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.

Blood-curdling Box of Books (Horrible Histories Collections Blood-curdling Box of Books (Horrible Histories Collections

Box includes the Rotten Romans, Terrible Tudors and Awesome Egyptians and many, many more ghastly history fun. Horrible Histories were launched in 1993 and are now sold in 28 languages from Russia to Brazil, Scandinavia to China. Especially in this age of mass murderers walking into schools and places of worship and killing innocent people, I believe book publishers need to be more responsible about their age ratings for the books they publish. They also have a map when the front cover is folded out, and explain some structures in the city when the back cover is folded out.

Featuring some of the very best from Terry Deary's Horrible Histories series, and displayed in a great printed lift top storage box, this fantastic set is a must have for any child's book shelf.

Horrible Histories Collections: Blood-curdling Box of Books Horrible Histories Collections: Blood-curdling Box of Books

In the Stormin Normans book, on page 12, there is a story about how William goes into a woman's room, beats her up, and then forces her to marry him! Excellent box of books, requested by grandson, so they have been purchased as part of his Christmas presents. Product Information: ISBN: 9781407178097 Author: Scholastic Press Publisher: Scholastic Press Format: Paperback - Box Set Dimensions: 20. 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. Most famously, he is one of the authors of the Horrible Histories series of books popular among children for their disgusting details, gory information and humorous pictures and among adults for getting children interested in history. 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.

Horrible Histories Collections: Blood-curdling Box of Books Horrible Histories Collections: Blood-curdling Box of Books

Features all the favourites, from the Awesome Egyptians and Terrible Tudors to the Rotten Romans and Woeful Second World War . By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Terry is also known widely throughout children and adult reading groups alike for his True Stories series (see below for series list). 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. I don't have any problem getting him to read a chapter or two and its one of the home schooling lessons he looks forward to. In early 1998, the Top Ten series was launched with two titles written by Terry, Top Ten Shakespeare Stories and Top Ten Greek Legends. And if Horrible Histories wasn’t keeping him busy enough Terry has also contributed a range of titles to the True Stories series including True Mystery Stories and True Horror Stories. 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.