World War Two - picture books

I have only listed picture books here. Chapter books will follow later.

My uncle’s Dunkirk by Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom, 2011. An accessible account of Dunkirk.

Rose Blanche by Ian McEwan, 2004. Rose is a young German who is aware of what is happening and finally gets her chance to help. A very moving book about the concentration camps.

Star of fear, star of hope by Jo Hoestlandt, 2000. An elderly lady retells a story from her childhood about her friend, who first had to wear a star and then disappeared. Very moving.

Taff in the Waff by Mick Manning and Brita Grnstrom, 2013. Manning’s mother joined the Waaf and this is her story.

Tail-end Charlie by Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom, 2009. The stories told by Manning’s father from when he was in the RAF.

The lion and the unicorn by Shirley Hughes, 2000. A young boy who is evacuated has has to learn how to be brave.

The Little ships: a story of the heroic rescue at Dunkirk by Louise Borden and Michael Foreman, 1997. Concentrating on one fishing boat this is the story of Dunkirk.

War boy: a wartime childhood by Michael Foreman. A Suffolk childhood set during the war.

World War One - picture books

I have only listed picture books here. Chapter books will follow later.

Archie’s war by Marcia Williams, 1914. A child is given a scrapbook in April 1914 and instead of comics and jokes fills it up with the war from his perspective. An unusal story told from the point of view of a child in 1914.

Charlie’s war illustrated by Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom, 2013. The story of Manning’s grandfather who served throughout the war.

Fly, Cher Ami, fly by Robert Burleigh, 2008. How one pigeon saved a battalion. Based on a true story.

One boy’s war by Lynn Huggins-Cooper and Ian B Haywood, 2008. The story of one young man’s war old through Sydney’s letters home and his private journal.

Stubby, the dog soldier:world war one hero by Blake Hoena and Oliver Husrt, 2014. A true story of one dog’s participation in the war.

The amazing tale of Ali Pasha by Michael Foreman, 2013. Henry is a 21 year sailor ferrying the wounded off Gallipoli when he makes an unusual friend – a tortoise.

The best Christmas present in the world by Michael Morpugo and Michael Foreman. A letter found in an old desk tells the story of one young man’s war.

The Christmas truce: the place where peace was found by Hilary Robinson and Martin Impey 2014. Ben and Ray (from Where the poppies now grow) get involved with the Christmas truce of 1914.

The little hen and the great war by Jennifer Beck, 2014. A soldier adopts a hen.

War game: village green to no man’s land by Michael Foreman 2006. A group of boys from a Suffolk village all join up together. Includes the Christmas day truce of 1914.

Where the poppies now grow by Hilary Robinson and Martin Impey, 2014. The story of two friends, this has glowing reviews on Amazon.

Pre-conquest America

Mayan

Me Oh Maya by Joe Scieszka 2003. (Time warp trio) . The three boys travel to Chichen Itza in 1000AD

Why there is no arguing in Heaven: a Mayan myth by Deborah Nourse Lattimore

Aztecs

Age of the Aztecs by Arantxa Barcenas (The Time Chronicles), 2014. Jurna and Austin find themselves in the last years of the Aztec empire on a search for an Aztec codex.
Aztec attack by Chris Blake, 2014 (Time Hunters series). An easy reader. Tom has to face the rain god Tlaloc and get back a missing treasure.The Flame of peace: a tale of the Aztecs by Deborah Nourse Lattimore
Aztec courage: a story about the Spanish conquest of Mexico by Al M Rocco, 2011. Told through the eyes of 14 year old Diego who sails with Cortez to Mexico.

The Comet of doom: a thrilling tale from the time of Moctezuma by Karen Wallace, 2009.  An easy reader set in the time just before the arrival of the Spanish.

The Sad Night: the story of an Aztec victory and a Spanish loss by Sally Schofer Matthews, 2001. Illustrated in the style of an Aztec codex, this tells the story of the Spanish conquest of Central America and one of the rare Aztec victories.

The time travelling cat and the Aztec sacrifice by Julia Jarman, Can Topher save Ka the cat from El Sol, rescue a girl from being sacrificed and escape from the floating city before it is destroyed.

Incas

Hualachi and the magic sandals by Juliet Heslewood, 1995. The story of the fastest runner of the Incas who lets his King down to perform an act of kindness.

Other locations

Lady of Palenque, flower of Bacal (Royal diaries) Mesoamerica 749

The Glass Knife by John Tully, 1974. Tio has been brought up to become the human sacrifice and what haens when he begins to susect the horrifying truth about the ceremony? Unspecified civilisation but possibly based on the Chimu.