Horrible Christmas

Horrible Christmas PDF Author: Terry Deary
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781407196862
Category : Christmas
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Book Description
Filled with all the festive facts every HORRIBLE HISTORIES reader wants to know! The complete horrible history of Christmas tells tales from the dark days when the Puritans tried to abolish Christmas, to Christmas in the trenches whenthe British and Germans traded bullets for footballs. Plus dreadful jokes, rotten recipes and a Christmas quiz!

A Horrid History of Christmas

A Horrid History of Christmas PDF Author: Nicola Sly
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752477153
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230

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Book Description
This collection of historic horrid happenings from across the country demonstrates that Christmas is not necessarily a time of peace, joy and goodwill to all men. Festive tragedies include the avalanche in Lewes, which destroyed several cottages in 1836, killing eight of the occupants and injuring many more, and the fall of a chimney in Bradford in 1882, which claimed fifty-four lives. There are fatal rail crashes in Oxfordshire, Bedfordshire, Cheshire, Cumbria and Scotland; freak weather conditions and devastating fires, such as the Christmas Eve fire in Glasgow that cost the lives of four firemen in 1927. The holiday season has witnessed a plethora of almost unbelievable accidents, such as the amateur mechanic who died with his head stuck in a car engine, the footballer who leaped into a quarry to retrieve a lost ball, and the Christmas party guest who fell down a flight of stairs and broke his neck. Among the chilling crimes featured here is that of Nottinghamshire man Edward Kesteven, who killed his wife on Christmas Day 1894, and the murder of Thirza Kelly in Norfolk by a local teenager on Christmas Eve 1900. Full of merry madness and hearty heartache, A Horrid History of Christmas will make you want to bypass the festivities altogether!

Horrible Christmas

Horrible Christmas PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christmas
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Book Description
Tells you all the festive facts you ever wanted to know, but were too stuffed full of mince pies to ask!

Horrible Histories: Measly Middle Ages (New Edition)

Horrible Histories: Measly Middle Ages (New Edition) PDF Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407161733
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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Book Description
Readers can discover all the foul facts about the MEASLY MIDDLE AGES, including why chickens had their bottoms shaved, a genuine jester's joke and what ten-year-old treacle was used for. With a bold, accessible new look, these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.

Horrid Henry's Christmas Presents

Horrid Henry's Christmas Presents PDF Author: Francesca Simon
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1444007521
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 78

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Book Description
This year, Horrid Henry has a brilliant idea for his family's Christmas presents in this hilarious story. First appearing in Horrid Henry's Christmas Cracker, here the story is fully illustrated in colour in its own volume, perfect for Early Readers. Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. In this festive story, Horrid Henry has a brilliant idea for his family's Christmas presents. Who says he has to BUY them at all? It's the thought that counts! Early Readers - your child's stepping stone from picture books to reading books. This one is a perfect stocking filler, even for reluctant younger readers!

Horrid Henry's Christmas Lunch

Horrid Henry's Christmas Lunch PDF Author: Francesca Simon
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1444009087
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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Book Description
Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. Horrid Henry would much rather have pizza and chips for his Christmas lunch, and this year, he might just get his way... This is the 100th book in the phenomenally popular Early Reader format, published during Henry's 20th anniversary year - make sure to celebrate with Henry this Christmas! An ideal stocking filler for young readers.

The Wicked History of the World

The Wicked History of the World PDF Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: Scholastic Reference
ISBN: 9780439877862
Category : High interest-low vocabulary books
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
An illustrated, humorous introduction to world history with a emphasis on violence and villains.

Horrible Histories: Vile Victorians (New Edition)

Horrible Histories: Vile Victorians (New Edition) PDF Author: Terry Deary
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407161997
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240

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Book Description
They may have looked all prim and proper, but the Victorians were a jolly naughty bunch who could be vicious and violent and villainous. Readers can discover the murderers who wouldn't hang, when the first public loo was flushed and all about stag hunting in Paddington Station. With a bold, accessible new look, these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans. Revised by the author and illustrated throughout to make Horrible Histories more accessible to young readers.

Horrid Henry's Christmas Play

Horrid Henry's Christmas Play PDF Author: Francesca Simon
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
ISBN: 9781409132196
Category : Children's plays
Languages : en
Pages : 95

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Book Description
Horrid Henry is desperate to be Joseph in the school Christmas Nativity play. The trouble is, Miss Battle-Axe has made him the inn-keeper. There's only one thing for it - Henry's got to make his own part BIGGER!

Horrid Henry's Christmas

Horrid Henry's Christmas PDF Author: Francesca Simon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781448720965
Category : Christmas stories
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Four stories about a misbehaving boy who causes mayhem during the Christmas season.