Find out why we remember the famous Gunpowder Plot of 1605, where Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament - with the king inside!

This simple, friendly children's first history series, aimed at readers aged 5 and up, takes a close look at some key events and personalities through history and reveals how and why they are still important to us today. A perfect support to learning about history at Key Stage 1, each book uses a rich variety of historical sources, from diaries to paintings, to bring events to life, while simple historical vocabulary is introduced and explained. Each book also features a simple timeline and explores how we find about the past. All text has been carefully checked by a historian.

This book is part of a book series called Why Do We Remember? .

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 2018 by Hachette Children's Group .

Izzi Howell is an editor and author of books for children.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: What was the Gunpowder Plot?
• 2: Catholics and Protestants
• 3: A new king
• 4: Catesby and Fawkes
• 5: More members
• 6: The Houses of Parliament
• 7: Planning and plotting
• 8: A mysterious letter
• 9: Caught in the cellar
• 10: Guy Fawkes confesses
• 11: The end of the plot
• 12: After the Gunpowder Plot
• 13: Bonfire Night today
• 14: Glossary
• 15: Timeline and anwers
• 16: Index