Horrible Histories Handbooks: Blitz

In the Second World War, lucky kids like you didn’t have to go and fight. You got to stay at home and enjoy years of being blitzed by bombs. Jolly good! And as the Blitzed Brits knew, leaving the loo seat up would stop your house being blown to smithereens. And of course, in the blackout, curried carrot nosh was the perfect way to keep seeing in the dark. Seventy years ago, everyone knew these horrible facts. Do you? Would YOU survive World War Two? A hilarious pocket-book of handy and horrible survival tips – all in ferocious full colour!

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    It good to read the blitz book. And fun and cool.

    24 April 2014

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    6 March 2013

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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.

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    Terry Deary won the 2001 Blue Peter Prize for Rotten Romans.

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