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Anglo-Saxons KS2 Books

Best Children’s Books – Anglo-Saxons Topic

Travel back in time to the invaders and settlers of the Dark Ages and find out more about the intriguing Anglo-Saxon period. From fighting and feasts to riddles and runes, we’ve picked out some of the best children’s books about the Anglo-Saxon topic.

This booklist offers recommended children’s books about the history of the Anglo-Saxons, selected by the experts at BooksForTopics. Readers looking for KS2 Anglo-Saxon books will enjoy entering the gripping world of invaders and settlers in Winter of the Wolves or Anglo-Saxon Boy – both chapter books that are popular choices with history lovers who love action and plenty of gruesome details.

We also recommend shorter stories like The Princess Who Hid in a Tree, which is a picturebook retelling of the Anglo-Saxon legend of Saint Frideswide.

So, if you are looking for recommended Anglo-Saxon children’s books, the BooksForTopics expertly curated reading list is here to help…

best books for Stone Age to Iron Age topic

Stone Age to Iron Age Topic

Best Books for the Stone Age to Iron Age Topic

From stone circles and woolly mammoths to hill forts and roundhouses, the Stone Age to Iron Age history topic is such an interesting one to dig into. We’ve put together a list of the best children’s books about the Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages to help transport readers back to prehistoric times…

This history curriculum booklist offers recommended children’s books about the period of British prehistory from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, selected by the experts at BooksForTopics. Step back in time to discover the Secrets of Stonehenge, visit the prehisotic settlement of Skara Brae in The Boy With the Bronze Axe or nestle into an Iron Age hill fort in Pitch Invasion.

Teachers looking for a shorter picture book with lots of scope for discussion and writing opportunities will enjoy the classroom favourite Stone Age Boy.

So, if you are looking for recommended children’s books about the Stone Age, this specially selected reading list for KS2 is the right place to start…

Romans Topic Books

Best Children’s Books for the Romans History Topic 

What did the Romans do for us? The answer is a lot! The Romans history topic is popular in primary schools, and we’ve compiled a list of the best children’s books about the Romans for exploring all sorts of exciting themes, from gladiators and gods to eruptions and emperors.

This booklist offers recommended children’s books about the Romans, selected by the experts at BooksForTopics. Immerse young readers in the sights and smells of Roman Britain with engaging historical fiction like Empire’s End or Vita & the Gladiator, or travel back to Ancient Rome with classicist Caroline Lawrence’s story The Thieves of Ostia.

Children looking for more light-hearted Roman Empire stories and shorter chapter books will enjoy Romans on the Rampage or the popular picturebook choice Escape from Pompeii.

So, if you are looking for recommended books about the Romans, this specially selected reading list for KS2 has got you covered…

Vikings Topic

Best Vikings Topic Books For Children

Looking for the best books for the Vikings topic? From raiders and traders to myths and monsters, the Vikings history topic offers a hoard of fascinating themes and this list of recommended children’s books about the Vikings is here to help.

Dig into the mysteries of the Viking topic with recommended chapter books like Riddle of the Runes, She Wolf and Viking Boy, or get stuck into some non-fiction with the fantastic illustrated information book Viking Voyagers.

We’ve put together this list of the best Viking-themed children’s books to help readers take a voyage back in time to the Viking age.

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