Are the Horrible Series Any Good?

anotheruser

I know this could go in the "want to buy it" board but I thought it might be better here.

Does anyone have any of the Horrible History/Geography/Science books? The Maths ones look a little like a rip off and I can't see what would be so great about those but the others seem quite good, especially for young 'uns learning about history and whatever. I guess even adults could read them to get a little more info on what happened in the past.

I've seen a bunch of book sets that contain 20 on eBay. None are complete; Wikipedia says there are 23 books, which is a shame so I will have to hunt for the other three. Prices are about £20 - so £1 a book, which isn't bad I suppose.

Are they worth it?

fairy_lights

Horrible Histories are amazing. I can't recommend those books highly enough, I found them fascinating as a kid and they were fun for my parents to read too.
Buy them, buy them now!

olgadapolga

fairy_lights wrote: »

Horrible Histories are amazing. I can't recommend those books highly enough, I found them fascinating as a kid and they were fun for my parents to read too.
Buy them, buy them now!

I second this - my children have learned so much from these (science/history/geography - I haven't seen the maths ones). I quite enjoy reading them as well!

sofiar

my kids love these books, it's a great way to make learning fun x

tomtontom

No experience of them for kids but I can highly recommend them for adults!

balletshoes

Horrible Histories (the books and the TV series) are the reason my daughter is studying GCSE History - and I enjoyed the TV series as much as, if not more than, she did when she was a bit younger (if we see it on re-runs we still watch it ).

SueMaggie

The Works also has a box set of 20 books online and currently has a 20% off code which means you'd get it for £15.99.

http://www.theworks.co.uk/p/horror/horrible-histories-blood-curdling-box-of-books/9781407131177

There's also 18% cash back for The Works on Quidco at present - though sometimes it doesn't track if you've used a discount code.

Faith177

I loved the horrible histories growing up my mum use to by me them when we were on holiday in Scotland for a month in the summer to keep me quite.

They were really good and I learnt loads from them!

Once my brother was old enough they were passed down to him and he loved them just as much as I did

Seeing that deal Suemaggie put up I might get them for my Godson for Christmas and put them away for him

tea_lover

Horrible Histories and Science books are great (haven't seen the others but will keep an eye out for them now).

A friend of mine is head of history in a secondary school and loves them!

double_mummy

yup they are amazing books me and the LO have just finished reading the Terrible Tudors (mine from when i was little) they are all great my faves are

horrible science - blood bones and body bits
history - Terrible Tudors
geography - desperate deserts
famous - darwin and other seriously super scientists

all the ones i have ever read have been fab and my son loves them especially the gory bits in the history ones and the jokes they make about teachers they are really funny and he doesnt even realise he is learning which i love

Lunar_Eclipse

Yep, DD2 really enjoyed these too. Quite often found in charity shops or at car boot sales fyi.