Blood-curdling Box of Books (Horrible Histories Collections)

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However, as I started reading through the books, it appears that they ALL have material that is NOT age appropriate. By picking out the fun parts of the subject, mainly the gory and revolting bits, this Horrible Histories set makes learning fun and exciting and a little less of a chore. His numerous accolades also include the Blue Peter "Best Nonfiction Author of the Century" Award in the U.

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In November 1999 Books for Keeps magazine readers voted him “The outstanding children’s non-fiction author of the 20th Century”. Some Horrible Histories have been based around a particular city, rather than a nation or a specific time period.Terry is the author of 116 books in the UK and over 250 more worldwide, mainly for children and teenagers, including the popular non-fiction series Horrible Histories. I bought a set as a Christmas present but the box itself was broken and some pages of a few books were bent. Box includes the Rotten Romans, Terrible Tudors and Awesome Egyptians and many, many more ghastly history fun. If you haven’t come across ‘Horrible Histories’ before you’ve missed a true publishing phenomenon – Terry Deary seems to have invented a whole new genre with his series of books looking at history in an entirely different way. Terry’s latest additions to the Horrible Histories series are the Horrible Histories Special: France and Cruel Crimes and Painful Punishment.

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This box set has all the foul favourites from the Horrible Histories series presented in a blood-curdling box with flip-top lid. Even though Loathsome London doesn't have these qualities, it was included into this sub-series during the republishing of the series from 2008 to 2011.

Terry currently holds 8 out of the 10 slots for ‘Most Borrowed Children’s Non-Fiction’ authors in the Public Lending Rights annual survey covering July 1998-June 1999. As well as being invaluable for school history projects the series is educational and fun, with books that children will choose to read again and again. All the foul favourites from the Horrible Histories series presented in a blood-curdling box with flip-top lid. As well as being invaluable for school history projects, this set is both educational and fun, with books that children will choose to read again and again. Product Information: ISBN: 9781407178097 Author: Scholastic Press Publisher: Scholastic Press Format: Paperback - Box Set Dimensions: 20.

Blood-curdling Box of Books (Horrible Histories Collections)

Features all the favourites, from the Awesome Egyptians and Terrible Tudors to the Rotten Romans and Woeful Second World War . the book about Aztecs had illustrations of their priests with human skins wrapped around their necks (an image I wish I could erase from my mind now that I’ve read/seen corresponding 'funny' illustration of it! Features all the favourites, from the Awesome Egyptians and Terrible Tudors to the Rotten Romans and Woeful Second World War. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. These books are ideal for your child, easy to read and understand, These were bought for a 9 year old boy with Autism and global learning difficulties , and he absolutely loves them, .

This collection includes: Savage Stone-AgeAwesome EgyptiansGroovy GreeksRotten RomansCult-Throat CeltsSmashing SaxonsVicious VikingsStormin NormansAngry AztecsIncredible IncasMeasly Middle AgesTerrible TudorsSlimy StuartsGorgeous GeorgiansVile VictoriansVillainous VictoriansBarmy British EmpireFrightful First World WarWoeful Second World WarBlitzed BritsThis paperback book set measures: 20 x 21 x 14cm. In 1999, The Daily Telegraph recorded that he outsold Enid Blyton by four to one and a Libraries survey made him the most-borrowed author of non-fiction in Britain – adult and children’s books. The first series of a live-action comedy sketch show of the same name was shown on CBBC in 2009 and a second series is due.