CONTENTS IN THIS 2026 CATALOGUE
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British History Makers: George Stephenson
British History Makers: John Logie Baird
British History Makers: Isambard Kingdom Brunel
British History Makers: Charles Darwin
British History Makers: Winston Churchill
British History Makers: Boudica
World History Makers: Erik the Red
World History Makers: Gandhi
British History Events: The Great Fire of London
British History Events: The Battle of Hastings
British History Events: The Magna Carta
Page 14 Dates with History/Wars That Changed The World
Page 15 The Holocaust
Page 16 Events and Outcomes/ Documenting the Past
Page 17 Crabtree Ancient History
Page 18 Her Story/Hail!/War Machines
Page 19 Young Heroes
Page 20 The Jags/Mystery Mob
Page 21 Shakespeare For Everyone
Page 22 Cherrytree Image Archive
Page 23 Cherrytree Image Archive
Back page Ordering and contact details
BRITISH HISTORY MAKERS
BRITISH HISTORY MAKERS
LIAM MCLEAN
George Stephenson: Father of the Railways
Author: Liam McLean
ISBN: 9781842349342
Price: £7.99
Format: 210 x 150mm, paperback original
Extent: 32pp
Category: History, Railways, English Age: 8 -12 years
Pub Date: February 2026
George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was an English civil and mechanical engineer during the Industrial Revolution Renowned as the Father of Railways, Stephenson was considered by the Victorians as a great example of diligent application and having a thirst for improvement
STEPHENSON
GEORGE FATHER OF THE RAILWAYS
200th Anniversary of the first Passenger Train in September 2025
•In-depth information is presented in an engaging and highly accessible way
•Superbly illustrated with artwork of people, places and early engines
•A map, time-line and glossary provide essential quick references
Liam McLean has written widely for young readers on a range of subjects, including history, biography and technology.
Image courtesy of The National Railway Museum
His chosen rail gauge, sometimes called ‘Stephenson gauge’, was the basis for the 4-foot8+1⁄2- inch (1.435 m) the standard used by most of the world's railways Pioneered by Stephenson, rail transport was one of the most important technological inventions of the 19th century. Built by George and his son Robert, the Locomotion Number 1’ was the first steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line, the Stockton & Darlington, in late September 1825.
George also built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use locomotives - the Liverpool and Manchester Railway that opened in 1830.
GEORGE
BRITISH HISTORY MAKERS
BRITISH HISTORY MAKERS
DAN WILDE
JOHNLOGIE
BAIRD
AND THE INVENTION OF TELEVISION
John Logie Baird and the Invention of Television
Author: Dan Wilde
ISBN: 9781842347782
Price: £7.99
Format: 210 x 150mm, paperback original
Extent: 32pp
Category: History, Electronics, English
Age: 8-12 years
Pub Date: February 2026
100th Anniversary of the First Public Television Demonstration in 1926
Baird,
John Logie Baird (13 August 1888 – 14 June 1946) was a Scottish inventor, electrical engineer, and innovator. In his London laboratory on 2 October 1925, Baird successfully transmitted the first television picture with a greyscale image: the head of a ventriloquist's dummy nicknamed ‘Stooky Bill’. Baird was so excited he went downstairs and fetched an office worker, 20-year-old William Edward Taynton, to see what a human face would look like, and Taynton became the first person to be televised! Baird who demonstrated the world's first mechanical television system to the public on 26 January 1926 at Selfridges Department Store in London He went on to invent the first publicly demonstrated colour television system and the first viable purely electronic Colour Television picture tube.
In 1928, the Baird Television Development Company achieved the first transatlantic television transmission. Baird's early technological successes and his role in the practical introduction of broadcast television for home entertainment have earned him a prominent place in television's history.
Dan Wilde is a first-time author. His background is in publishing and research.
BRITISH HISTORY MAKERS
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
The Littlest Giant
Author: Liam McLean
ISBN: 9781842349342
Price: £7.99
Format: 210 x 150mm, paperback original
Extent: 32pp
Category: History, Engineering, English
Age: 8-12 years
Pub Date: April 2026
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history’ "one of the 19th-century engineering giants” and "one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution He helped change the face of the English landscape with his ground-breaking designs and ingenious constructions"
He built dockyards, the Great western Railway, a series of steamships including the first purposebuilt transatlantic steamship and numerous important bridges and tunnels.
His designs revolutionised public transport and modern engineering and earned him the popular name; ‘The Littlest Giant’
•In-depth information is presented in an engaging and highly accessible way.
•Superbly illustrations throughout of people, machines, and engineering, Including some contemporary photographs.
• Maps, a time-line and glossary provide essential quick references.
LIAM MCLEAN BRUNEL
ISAMBARD
BRITISH HISTORY MAKERS KINGDOM
THE LITTLEST GIANT
Isambard April Portsmouth, Elizabeth Father civil
Their ingenious history WHO WAS ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL?
Isambard at his dockyard
BRITISH HISTORY MAKERS
Charles Darwin The Theory of Evolution
Author: Liam McLean
ISBN: 9781842349342
Price: £7.99
Format: 210 x 150mm, paperback original
Extent: 32pp
Age: 8-12 years
Pub Date: May 2026
Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English Naturalist, Geologist, and biologist widely - known for his contributions to evolutionary biology His proposition that all species of life have descended from a common ancestor is now generally accepted and considered a fundamental scientific concept.
In a joint presentation with Alfred Russell Wallace, he introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process he called natural selection , in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in agricultural breeding
Darwin has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history and was honoured by his burial in Westminster Abbey.
•In-depth information is presented in an engaging and highly accessible way
•Superbly illustrations throughout of people, places and animals, plus some contemporary photographs
• Maps, a time-line and glossary provide essential quick references
BRITISH HISTORY MAKERS
CHARLES
DARWIN
THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION
Charles Robert Darwin was born on the 12 February 1809 in Shrewsbury, at his family's home, ‘ The Mount ’ He was the fifth of six children of wealthy society doctor and financier Robert Darwin and Susannah Wedgewood Both his grand-fathers, Erasmus Darwin and Josiah Wedgewood, were prominent anti-slavery campaigners
Charles was to become a famous naturalist, geologist, and biologist widelyknown for his contributions to evolutionary biology
BRENDA CLARKE
WHO WAS CHARLES DARWIN?
CHARLES DARWIN
Darwin’s Sketchbook
BRITISH HISTORY MAKERS
BRITISH HISTORY MAKERS
WINSTON
BRIAN WILLIAMS CHURCHILL
‘It is The Courage To Continue That Counts!’
Brian editor
He of technology
•In and highly accessible way
•Superbly illustrated with artwork of Winston Churchill
•A time quick reference
Winston Churchill
It is the Courage to Continue that Counts
Author: Brian Williams
ISBN: 9781842349342
Price: £7.99
Format: 210 x 150mm, paperback original
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War and again from 1951 to 1955.
For some 62 of the years between 1900 and 1964, he was a Member of Parliament and represented a total of five constituencies over that time. Ideologically an adherent to economic liberalism and imperialism, he was for most of his career a member of the Conservative Party which he led from 1940 to 1955 He was a member, and ‘Home Secretary’, of the Liberal Party from 1904 to 1924.
One of the 20th Century's most significant figures, Churchill remains popular in the UK where he is generally viewed as a victorious wartime leader who played an integral role in defending liberal democracy against the spread of fascism.
Their son was to become a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War and again from 1951 to 1955 One of the th century's most well known and significant figures
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born on the 30 November 1874 at Belenheim Palace in Oxfordshire His Father was Lord Randolph Churchill and his Mother was Jenny Jerome an American born in New York
WHO WAS WINSTON CHURCHILL?
WINSTON CHURCHILL
Blenheim Palace
WILLIAM CARE
BRITISH HISTORY MAKERS
Boudica: Queen of the Iceni
Liam McLean
9781842349342
210 x 150mm, paperback original
History, Romans, English 8-12 years
June 2026
Queen of the British Iceni tribe that majority of modern East Anglia as their the Roman invasion of Britannia in the defeat of Caratacus, the Iceni ‘kingdom’ bound by treaty and tax
upon the death of her husband Romans tried to annex all the Iceni their loans and overdue taxes.
the hands of unscrupulous Roman Boudica swore revenge. She led an burning the provincial capital at defeating the garrisons of several cohorts sent against her. At the battle Watling Street, she took on the might of the Roman legions
is considered a British national heroine and a symbol of the struggle for justice and independence.
WHO WAS BOUDICA?
Boudica was a Queen of the British Iceni tribe held the majority of modern ‘East Anglia’ their territory After the Roman invasion of Britannia in 43 CE and the defeat of Caratacus Iceni become a ’client ‘kingdom’ bound by treaty and tax to the Romans
60 CE, upon the death of her husband, Prasatagus, the Romans tried to annex all the Iceni lands and call in their loans and overdue taxes
BOUDICA
Boudica in her chariot
WORLD HISTORY MAKERS
Erik the Red: Icelandic Explorer
Author: Anne Millard
ISBN: 9781842349342
Price: £7.99
Format: 210 x 150mm, paperback original
Extent: 32pp
Category: History, Viking, Iceland
Age: 8-12 years
Pub Date: May 2026
Erik Thorvaldsson (c. 950 – c. 1003), known as Erik the Red, was a Norse explorer described in medieval and Icelandic sage sources as having founded the first European settlement in Greenland. Erik most likely earned the epithet ’The Red’ due to the colour of his hair and beard According to the Icelandic Sagas, Erik was born in the Jaeren district of Rogaland in Norway, the son of Thorvald Asyadsson
Thorvald would later be banished from Norway and would sail west to Iceland with Erik and his family. During Erik's life in Iceland, he married Þjódhild Jorundsdottir and would have four children, with one of Erik's sons being the well-known Icelandic explorer Leif Erikson who discovered Vinland.
Around the year of 982, Erik was exiled from Iceland for three years, during which time he explored Greenland, eventually culminating in his founding of the first successful European settlement on the island Erik would later die there around 1003 CE during a winter epidemic
ICELANDIC EXPLORER WORLD HISTORY MAKERS ERIK THE
DR ANNE MILLARD
RED
Dr Anne Millard fell in love with ancient Egypt when she was only 4 years old and has been studying it ever since. She has degrees in History and Education as well as in Egyptology. She has worked for the Egypt Exploration Society and participated in their excavations in Egypt
WHO WAS ERIK THE RED?
Erik Thorvaldsson[ known as Erik the Red, where according to the Icelandic Sagas, Erik was born about the year 950 CE in the Jaeren district of Rogaland, Norway, the son of Thorvald Asyadsson
He was to become a famous Norse explorer described in medieval and Icelandic sage sources as having founded the first European settlement in Greenland Erik most likely earned the epithet "the Red" due to the colour of his and beard
WORLD HISTORY MAKERS
Gandhi: Great Spirit
Author: Brenda Clarke
ISBN: 9781842349342
Price: £7.99
Format: 210 x 150mm, paperback original
Extent: 32pp
Category: History, India, Biography
Age: 8-12 years
Pub Date: June 2026
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 –30 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anticolonial activist and political ethicist who employed non-violent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India’s independence from British Rule
He inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world The honorific ‘Mahatma’ (from Sanskrit, meaning great-souled, or venerable), was first applied to him in South Africa in 1914, but today it is used worldwide.
Mahatma Gandhi
BRENDA CLARKE
Brenda Clarke is an experienced editor of Children’s Books. She has written widely for young readers on a range of subjects, especially history
GANDHI
GREAT SPIRIT WORLD HISTORY MAKERS
•An exciting non-fiction series, particularly useful as quick introductions and for reluctant readers who have difficulty in tackling long, unbroken narratives
•In-depth information is presented in an engaging and highly accessible way
•Superbly illustrated with artwork
•A map, time-line and glossary provide essential quick references
Gandhi was to become an lawyer, anti-colonial activist who employed non-violent the successful campaign for from British Rule known across the world by honorific ‘Mahatma’ (from Sanskrit, meaning great-souled, venerable
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on the 2 October into a Hindu family on the coast of Gujarat His father Karamchand Uttamchand Gandhi served as the ‘Dewan’ (chief minister) of Porbandar state
WHO WAS MAHATMA GANDHI?
MAHATMA GHANDI
Gandhi in Britain
BRITISH HISTORY EVENTS
The Great Fire of London 1666
Author: William Care
ISBN: 9781842349342
Price: £7.99
Format: 210 x 150mm, paperback original
Extent: 32pp
LONDON
Category: History, Fire, London
Age: 8-12 years
Pub Date: May 2026
The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that started in a bakery in Pudding Lane, in the City of London, shortly after midnight on Sunday 2 September and raged until Wednesday 5 September 1666.
The fire gutted the medieval part of the city inside the old Roman City wall, while also extending past that boundary to the west. The death toll is generally thought to have been relatively small although some historians have now challenged this belief.
The social and economic problems created by the disaster were overwhelming and King Charles II feared a London rebellion amongst the dispossessed refugees. Various schemes for rebuilding the city were proposed, some of them very radical. After the fire, London was reconstructed on essentially the same medieval street plan, which still exists today
•In-depth information presented in an engaging and highly accessible way
•Superbly illustrations throughout of London, people and the fire.
* Maps, a time-line and glossary provide essential quick references
LONDON
The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that started in a bakery in Pudding Lane, in the city of London, shortly after midnight on Sunday 2 September and raged until Wednesday 5 September 1666
The fire gutted the medieval part of the city inside the old Roman City wall, while also extending past that boundary to the
BRITISH HISTORY EVENTS
BRITISHHISTORYEVENTS
HASTINGS
The Battle of Hastings 1066
Author: Dan Wilde
ISBN: 9781842349342
Price: £7.99
Format: 210 x 150mm, paperback
Extent: 32pp
Category: History, Normans, English
Age: 8-12 years
Pub Date: April 2026
The background to the battle was the death of the childless King Edward ‘The Confessor’ in January 1066, which set up a succession struggle between several claimants to his throne.
HASTINGS
The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the NormanFrench army of William Duke of Normandy and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson. It was a major turning point in British history and the beginning of the Norman Conquest
The battle took place approximately 7 mi (11 km) northwest of Hastings close to the present-day town of Battle in East Sussex. It was a very close struggle but after long hours of fighting it became a decisive Norman victory
Duke William was then able to be crowned William I King of England at Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day 1066
The Bayeux Tapestry will be on loan to the British Museum from April 2026
•In-depth information is presented in an engaging and highly accessible way
•Superbly illustrations throughout of the battle
* Maps, a time-line and glossary provide essential quick references.
BRITISH HISTORY EVENTS
The Magna Carta 1215
Author: Alan Lane
ISBN: 9781842349342
Price: £7.99
Format: 210 x 150mm, paperback
Extent: 32pp
Category: History, Civil Rights,
Age: 8-12 years
Pub Date: June 2026
Magna Carta (Latin for a royal charter of rights John of England at Runnymeade, the Thames, on 15 drafted by the Archbishop Stephen Langton, to make the unpopular king and barons who demanded confirm a new charter of It would promise the protection rights, protection for illegal imprisonment, access impartial justice, and feudal payments to the be implemented through barons. Neither side commitments and the annulled by Pope Innocent the First Barons War
CAGNA ARTA
However, it established the principle that no one, including the King, is above the law and limited the monarch's power, becoming a foundational document for individual freedoms, trial by jury, and parliamentary democracy in the Englishspeaking world and the basis for many modern legal systems
Magna Carta (Latin for ‘Great Charter’) is a royal charter of rights sealed by King John of England at Runnymeade, beside the Thames, on 15 June 1215
First drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Stephen Langton, to make peace between the unpopular king and a group of rebel barons who demanded that the King confirm a new charter of liberties.
‘…informative and well-paced…books are compact and chock full of photographs, maps, pictures and primary source materials…plus the all important glossary. A further plus is the good time-line in each book that puts the date in question in the context of wider historical events.’ The Teacher
The paperback books are perfect quick-read introductions to dramatic world events, and equally useful as high-interest / low reading level books
WARS THAT CHANGED THE
These books offer a fresh look at history’s most momentous wars: their causes, actions and effects Easy-to-read, yet insightful, outlines of the causes, progress and aftermath of each war Full colour Illustrations, maps and diagrams.
Kathy Kacer
Illustrated by Gillian Newland
RRP: £7.99 32 pages paperback
Reading age: 9+
Rights: UK and Europe
Once there was a renowned magician called Nivelli, who performed before packed audiences in the grandest theaters of Berlin. Night after night, his fans applauded and called out for more astonishing feats of magic. "Bravo!" they would shout, as Nivelli bowed low with a great flourish. But that was in a different, happier time, before the Jews of Europe were rounded up and sent to concentration camps.
Published January 2020 to coincide with the 75th Anniversary of the Libera&on of Auschwitz
This is the true story of a young boy on the inside of Auschwitz, whose life is changed by the actions of a prisoner who performs magic for the guards and who the boy later learns was the famous Nivelli
It is never easy reading a book about the Holocaust, especially one targeted specifically for young readers...The challenge for any writer telling children about this horrific ]me is balance... truth without all the terrifying details. Kathy Kacer rises to this challenge and knows how important it is that children learn about this tragic ]me in history. She manages the daun]ng task to not glorify, sensa]onalize or sugarcoat all the facts... to young people about serious and sad issues...In fact, educators can use books like this as an entry point to discuss what life might have been like for young people at this ]me and use it as a opportunity and a vehicle to draw upon current events for other examples of situa]ons today that threaten the well-being of other ethnic groups.
"Infused with hope and a message about human capacity for good in the face of evil."--Publishers Weekly
"The dark brooding illustra&ons aptly evoke the darkness and inhumanity of the seong. The only spots of colour are the red in the playing cards and the Nazi arm bands. This is an excellent tale to teach children about the horrors of the Holocaust.”
Pnina Bat Zvi and Margie Wolfe
Illustrated by Isabelle Cardinal
RRP: £7.99 32 pages paperback
Reading age: 9+
Rights: UK and Europe
The night that Rachel and Toby's parents are taken away by the Nazis, they give their daughters three gold coins. ‘Use these wisely to help save your lives,’ they tell them. They also ask the girls to promise that they will always stay together.
This compelling true life story follows the girls as they confront the daily horrors of Auschwitz, protecting one another, sharing memories, fears and even laughter. Always together. But when Rachel becomes ill and is taken away by Nazi guards, likely forever, Toby risks her life to use the well-hidden gold coins to rescue her little sister.
Paired with Newland's realis]c style, the impression of looking at old photographs...A wonderful springboard for discussion about the Second World War and the atroci]es commiMed during the Holocaust, and should be considered an essen]al purchase for every public and school library.”
"Newland's haun]ng illustra]ons feature an appropriately muted paleMe dominated by light grey, muddy brown, and greyish indigo.
‘This is an excellent book on slavery which still goes on to this day. Highly recommended.’ 5 Star Amazon review
RRP. £12.99 paperback 80 Pages. Age: 11 – 18 Rights: World
Each title in this series presents a two-part investigation of a major event or significant era in world history. A detailed narrative provides an analysis of the immediate significance of events, and their place in the bigger picture, going on to examine the consequences of these events and their impact both on contemporaries and the generations that have followed.
DOCUMENTING THE PAST
Takes a fresh look at history by using documents as the starting point for studying major events or periods in the past. This work draws on a range of sources from diaries and letters to speeches and legal documents. It explores the political situation that provided the breeding ground for world shaping events.
THE SECOND WORLD
1939
Christine
RRP. £11.99 paperback
64 Pages. Age: 11 – 18 Rights: World
“These are interestingly selected books and well presented, but the student is not expected to work through lengthy difficult texts. Their significance is well explained in accessible modern language. The book is likely to fascinate a KS3 pupil but will be a valuable research source for KS4 history students.” School Librarian
PDF eBook. £7.99 32 Pages. Rights: World
WAR MACHINES
The Young Heroes series is ideal for reluctant readers aged 9 to 14 with a reading age of 9 to 10 years and will create a link between reading enjoyment and reading success.
Interest age: 9 to 14+ years
Reading age: 9 to 10 years
9 Titles in full colour RRP: £6.99 paperback
Each book follows the structure of a simple novel, with characters, plot, setting, complication and resolution similar to those found in novels written at a higher level. Since each of the nine books has a different set of characters and a stand-alone plot, they can be read in any order.
The stories promote an interest in reading by focusing on action and excitement They encompass a range of heroic acts and are written in dynamic everyday language Each text is well supported by illustrations that reinforce and expand the author’s meaning. Rights: World except Australia, New Zealand
Engage your readers with these stories of The Chudley Park Jaguars football team
It's not easy being captain of The Jags - especially when your team-mates are also your best mates! What could be better for encouraging children who are reluctant to read, than a series of football-focused fiction by footie-mad Tom Watt? The Jags books feature short, bite-sized chapters telling the story of the ups and downs of a junior football team.
Author Tom Watts is also an actor. He was ‘Lofty’ in Eastenders
Told in an amusing and slightly irreverent style that children will love, this series will grab even the most reluctant boy reader and allow them to gain confidence and start reading for pleasure.
Interest age: 7-14+
Reading age: 7-8. Book Band: Turquoise
Myster y Mob and the
Ideal to engage reluctant boy readers aged 7-12 The
Man-eating Tiger
The Mystery Mob series has been written specially to develop reading enjoyment and reading stamina Each book follows the story of a gang of six adventurous (sometimes too adventurous) boys as they get into scrapes and unravel mysterious happenings
Hurn
Easy-To-Read Shakespeare
Perfect for the New Curriculum requirement for children to have read two Shakespeare plays between the ages of 11 and 14
The opening chapter of each title describes how the play fits into the body of Shakespeare’s work The text is supported by quotes from the original plays, plus character profiles that help with understanding the themes of the play
Each title contains a biography of Shakespeare and explores the historical context of his times Accompanied by wonderful illustrations showing key events in the plot or particular character traits The ideal introduction, revision aid or easy access for anyone studying Shakespeare.
‘Look out for titles in this accessible series of Shakespeare’s plays. The books have lively introductions which place the play in its setting, politically, historically and culturally. An ideal way of introducing readers to Shakespeare’s works, the titles also provide a valuable revision source.’ The Parents Guide
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