Ways into History: The Great Fire of London looks at what happened that fateful night in 1666 and how it gave birth to a brand new London. It includes a timeline of the main events of the fire and restoration at the back of the book.

In the Ways into History series, original illustrations and simple text bring the past alive, while questions and activities encourage historical research and build up confidence and enthusiasm. The series encourages Key Stage 1 readers aged 5+ to begin to think like a historian and look for clues in descriptions and pictures that will help them answer questions about the past. The books include 'Talk About' sections that encourage readers to describe events or what people might have thought or felt at the time. Teaching and literacy notes help teachers and parents get the most out of the curriculum links in these books in a classroom or at home.

This book is part of a book series called Ways Into History .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 1. KS1 covers school years 1 and 2, and ages 5-7 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by Hachette Children's Group .

Sally Hewitt is an experienced children's writer. Her previous books for Watts include the In Your Neighbourhood series.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: London
• 2: Buildings
• 3: The Great Fire starts
• 4: Eyewitness
• 5: The fire spreads
• 6: Fighting the fire
• 7: What would you save?
• 8: The fire dies out
• 9: Homeless
• 10: Planning a new London
• 11: A new city
• 12: Timeline
• 13: Glossary
• 14: Index