Horrible Histories

Read all about it! Read all about it! Read all about the nasty bits!
History has all the best stories (and the most horrible) – so get hold of the bestselling books filled with foul facts, wicked wit and deadly drawings.
Written by Terry Deary and illustrated Martin Brown, the world’s bestselling history book series has been filling kids heads with foul facts since 1993.
Scholastic Schools Live: Drawing 'Horrible Histories' with illustrator Martin Brown

Drawing Horrible Histories with Martin Brown!

Scholastic and Travelling Books schools can join Martin Brown, the illustrator of Horrible Histories, at 11am on Tuesday 11th May for foul facts, savage stories and some deadly drawing!

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"A Cultural Phenomenon"
Funny, fact-filled, for kids
"A Winning Formula"
Packed with deadly drawings

From Savage Stone Age to Woeful Second World War


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"Anarchic"
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"Brilliant!"
The world's bestselling children's history book series

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