriors, but when the boy falls into the clutches of a murderous enemy only Laurella can save him.
When Paul Revere is kidnapped by a time traveler determined to change the outcome of the American Revolution, thirteen-year-old Kep Westguard is sent to Boston, 1775, to take his famous midnight ride.
Kep’s four-person team has twenty-four hours to light the famous lanterns at Old North Church, warn Lexington and Concord that the British are coming, and rescue John Hancock and Samuel Adams from hanging as traitors to the crown.
Includes ten legendary stories that separate fact from fiction, plus a legend they can research on their own and other fun activities.
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When Claudia decided to run away, she planned very carefully. She would be gone just long enough to teach her parents a lesson in Claudia appreciation. And she would go in comfort-she would live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Introduce younger kids to Shakespeare plays with confidence.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream for Kids, written in rhyming couplets is suitable for staging as class plays as well as reading aloud.
Inspired by true events, the New York Times bestselling novel The Girl Who Came Home is the poignant story of a group of Irish emigrants aboard RMS Titanic–a seamless blend of fact and fiction that explores the tragedy’s impact and its lasting repercussions on survivors and their descendants.
Longfellow’s tribute to the famous revolutionary hero begins with the stirring cadence that American schoolchildren have committed to memory for over a century. Now illustrator Ted Rand brings these vivid and beautiful lines to life as dramatically as the poet’s immortal message inspires.
History is an underserved subject when it comes to homeschool and unschool sites. Besides, History textbooks are boring. Kids remember history better when they experience it during a fun adventure.
“On the seventh day of June following, we found ourselves on the Red-River… from the top of an eminence, saw with pleasure the beautiful level of Kentucke.”
— Daniel Boone
Time travel is an exciting science fiction/fantasy genre where the plot possibilities are truly endless and they can sometimes be as educational as they are entertaining.
Allison Parkinson, author of the entertaining Laurella Swift time travel series, discusses her own trip through time to help her write about Laurella’s adventure to ancient Persia and the Court of Cyrus the Great.
May 5 is a great day for history lovers to celebrate because it’s Museum Lover’s Day! Many great places around the world offer virtual touring, including world renowned museums where you can experience culture and history. Click the links below to begin your virtual tour.
We don’t actually know his exact birthdate, but he was baptized on April 26, 1564 and died April 23, 1616. As the Bard turns 459 years old, you can help celebrate with these fun facts!
If you’re the author of a historic novel for kids and would like us to feature your book here and in our store – tell us!
We’re especially interested in stories that take place during historic periods that kids are learning in schools.
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