Look insideHorrible Histories: Deadly Days in History
The Grim Reaper’s diary! Some dark days keep him really busy, poor lamb. Check your diary: is it a deadly day in history? Famines, battles, revolutions: honestly, sometimes Death barely gets a moment’s letup. (Unless he looks in this book and laughs so much he keeps dropping his scythe.) Now – just like you celebrate a birthday, Death likes to celebrate a good old Deadly Day. And here’s your chance to join the party. Lots of bloody bits. No boring bits. Quite a few sort-of funny bits. Just don’t die laughing – the poor old Reaper is already overworked. (No wonder he looks a bit grim.)
Fun Stuff
Activities
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Horrible Histories Colouring
Here’s a putrid pirate for you to colour!
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Horrible Histories wallpaper
Download free Horrible Histories wallpaper!
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Horrible Histories Wicked Wordsearch
Can you find all the words in this Terrible Tudors puzzle?
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Authors
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Terry Deary
Terry is a former actor, theatre-director and Drama teacher and currently lives in County Durham. He has written over 150 books in the UK, including 44 Horrible Histories titles, and was voted the fifth most popular living children’s author in a 2005 Guardian survey.
Awards
Terry Deary won the 2001 Blue Peter Prize for Rotten Romans.
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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.
Awards
Blue Peter, Best Factual Book 2002 for Terrible Tudors