Favourite books about time travel
From The Time Machine to Dr Who, the ability to travel through time and change the course of history has long caught our imagination.
Here are some of our favourite children's books about time travel both classic and recently published.
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TimeRiders
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TimeRiders
Maddy should have died in a plane crash. Liam should have died at sea when the Titanic sank. Sal should have died in a tragic fire…
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Day of Deliverance
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Day of Deliverance
The second adventure involving Jack Christie, son of scientists involved in an experiment to change the course of history through …
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When You Reach Me
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When You Reach Me
Miranda's familiar world begins to unravel when her best friend is hit by a stranger and refuses to speak to her anymore. Then mys…
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A Roman Rescue
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A Roman Rescue
Charlie and his trusty dog Bandit fall down a sinkhole and are transported to ancient Rome where he meets Cosmo and goes on an adv…
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A Year Without Autumn
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A Year Without Autumn
Kessler combines a chatty tween novel with a serious dose of 'what if' in which a disused lift transports Jenni between the presen…
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A Traveller in Time
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A Traveller in Time
Penelope is sent to stay with her great-aunt in an old Derbyshire house where the Babingtons used to live where discovers she can …
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Tom's Midnight Garden
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Tom's Midnight Garden
With no garden or children to play with Tom feels lonely and unhappy, until one night he hears the clock striking thirteen and dis…
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A Wrinkle in Time
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A Wrinkle in Time
When Charles Wallace Murry goes searching through a 'wrinkle in time' for his lost father, he finds himself on an evil planet wher…
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is the story of 15-year-old schoolgirl Kazuko, who accidentally discovers that she can leap back a…
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Midwinterblood
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Midwinterblood
In seven stories that take place on the strange island of Blessed, two souls seek each other over a period of a thousand years.
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Diary of a Time Traveller
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Diary of a Time Traveller
A boy is given a magical diary that can take him anywhere in time.
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A Time Traveller's Guide to Life, the Universe and Everyt...
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A Time Traveller's Guide to Life, the Universe and Everyt...
In this quirky, fantastical graphic novel, Albert Einstein is at your service to guide you through time and space on a beam of lig…
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A Chase in Time
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A Chase in Time
Alex and Ruby hurtle back in time to 1912 when they topple through the ornate mirror of their great-aunt's house. This rip-roaring…
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Time Travelling with a Hamster
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Time Travelling with a Hamster
When 12-year-old Al Chaudry learns there is a time machine sitting in the garage, he has to go and get it - then he can travel bac…
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