* “Chock-full of awesomely appalling medical history.” –Shelf Awareness, starred review
* “Engaging, informative, but also gross.” –School Library Journal, starred review

School Library Journal Best Book of 2023
Cybils 2023 Nonfiction Middle Grade Finalist
2024 Best STEM Books Award from National Science Teaching Association
2024 Grateful American Book Prize Honorable Mention

Smallpox! Rabies! Black Death! Throughout history humankind has been plagued by . . . well, by plagues. The symptoms of these diseases were gruesome-but the remedies were even worse.

Get to know the ickiest illnesses that have infected humans and affected civilizations through the ages. Each chapter explores the story of a disease, including the scary symptoms, kooky cures, and brilliant breakthroughs that it spawned. Medical historian and bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris lays out the facts with her trademark wit, and Adrian Teal adds humor with cartoons and caricatures drawn in pitch black and blood red. Diseases covered in this book include bubonic plague, smallpox, rabies, tuberculosis, cholera, and scurvy.

Thanks to centuries of sickness and a host of history’s most determined plague-busters, this riveting book features everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the world’s deadliest diseases.

Chapters in this book include:
– The first Greeks
– Ancient Athens
– A Greek house
– Greek Games
– At the temple
– Myths and legends
– War on land…
– …and at sea
– New powers
– Legacy of Greece

Explore the everyday lives of Ancient Romans and find out what it was like to live in one of history’s biggest empires in this history book for children aged 9-12.

Enjoy a Roman feast and discover delicacies of peacock, nightingales and dormice. Experience dubious Roman hygiene standards – ever washed your clothes in wee before?! And no tour of Ancient Rome would be complete without a visit to the infamous Colosseum, where you’ll witness the nail-biting drama of gladiator fights and hear the roar of bloodthirsty crowds.

This Ancient Rome book for children offers:

• Beautiful illustrations and photography from the top ancient Rome collections.
• A focus on only the gory, gross and surprising facts about people’s everyday lives that will fascinate young readers.
• Information on what life in ancient Rome was really like – find out about odd emperors, brave gladiators and mysterious gods and goddesses.

An immersive and beautiful book, Ancient Rome is a captivating guide to life in the Roman Empire, told as the Romans might once have themselves.

You’ll march on carefully constructed Roman roads alongside one of the most powerful armies ever seen! And closer to home, bow down before the emperors – from the best and worst to the weirdest, including Caligula who gave his favourite horse 18 servants.

More in the series

If you enjoyed learning about history’s biggest empires with Ancient Rome, why not find out about other important civilisations in history with the DK Ancient Histories series? Travel back in time and explore the everyday lives of ancient Egyptians, from farming alongside the mighty River Nile to worshiping powerful gods and goddesses, with Ancient Egypt.

Eight scenes show readers all around the cities, countryside, and mighty monuments of several incredible ancient civilisations – from the dawn of civilization in Ancient Egypt, to the rise of the great Mayan culture in Central America. Lift the flaps to find out how ancient people people lived, and how they died, what they ate, and how they built some of their amazing monuments. Look inside an Egyptian temple, open the doors of ancient Chinese houses, witness an Assyrian army laying siege to a fortress, and find out what goes on behind the walls of a Roman army fort.

Put the fun back into learning and take children on a number-crunching journey around our incredible planet. From microscopic minerals to majestic mountains and everything in between, learn all about planet Earth with more than 1,000 weird and wonderful numbers.

Our World in Numbers: Planet Earth will have you impressing your family and friends like never before with mind-blowing figures behind rising sea levels, the gradual growth of mountains and wild weathers. Children aged 9-12 will number-crunch their way around the planet, discovering everything about world’s biggest oceans, rivers and mountains.

This Earth book of fantastic figures offers:

• More than 1,000 astonishing Earth facts for children aged 9-12.
• Different topics divided by 5 chapters that explore the planet.
• Eye-catching double page features, including vibrant photographs and graphics for every topic.
• Fun and surprising information on more than 80 topics to engage children in the world around them.

This data-packed adventure through the animal world is filled with everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the planet, with full-page photographs and fun, colourful images, wacky fact-bites and funky figures to become an animal expert!

More in the series

Our World in Numbers explores figures and number-based facts through exciting topics, vibrant photos and exciting graphics. If you liked Our World in Numbers: Planet Earth, why not try Our World in Numbers: Animals and learn about the animal kingdom, or Our World in Numbers: Dinosaurs and discover the prehistoric world.

This is a History book unlike any other you’ve read. It doesn’t just tell stories from the past, it unpicks details within those stories, explains how and where those stories came from, and why they can change, depending on who is telling them.