Horrible Histories: Up in the Air Award-winning team by Terry Deary (author) and Martin Brown (illustrator)

Discover all the foul facts about the history of air travel with history’s most horrible headlines: in-flight edition.
The master of making history fun, Terry Deary, turns his attention to the skies. From the Chinese prisoners who were sent up on kites and the brave but foolish failures who jumped from a height on home-made wings to the first real successes of the Montgolfier balloon and the Wright Brothers’ powered flight. It’s all in Horrible Histories: Up in the Air :

fully illustrated throughout and packed with hair-raising stories – with all the horribly hilarious bits included

with a fresh take on the classic Horrible Histories style, perfect for fans old and new

the perfect series for anyone looking for a fun and informative read

Horrible Histories has been entertaining children and families for generations with books, TV, stage show, magazines, games and 2019’s brilliantly funny Horrible Histories: the Movie – Rotten Romans.

Get your history right here and collect the whole horrible lot.
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Product Details

Catalogue number

2121 in SCB September 2026

Series

Horrible Histories

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780702305856

Publisher

Scholastic

Date published

March 4th, 2021

Lexile measure

850L

Other details

144 pages

Condition

New

Part of this Series

Horrible Histories

Author/Illustrator

Terry Deary

Born in Sunderland in 1946, Terry Deary lives in County Durham with his family. Terry’s early life was spent in his father’s butcher’s shop and his career in the arts began in 1972 at Theatre Powys in Mid Wales. He has worked as an actor, theatre-director, drama teacher and television presenter. Terry still acts with roles in British films and has appeared in the Horrible Histories TV, stage-shows and feature film. As an actor, Terry began writing scripts. One of his most successful was The Custard Kid which became his first novel in 1977. Terry has enjoyed over 40 years as an author, including over 80 titles in Horrible Histories the world’s bestselling children’s history series. He is also an author of fiction and non-fiction for adults. Terry is an ambassador for his home city of Sunderland and was made a Doctor of Education at Sunderland University.

Martin Brown

Martin Brown was born in Melbourne, Australia, and has lived in England for over 30 years. He lives in Dorset with family.
Arriving in London in 1983, Martin got a job as a bicycle courier – without any knowledge of the capital’s geography. It was short-lived. This was followed by a role in Harrod’s toy department: achievements included caricaturing customers and successfully wrapping a full-sized rocking horse.
While working at London Graphic Centre, Martin decided to pursue his dream to become a cartoonist. Having access to the contact details of every publisher helped. One of the first publishers he contacted was Scholastic who commissioned him for the Coping with… books before uniting him with Terry Deary to create the world’s bestselling children’s history series, Horrible Histories.
Martin’s recent books beyond Horrible Histories include his Lesser Spotted Animal series and Nell and the Cave Bear (both also written and illustrated by him).
A proponent of ‘drawing is for everyone’, Martin inspires children (and their families) across Britain at festival appearances and shows.