Ideas for dd1 who adores reading and is obsessed with history?

someone has said cynthia harnett, surely, but especially the load of unicorn.

oh other books I liked at this age is the molly weir books-shoes were for sunday and so forth.

and there is something about children of some forest or other - winnifred foley?

am wondering if these are too modern though

has no one mentioned the little house books?

my ds LOVES them (he is 4)

The later books are definately aimed at older readers

Also, and I'm sure someone HAS said this, an option would be simply books that were written some time ago? I liked jane eyre and thomas hardy, and bizarely, sherlock holmes when I was about 11 or so (prob a lot went over my head BUT they were fun to read)

He hasn't tried them bink, and I will add them to The List, thanks

Just bought The Wool-pack for 50p on Abebooks - hooray!
Meanwhile, DD1 has been off school today with a bug and has read the whole of Anne of Green Gables and is half-way through Anne of Avonlea. She is not going to want to go back to school tomorrow!

Marina, my DS struggled with Eagle of the Ninth at the same age but loved it when I read it to him. It's stil one of my favorite books.

Must get DS onto Watership Down.

Yes - even I thought Eagle of Ninth (read it a couple of years ago, having missed it back then) a bit demanding.

Marina - with the usual eggs-evacuation caveat - has your ds had Viking Dawn/Sunset/Whatever yet? As I could see him liking those. (They are beyond my ds for now, who is in comfy permanent Philip Reeve territory.)

Although I'm a big fan of Rosemary Sutcliff I do have to report that ds (8, Yr4 but an omnivorous and accomplished reader) has found The Eagle of the Ninth too demanding. Brother Dusty Feet I remember being less adult in its themes.
(Mind you he now claims to be loving Watership Down of all things, but that's a whole other thread)
My cousin gave him Cue for Treason at Easter so that's next on the list

My Friende Walter By Michael Morpurgo has a historical element. If she is a good reader in year 4 it should be about the right level for her.

Woolpack is completely lovely.
Lombards - how to get into a doublet when you're quite new to them - how to come to terms, with no trauma whatsoever, with an arranged betrothal - why bits of England were so very prosperous -

I have never read The Woolpack, Scaryteacher. I really must get hold of it, I have been meaning to for years now.

I'm 42 and I still read the Woolpack regularly. I also still have Rosemary Sutcliffe and Geoffrey Trease on my shelves. I loved her book about the war of the Roses. Jean Plaidy also wrote two for children about Mary Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth.

My five year old is absolutely obsessed by the film version of Tom's Midnight Garden, she watches it whenever she gets to choose a DVD. When I tried to read them the book though they got bored half way through which was very disappointing.

As well as Rosemary Sutcliff, don't forget Henry Treece - most of his are out of print but easily picked up on Abebooks. Hounds of the King was my absolute favourite book at that age.

Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce - one of my fave reads as a child. Set in 1960's but boy goes back in time to Victorian period.

Also Goodnight Mr Tom (WW2) and anything by Michael Morpurgo (WW1, WW2) - but they may be a bit old for her yet, more Y5/6

Another "yes" for Rosemary Sutcliff. The Eagle of the Ninth might be one to start with?

not novels - but the Tony Robinson worst jobs for children in history and his kings/queens books are really good

Another 'yes' for Roman Mysteries, Rosemary Sutcliff and Michael Morpurgo.

It's jolly hard work but DH is reading DS1 (9, loves history) Children of the New Forest atm and they are both enjoying it. I'm reading him Tom Sawyer which is obviously set in 19th C America and DS is confused, amused and fascinated at the same time.

I notice someone else has mentioned Carrie's War. I read this to my dds last month and they both liked it, although I think you do have to help explain a few bits.

One I used to like at your dd's age was 'The Wolves of Willoughby Chase' by Joan Aiken. I got my dds a copy of this, but we haven't read it yet (thought we'd do it for bedtime reading - me reading to them!)

Marina, A Traveller in Time is still my favourite ever book! You beat me to it!

Scanner - does she (and/or do you) know Lucy Boston's The Children of Green Knowe? It's not exactly a historical fiction - it's more like Charlotte Sometimes in bringing together different eras - but it does a very wonderful unusual take on the Great Plague. Perhaps you should have a read of it first though - as the Children are effectively ghosts?

Recently I (and that is me, not any of my children) rather enjoyed At The Sign of The Sugared Plum (link is to one of those Amazon lists including it, which might give you other ideas too, though it's described as a "teen" list) - another hear-the-sounds-and-smell-the-smells-of-the-Great-Plague kind of thing.

Finally, as actual history rather than novels, how about the classic Our Island Story?

Marina, that anthology sounds very interesting - will have to investigate!

She might also like Carrie's War (Nina Bawden), When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (Judith Kerr of Mog fame), Charlotte Sometimes (Penelope Lively) and A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley.
The first three deal with WW1 or WW2 history, as you might expect - the latter two are about time-shifting rather than being set in the past per se
Depending on how emotionally mature she is to match her reading appetite, two other lovely books are The Gentle Falcon by Hilda Lewis (Richard II's second wife, Isabelle of France), and The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare (persecution of Quakers in 17th century New England).
And a fab anthology is Geraldine McCaughrean's Britannia. Highly recommended, loads of short stories about a wide variety of historical events in Britain's history.

DD2 who is 8 and loves history, likes those My Story books. They are not all that well written but are well-researched and informative. She also loved War Horse by Michael Morpurgo as she has a World War One obsession.
I would certainly recommend the Roman mysteries too as they fit the adventure and history bill perfectly.