Look insideHorrible Histories: Horrible Christmas
Christmas! It’s the most wonderful time of the year, full of joy and gladness and fairies and sparkly things. Right? Well, not according to Horrible genius Terry Deary: a man on a mission to put the ‘yuck’ into your Yule! True to form, this book brings you heaps of freaky facts – just the thing if you’re sick of nice, fluffy festive fun! Spooky festive stories. Cruel Yule customs. Rude panto songs to sing as loud as you dare. Plus: test out revolting recipes and learn to get rid of caterwauling carol singers. Have a very happy – um, horrible – Christmas!
- A bumper book of Christmas fun in Horrible style
- From the star team of Terry Deary and Martin Brown
- Full-colour pictures packed with disgusting delights
- Foul facts, cruel Yule fun and spooky seasonal stories
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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