Witches

Horrible Histories Handbooks #3

by Terry Deary, Mike Phillips (Illustrator)

The nasty bits at your fingertips! Discover the truth behind the pointy hats and black cats, and other idiotic ideas about witchcraft, and brace yourself for foul facts about the evil executions the poor people suffered. Want to which magic word was used to zap zits? why people were paid to prick a witch? the terrible torture inflicted by a turca? Everything you need to know about Witches - all the gore and more!

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Childrens, Witches, Humor

96 pages, Paperback

First published September 3, 2007

About the author

A former actor, theatre-director and drama teacher, Deary says he began writing when he was 29. Most famously, he is one of the authors of the Horrible Histories series of books popular among children for their disgusting details, gory information and humorous pictures and among adults for getting children interested in history. Books in the series have been widely translated into other languages and imitated.

A cartoon series has been made of the series of books and was shown on CiTV for a period in 2002.

The first series of a live-action comedy sketch show of the same name was shown on CBBC in 2009 and a second series is due.

Terry is also known widely throughout children and adult reading groups alike for his True Stories series (see below for series list).

He received an Honorary Doctorate of Education from the University of Sunderland in 2000. His numerous accolades also include the Blue Peter "Best Nonfiction Author of the Century" Award in the U.K.

-Wikipedia

Reviews

[Sophie Crane]

Another wonderful book well written for children.

[Monika Kronika]

No ako ten slovenský preklad je na zaplakanie, ale chápem, že tie kúzla a verše sú prispôsobené pre deti. Každopádne veľmi pekná knižka, chápem prečo knihy z tejto edície bavia väčšinu detí.

[Flora Hillage]

Very interesting and gory information

[Jasmin]

Nice

[Tessie Dragon]

Děsivé dějiny - zajímavá a vtipná knížka v 1. Celou sérii jsem si zamilovala. ;)

[Amy]

*3.5

[Erin L]

"We all know someone we dislike. But we don't usually put a curse on them."
All I can say is I LOVE Horrible Histories.

[Emily T]

3.5⭐️. A fun history book for kids that has interesting facts and information about witches. Would recommend for children.

[Aniket Parikh]

I decided to read this book as Horrible Histories are always entertaining.

This book goes under ' a book that teaches me about another time in history.' This category was very quite interesting as it tells us about theories in the past which are quite weird compared to todays theories.

My favourite quote from the book is ' Yes, people actually believed in witches.' I liked this quote as it is completely the opposite of what i think. Now i find all those ancient theories quite funny.

Something i learnt from this book was that people actually WORSHIPED witches. All those cauldrons and witches hats are claimed to be true. Thats what the worshipers said at least.

I didnt really have a favourite character as the book was about witches in general and not about particular witches.

[Sa-Human rights!]

Yes, I read Horrible histories. I read this book when I was 8 years old.

I find this book interesting. Humorous and teaching you stuff about how some people falsely accused people of being witches, and I loved it. Bad points was that it had a bit to much humor, but overall, I give this book a 4 star rating. And yes, again, I read it when I was 8 years old. If you have a problem, let me know. I'll explain why I began reading horrible science when I was 7.

[Julia]

Forma poniekąd powieści graficznej nie pasuje mi do takiej tematyki, zwłaszcza, że książka opisuje okrucieństwa bardzo obrazowo. Doceniam jednak szacunek, który autor na samym początku oddaje szacunek ofiarom "polowań na czarownice". Za mocna dla dzieci, ale zbyt kolorowa i prosta dla młodzieży czy dorosłych. Potrzebna, ciekawa, ważna, ale może w innej formie? Najważniejsze, że rzetelnie opisuje historię i zaciekawia, co może skłaniać do zgłębiania tematu.

[Catherine Woodman]

Horrible Histories is a series of illustrated books published in the UK by Scholastic. They are designed to get children interested in history by concentrating on the trivial, unusual, gory, or unpleasant. They are exceptionally well loved by my history loving children

[Twan]

My first dip into tthe 'Horrible Histories' range and quite fun it was.

[Tammi]

Thirteen and still a huge fan of horrible histories ^_^

I love history .. And I love comedy. A perfect blend ^_^

[Hilda]

This is really fun, easy to read and very informative like all horrible history books!

[Charlotte]

This book is a great book to read before bedtime. I like how the author introduces many information about witches in such detail with so many pictures. You will definitely love this book.

[Amy Louise Smith]

Small, interesting facts, easily laid out and spread across beautifully illustrated pages.

It's a shame the author never got to finish it, going missing under mysterious circumstances...

[Maple Class]

This book was about witches from history. It had their deaths and what they did too. I thought it was quite gory because they put weird stuff in potion and their deaths were horrible.
By Louis

[Eleanor Tay]

I never knew these facts

[Hannah]

A fun and entertaining read. A very enjoyable way to learn about this topic.