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August 9, 2009 Horrible
Book List - Excel Galore
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A few Horrible Endorsements
I received the books, and they were horrible! Just how I wanted them. Thanks! Good Morning Ray!! I received the books last night and all I can say is WOW!! My son, for whom I got the books, is out of state for the next few weeks. I started flipping through the pages, got intrigued and then started at the beginning; I have read ½ the Arithmatricks book already! I KNOW math but these books are so comical and interesting, they bring points home with such out of the box thinking and entertainment, they’re fantastic! I’ve already passed on the science magazine (I finished it already) to a friend with young children- the amazing thing is that almost regardless of age, the message can be translated across! Her four year old might not need to know about the Atria and Ventricles but the drawings of the blood flow complete with construction trucks, ambulance, white blood cells beating up the bad guys is great! When she’s finished going through it she’s going to return it to me for my son to read- although he already knows the information, it’s a great reinforcement and done in such an interactive way that I know he will want to read it regardless! I most certainly will be ordering more, and passing the books around to my friends, including my son’s tutor who hates math!; my two sisters, both with their own math issues and for their four children, to the five women I work with, all with children and several individuals that are adults with no children, THAT is how impressed I am! I am certain you will be getting many more orders to people in Pahrump and Vegas, thanks again for providing a wonderful avenue to learn! I will be sending a check sometime this week for more Horrible math books, I will let you know which ones when I have had a chance to peruse your list again, then will move on to the other subjects. Thanks Ray - you are too horrible! Thank you for the books! My daughter loves them and took one to show her friend at sleepover tonight. I might order more from you later for more history books. Great! He loves math and reading--so I'm sure he'll get addicted. At least I know where to find them! Sounds good, Ray. I'll get the check in the mail today! My son is excited about these books, and I've heard such great things from others about doing business with you. Have a great day! I just received my first order today. I wasn't home yesterday, so I went to the post office to pick it up today. I love the horrible science magazines. :) Thanks alot and I'll be looking forward to the second order. Thanks again. And yes, the Horrible Books and Magazines are a huge hit -- with summer coming, I want to make sure that we have plenty of reading material in the house! Hi, My son has a number of the Murderous Maths and Horrible science books. Thank you for your time - these are amazing books - your website is the most comprehensive I have seen for them - look for orders coming from me in the future on all those he has NOT yet devoured. The books arrived. Thank you. My kids are ensconced on the sofas, reading and giggling. Thank you so much for going to the trouble to import these great books for us. Yay!! You rock, Ray! Thanks again for helping make these awesomely horrible books available to us in the US! what don't I have to complete the sets? The magazines were a great hit. the books are popular but didn't come with toys... I laugh. The Horrible Histories magazines have arrived! Thank you so much. We look forward to many hours of entertainment/learning. the kids LOOOOOVE the magazines. now i am worried that they will go out of print. should i worry? or stock up? I'll shoot to get the next batch next month. too much of a good thing. the kids are eating it like candy : ) i am rationing them out. let me know if they run out before then. Dear Horrible Ray - my books and check arrived - THANKS again for the awful contents! We received the books on Friday and my son immediately hit the couch with his face in the first book! Exactly what I was hoping for. Thanks very much. I've heard only rave reviews about the books. My husband also teaches high school math, so he might appreciate them as well as my homeschoolin' boys. =) I've got math nerds galore living here! My boys really enjoy poring over the books and magazines. I asked them which we should send to their cousin and they both said the Histories; they said there are more jokes in the Histories. But I am hearing horrible science stuff all the time. I myself read the Vile Victorians over several days’ teeth brushing. (2 minutes at a time…) Just a quick note to say that the books arrived and my daughter loves them. She's having a hard time keeping her dad (a 7th grade social studies teacher) away from them before she reads them first. Thanks again. we got our magazines today........We LOVE them! They are super cool...so cool in fact that my son is cleaning his room lightning fast so he can go through them the rest of the afternoon! thanks a bunch! I can't wait to get the history books. Mags arrived. Many thanks. we had blast this weekend Just wanted to let you know that I rcv'd the HUGE box of mags, and my son is in HORRIBLE HEAVEN! Thanks a bunch, We got the books! Thanks so much , we are very excited Hey they came just now and the boys are already tearing into them! Thanks! Donated Blood Curdling Box to daughters school for her birthday and the kids love them. Who wouldn't? Thanks. Thanks for the great service! I'm sure you'll be hearing from me again. :) We can't wait to get the books. I received the books this morning -- amazingly fast service! I didn't expect they'd arrive until next week. Thanks so much! I received them and the class loves them - Thanks! You are fabulosity, itself.. Everything came today.. my husband thinks we are having a torrid affair and you are mailing me love packages.. so funny,,, when he saw the contents he even laughed... Ok.. now tell me your remaining mag stock (Horrible Histories, included). My daughter can't believe that it happened - that you can have comics that happened.... hard to put Calvin and Hobbes together with truly historic comics as a genre, I guess. I got the books and check yesterday Ray. Thank you very much for the horribly outstanding service. I told
my son today they would be there when he gets back and he was jumping up and down. Hi Ray....my son has been Horribly anxious and had been asking at least once every day if I got the email from you. Thanks very much! I'm sure he will be going to the mail box starting Friday to check for their arrival. the box arrived today and omg!!.... i wish you could have been in the room when my little boy opened it. he turns 10 next week and is just the right age to be thrilled with this sort of thing. he equated it to the time we got about $1000 worth of fireworks for $80 on july 5th as the stand was closing down. that's a high compliment! haha. he's looking over it all right now and says,"my brain hurts!" and he means this in a good way..... ;-) he keeps finding new stuff and saying,"oh gross!" and i say, "and that's a good thing, right?" he's a boy, and he's 9, yeah that's a good thing... lol... just thought i'd share that with you. thanks again so much. Wow! We got the box today. Your quick!! Did you already get my check? I think I just mailed it out on Monday. We have another baby due next month, and I always get the kids a "gift" from the new baby. My oldest son wanted another "horrible" book. He LOVES, LOVES, LOVES the magazines! He saw the package and said "I know what it is! I recognize the return address!" So, your famous here! Thanks! From the GREAT (tee hee hee, he also got a kick out of that) :) Ray, the magazines arrived today. My son was so excited! Thank you. Thanks for the topnotch customer service Ray! Received the books. My son has already read 3 of them. He loves them! Thank you so very much for all you did. Thanks Ray. We got them today. It's quite educational for adults as well. I am happy to finally submit an order after hearing so many good reviews of your service (and the books, of course). Thanks my son will be so excited I think he has read the 40 or so we already have about 20 times each. Thanks, Ray! Hope your holidays are just Horrible! And by the way, I SOOOO appreciate the opportunity you give me to order these great books and magazines! Oh, that's earlier than expected so that's very much appreciated. Again, my reluctantly reading son has already devoured 3 Maths books, takes them in the car and to bed. It will be a Horrible surprise when there are more Maths books under the tree! Thank you very much. I appreciate the update and will be on the lookout for the books. (By the way, we rec’d the earlier package of the 20 pack of Horrible Histories. The teacher loved them and hopes that all of the boys in the class will find history fascinating.) Happy holidays… Just wanted to let you know that the books arrived on Tuesday. I hid the Horrible History books but handed my 11 yo son the math books just to see his reaction. At first I got the evil eye since he's not a willing or great reader, but after I observed him after he'd looked them over and started reading one of them, he was smiling and snickering. I thought that was a horribly good sign! He is now carrying them with him whenever we have to go somewhere in the car (which is a lot!). So, thanks again and we'll look forward getting the rest in Jan '09 (sigh). My 2nd grader daughter loves these books so much! (her friend loves these too! That is why I am ordering 2 of them each!) I got the books and check yesterday Ray. Thank you very much for the horribly outstanding service. Do you have an army of elves working with you there??? I can't imagine processing loads of orders and doing all the calculations and confirmations, but you seem to have it down to a, um, horrible science! Thanks, all arrived beautifully! How fun to come home to! :) I wanted to let you know that the bookset arrived today... and is already being divied up by my kids. Thank you!! And a most horrible day to you as well. I got the books and - WOW! I didn't realize each issue would come with a "prize" - that in itself is really great. The magazines that have looked through so far are very lively, well done, and I am sure the kids will love them. I can't believe they are going out of print! The kids will hardly believe they are doing "school work" as they read through these magazines. They cover so many amazing topics! Now I hate that I ordered only one set! I wil definitely be putting in a new order with you in the new year. Hopefully you will still have some magazines available. Thanks. We received the package the other day. Will wait til Christmas to open it. Very exciting!! I just received Horrible Histories Magazines! It is too exciting!! Thank you very much for such a quick delivery. I am extremely happy about the magazines getting here for Christmas as we've already had the discussion with the kids that we've missed the Christmas ordering deadline. They will be very happy and surprised. Hi,
I just wanted to let you know I received the magazines this weekend. Thanks so much for my horrible order! I recieved it today :) We LOVED the books we received in the last order and must have more! My son LOVES!! The Horrible History Magazines. I would like to order more for us and the first set of 1-20 for my son's teacher to have in her classroom The books arrived Saturday. Thanks for everything. My kids are having a great time getting to know the series. Ray, the books came and are being horrible enjoyed by my son. The tin box for the cards and the binder were a nice surprise. Received our order yesterday, Ray, and the magazines and books have kept the kids busy, busy, busy! They stayed up quite late reading last night. The anticipation was grisly! The box arrived today, right after I emailed you--thank you so much. My son was horribly overjoyed. We received our order on Monday! Thank you. All are sick and receiving the book order made for a Horrible Day!! Thanks again. Just thought I would let you know that the books arrived today, and that the boys have their noses buried in them already! They look like a lot of fun. Thanks again so much for the excellent service! Figured
it's about time to put up your announcement on Hoagies' Announcements... www.hoagiesgifted.org/whats_ The magazines arrived yesterday. I have started a new round of horrible fun with my son. Many thanks! I just got home at 8:45pm and Guess What.............. Yes! my books are here.. Happy Dance! Happy Dance! Happy Dance! YEA! You need to change your name to "Awesome Ray". Thanks so much for sending the book in advance. I really appreciate your trust. We will look through the list to see what Horrible Histories we need for our collection. They will make good Christmas presents. The books arrived today, quick shipping! My son is really enjoying the science magazines, we'll have to order more when he finishes them. Books arrived today! (Shakespeare and Murderous Maths) My 9yo got a big smile on his face :) Thank you!! What timing! No sooner had I read your email than my daughter called out, "Hey, there's a book at the door!" Thanks! It looks like it will be a Horrible Day:-) Received them today! My son loves them! Thanks so much. I’ll be ordering more later. Thanks so much. My son can not wait to get those books. I put a link to your site on my FaceBook....a little advertising for you because you are so awesome. I've just found out about your web site from a friend and am very excited to be able to place an order. It's been so hard finding a place to order Horrible books here in the US. What a great idea! Finally a source of these Horrible, Murderous books here in the US! I wanted to thank you as well for the last order. We're greatly enjoying the books and appreciate the service you're providing! Got
my act together for this months order. I have attached the Excel
worksheet. I already have a list started for the September order.
Looking forward to the release of 'Terrible Tomb of Tutankhamun' . This is a birthday gift! Very grateful to you for arranging this--My son will be thrilled. Hi, Ray! My kids are really eating these magazines up! They stay up late reading them, and my son is forever informing me of various historical and scientific facts that he read about -- most of which, by the way, that I never learned myself! Thank you so much!! I love getting these emails from you to remind me -- and my kids have sent up a cheer to hear that I'm ordering more! I came home Friday expecting an ordinary experience and what do you know - it turned out to be a Horrible day! I have been going through the books and my husband and I are very impressed! You really can't find books this well suited for young kids, especially boys in the states. We will definitely be placing another order. The Galore Park Junior English books are also the kind of thing we were looking for to teach the kids "proper" English in a fun way. The books look very thorough, but seem to have very engaging topics that kids really want to read about - real animals they may encounter in the backyard, stories on trains, and even creepy crawly bugs to teach about nouns, verbs, and all area of grammar. Coupled with our School House Rock collection the kids will hardly believe this is really school! I have to admit it - I'm hooked! We sampled Muderous Math, Horrible Geography, and Dead Famous and each one was a winner! Look for another order from me! They arrived today in great shape! My kids are already looking at the Geography books :-) Thanks horribly !! My 8 year old son is jumping up and down with excitement. He has read all of the books, and now he is after the magazines. I got the magazines Monday. They're great and I really love the extra added "goodies". Thank you so much! My son LOVED the Horrible books I bought him last year (for this school year). They were a MAJOR hit! I doled them out slowly. As we covered a unit, I gave him the corresponding book. He has read them all over and over! Thank you for sending the first 20 Horrible Histories magazines, Ray. They are really fun! I'd like to go ahead and order the rest of the Horrible Histories magazines, 21-80 I just wanted to let you know that our books arrived awhile ago (I meant to write earlier) and they were a big hit. We had a really horrible day that day. In fact, it was so horrible, we couldn't get anything that wasn't horrible accomplished! My kids want ALL the magazines in the series, but I told them they need to give the ones they got a thorough read through first! Thanks so much for your kind and personable service. We really enjoyed our horrible day! And, yes, they are definitely sufficiently Horrible! One of my students practically devoured the new magazines as soon as I brought them in. I just love it :-) It's a pleasure to see my son react with enthusiasm to something that involves learning Just wanted to let you know the second shipment arrived -- and was as appreciated as the first. Many thanks (and we will keep in mind the June 8 order date). Our Horrible order arrived today. I wish you could see the excitement in our house! It is honestly better than Christmas morning!! These magazines are AWESOME!!!!! A testimonial for Murderous Maths books -- last Saturday my two sons won the team trophy in a math contest held at a Bay Area high school. The contest was for grades 6-8 and 70 kids participated. Individually my sons also won first place (6th grade) and tied for second place (7th grade). And they told me later that they had used things they learned from the Murderous Maths books to help them with some of the problems!!!! Other than reading Murderous Maths books they did no formal prep for this contest -- and now they have $150 between them and a gigantic trophy :-) Thanks for everything! The books made it here today, all the way to Japan. Very impressive. I'll be sure to sing Horrible praises at the curriculum fair tomorrow. I got them yesterday and my daughter has already read two of them. thanks! Thanks Ray, we LOVE those books, and you are so efficient at all the ordering process. Thanks so much, and I'm sure we'll place another order in the near future. Have a great day! We just returned from a two-week trip to find the "Horrible" Magazines had arrived. The magazines are a hit!! Our son is enthralled -- he has been reading them non-stop since we opened the box. Thanks for the great service! My youngest daughter has a complete set of Terry Deary's Horrible Histories. She is saving them for her children! I've been wanting them for teaching purposes for a LONG time, so this is very exciting. By the way, we received our order with the first 20 issues of Horrible Histories magazines and I have a problem, my kids don't want to do anything else, lol. We'll have to get the next 20 soon. Thank you for providing these wonderful and engaging resources for our kids. Thanks for letting me know my check arrived, Ray! We can't wait until our delivery. My 12 y/o boy was literally drooling as I showed him the Horrible Histories on your website! Great stuff, of course – I’m looking forward to reading these along with my son – glad there’s enough to go around. ;) Those magazines are wonderful – perfectly horrible enough for my son. And me? I love the timeline portion of them; that’s brilliant, and quite well done. Good stuff – thanks again! I am very excited about my order. Thanks again for organizing this. I am grateful I learned about you (on one of my homeschool message boards). I'm sure I will be a repeat customer! My son went to England to visit his paternal grandparents for Easter. While there, he got 4 titles in the Horrible Histories series. He loves the books and is devouring them quickly. I started searching online to see if we could get more of the series here in the States. There were a few titles listed on eBay, and more at Amazon. Then I found your website. The books arrived today. THANK YOU. I can not wait to get the other 4! Waiting to tell the kids about the books arriving, as I need a little more chore work out of them today. Once they find out about the books, I wont see them until they have them all read. Thank you again, Thanks for the info! I'm sure this will be the first order of many! My kids couldn't stop looking and reading the covers on your website and begged me to get ALL of them :-) I've got a head start here with too much, but can't wait to get them! I have talked with Terry Derry, via e-mail, about ordering his Horrible Histories books, but he had said that there were some issues regarding having the books shipped to the US. So, I was THRILLED to find that I can order from your site. I found these books while I was in Belfast, and I want to get them for my sons. They are the best books ever!! Any assistance and/or suggestions you could offer would be fantastic!! I just wanted to follow up and tell you how Horrible those magazines and books were; we’ll definitely be placing another order. Curious about something: do the History magazines come with a similar lesson-related little item for each issue, like the science magazines do? (That was a lot of fun, by the way!) And in general, are the history mags as good as (well-written, funny, etc.) as the science magazines? As for the science items, my husband has a master’s degree in Chemistry, and a PhD in Materials and Nuclear Engineering, and he was very impressed with the magazines and the book on Chemical Chaos. He thought it was especially great that they give history and biographical information surrounding the chemical stuff they were discussing. Great thanks. Have put a link directly to your Horrible page from my books page and hope it will be a help to US readers and especially those who want magazines (for which I have no source). Keep up the good work. Terry Deary You are the best!!! I am at a loss for words at your kindness. And my DH will be the first to tell you that is SOMETHING. My DS will be so excited. His birthday is in a couple of weeks and I am going to surprise him with the HH books. Oh, guess I did find something to say. (tee hee) Thanks again for all you do. Thanks, Ray! That was super speedy superior service :) Just received them this weekend and we are already putting the cards and timelines together and the kids are poring over the magazines as we speak! Thanks again! Thank you so much, we love them!! When are the next Horrible Science magazines available for order? We
received our order and have torn through it. My son loves these Received them yesterday and the kids are already going through the magazines voraciously! Thank you SO much! We like them so well that we would like to order the first 20 issues of Horrible Histories Magazine now. thank you. One of my students wanted me to specially thank you for making it possible for us to get these books. Have a great horrible day. It was Christmas in February in our house last night. My son received his Horrible Science Magazines. He absolutely loved them! The only complaint I have is that I could not get him to bed before midnight. Thanks again for this wonderful service you provide. The
books arrived yesterday. My son opened the box, climbed in and we We've received the Horrible History Magazines - My daughter is enjoying them tremendously (or is that "horribly"?) we got them yesterday and the kids are thrilled! Thank you so much. Perfect! My boys have been begging me to get more of the magazines - maybe these books will satisfy their desires! The address is correct and I'll confirm that we will want both the science and histories magazines next time as well. The kids LOVE them. My husband is a history buff and he's been impressed with the content. Our first shipment arrived today. We are thrilled with the magazines! The buzz among homeschoolers is that the lot of 20 Horrible History magazines is an invaluable resource - especially for reading-reluctant boys. Sold! I would like to order the first 20 currently available as quickly as possible. I totally spaced ordering books this time because it has just been impossibly busy for me recently. I wanted to make sure that we're still getting all the magazines (history and science) this time around. The kids are completely enjoying the magazines that have come so far. There's something about the format that is really compelling, even to a kid who typically doesn't like disjointed text with lots of sidebars. These things are great and I can't wait for the science ones to arrive! Boy, am I thrilled to find you! I've been piecemealing our collection of horrible books and magazines off eBay. What a gift to get them in one place! I'm probably going to want to order all the HH magazines, will give the first twenty science mags a try, plus order the odd (no pun intended) book here and there. I
just opened my box of Horrible History magazines. WOW! I feel like a
paid endorsement. I don't yet know anyone who has tried the mags and I was
wondering if they were "worth it" - $60 at once seemed like a lot.
Oh Man, sign me up. I want them all. I am going to be telling
all the homeschoolers I hang out with that they are OUT OF THIS WORLD. I will
send an official order for all and any you've got coming soon. I can't believe these books aren't published in the US - they're fabulous! The magazines arrived, and they are wonderful. Thanks! Thanks for sending those so fast. We got them last week, Thursday, I believe. Your service rocks! My kid is really enjoying the History magazines. I love those, too. Thanks so much for sending these! They arrived yesterday in great condition. My son LOVES the magazines and is begging that we just open them all at once, but I'm trying to ration them out a bit at a time. He's already through one book, my daughter is working her way through another. We'll be adding to the order, but it'll be in addition to the horrible science and horrible histories magazines that you're doing as well. More books later... Just to let you know we rec'd the Horrible books yesterday. Thank you so much for this wonderful service you provide. My son really enjoys reading the horrible books. I was thrilled to receive the Horrible Books. My 10 year old son will have a wonderful time with them, and I'll get to enjoy them when he reads me the juiciest bits! Too bad Henry VIII got axed (!) but thanks for the refund check. Horrible news! My kids were horrified to find a bunch of horrific books on the front stoop, today. ;-) Just wanted to let you know I received my 20 HH mags today...I'm delighted, didn't realize they came with all the extras! I know my son will be excited too when he gets home from school. Well, looks like I'll need to sit down & decide whether to get set #2 before you place the order this month. I'll also pass on the info about this group to some other moms who have up&coming historians in their families or perhaps, even I daresay, reluctant historians. I know they'll be big hits! Thanks again! I'm horribly delighted! I already have the full set of
Horrible Histories magazines, so just put me on the list for the Horrible
Science magazines - as many as you're getting. Just put my check towards
them. I'd like to Send us the mags as they come through, history or science. I might forget to specify theorder each time, but we want them all. Either send a collection notice, or just charge it through the card that you have and let me know after the fact. Thanks so much for doing this! Thanks!! You've saved Christmas for our little reader! I'm one of your customers that has ordered shipments of Horrible Histories from you in the past. My 8 year old just finished her wish list for Santa, and wouldn't you know it, she wants Horrible Histories, Dead Famous, and Murderous Maths for Christmas. I know your order date for deliveries before Christmas has come and gone, but I was wondering if you had any inventory on hand? Thank you so much. My son has read the "horrible" books we have now a dozen times each, at least!!! My daughter is busy checking many, many books on the Excell order sheet. It's already well over $200! Then it's my son's turn. Yikes! I'm sure they would be interested in the magazines too (if I dared let them know about them). My kids just devour those Horrible books! It also doesn't matter if we get them before the holidays. . . .it's a big holiday when they arrive! our Horribles arrived today. Thank you very much for making the order possible. You've made our lives truly Horrible! I am so excited! Our children love to read, and especially enjoy the weird and wacky. What a gift that your books do the weird and wacky thing and teach (shhhhh!), as well. Their brains won't atrophy over the summer....joy! Another mom on my daughter's skating team recommended Horrible Books. (Up until now, we'd been stuffing our bags with them when we went to London; this is much easier.) I just wanted to let you know we
received the books. They were very well protected & arrived in perfect
shape. I look forward to working with you again in the future. My son is still addicted to these. We are actually thinking of listing the set on our home owners policy we have so much invested at this point! I got the books yesterday. They were in perfect condition. Thank you very much. Wish you could have seen my son's face this afternoon when he realized his Horrible Books had arrived! Thank you, thank you, thank you for providing this service! Just wanted to let you know that the books arrived today (well, yesterday, but I picked them up at the PO this morning), and the kids and I have been enjoying them. Everything looks great, and I'm so pleased. Thanks again for everything! Just wanted to send a big thanks! I received my Horrible and GP books today. I really appreciate your time in this effort. I'm sure you will hear from me again if I can scrap up more dough. I received my books today. Thank you for everything. Of course I will order more in your Sept and Oct. orders :-) Received the books in great shape today! Thanks much for doing this!! I received the order yesterday - all in good condition. My daughter's already read four of the thirteen books. Guess I'll have to place another order soon again! Everything arrived today safe and sound! Thanks. I will definitely be ordering again. I received my order today. Everything is in excellent condition. I will put in another order in the future. My friend got books yesterday, it’s great! Very appreciate to make these books available in USA. Now we start our horrible days and might come back to you for more Thanks again Yea! We got them today. Of course I had to hide them from my son as 3 are for our studies this coming year! Thanks. Our order arrived on Monday, much to the delight of my son- new Horribles trump just about any other interest of his! received the books, had to hide them from the kids so I could read them first! IWe received our package of Horrible books today. They arrived quicker than expected and in perfect condition. What a Horrible surprise! Thanks a bunch. I'm sure you'll be hearing from us for a future order. Thanks so much for the marvelously horrible books we received. They all arrived in good condition. We have all delved into them with great pleasure! Hope you are having a truly horrible weekend! Just wanted to let you know that the horrible package of Horrible Books arrived in today's mail. I really think what you’re doing is a great thing – that is, making Horrible Histories available to people in the U.S. and beyond. I hope they’re a hit in my gift shop as much as they are with me! I spent the weekend building a tall, narrow bookshelf that fits in a corner of our entry hall -- it has room for all of our current Horrible books and the ones to come soon. It'll be like Christmas when I get the book order :-) Oh! There is nothing "horrible" about you! Thanks "galore"! Here is my horrible order! My kids LOVE these books! Thrilled to find access to ordering Horrible Histories! Got one while we were in Scotland. My daughter loves them and I was very disappointed when I couldn't find a USA distributor. my daughter loves the horrible books (have to hide them on her or she would read them all at once!) They're here!!! Yeah!!! Thanks, again! Will put the July order date on our calendar. The Horrible Books got to Livermore today!! And they were horribly well packaged -- many, many thanks for everything :-) Horrible Books arrived today in Atlanta, GA! Already having a Horrible time with them. I received mine today in Durham, NC. Thanks! My son loves them so far. We received our Horrible books today. The house is eerily quiet as our children are enjoying their Horrible day thanks to you :) Thanks again for making Horrible Books available! I got mine on Friday. Horribly sorry I didn't get to you right away. Thank you so much. our books arrived a few moments ago. My son is in heaven-- "wow! Look at this HUGE stack of books!" he said. Thanks for the great service-- we'll get more next time. Thanks again Just wanted to thank you again - the Horrible books we ordered came in today in beautiful condition and my daughter is avidly reading the first. In fact, it's way after her bedtime and she just can't put the book down .... yeah! Thanks again Our Horrible book order just arrived and it's looking pretty grim. My son is now set for horrible summer reading! Thanks. Just wanted to let you know that the books arrived today. Thanks! We'll have a quiet house for the next few weeks. Our Horrible books arrived today in great shape. Thanks! My kids are fighting over them. Just wanted to let you know that the Horrible books arrived here on Tuesday, well ahead of the Horrible schedule. My kids already have their noses in them and I'm sure that we'll be making another order on the next round. Thank you very Horribly for doing this! We got our horrible books Friday. They arrived in perfect condition, and are now in the hands of the (horrible?) children. It's been a horrible week. Our books arrived Monday. They're horrible. Thank you very much for the horrible service. We will definitely order horrible books from you again. ;) They are really enjoying them! The books arrived today in NW FL. Thanks so much! I just took them out of the box and already have two kids with noses in books! Thanks so much - I was glad you sent to promptly, we are headed to the King Tut exhibit in Philadelphia tomorrow, and we've already read The Awful and the Awesome egyptians! Thanks - looking forward to more horrible books in the future Got the books and my daughter loves them! Just wanted to let you know that I received my horrible order yesterday in King George, VA. I am horribly delighted at the service I received, and I love how horribly well packed they were, with not so horrible recycled materials! The boys are thrilled at our selection - thanks for doing this! I just received my Horrible book order. Everything arrived in perfectly Horrible condition. I appreciate your Horribly great service! ;) What frabjous joy! Callou! Callay! My horrible books arrived today! Thanks Ray! The books arrived, my dd wouldn't stop reading them until she'd finished them ALL in three days. Sigh. We'll probably be ordering from with you again! As the Pacific storm moves in bringing forecasted rain, snow and high winds, we are having a Really Horrible Day today. Thanks! I received all five books today. They were in great shape. Clever box recycling, as well. Have a Horrible Evening! The books (and refund check) just arrived today and everything looks horribly good! It is Horrible! We received our horribly [well :)] packed box full of Horrible Books today! It was a horrible day at our house. The horrible books arrived. The Horrible Books arrived today. They will make one Horrible little boy very happy on his Horrible birthday this Sunday. :-) Received them today!!! Could you see the beaming smile of my 8 yr old? He chose the poison book first....um...yay?? My son was very excited to see the
box of books waiting at the front door when we got home from choir that ends at
12 noon. i think he's almost finish his first one ! Wooohooo! I started talking them up this week, so she's getting excited!! Thanks for doing this--my daughter would happily lock herself away with the whole collection and read straight through if we owned them all. We'll have to name a shelf of our library after you. I know....we got hooked on them when living in Thailand and my boys were at a British school. It's great you're doing this for the group....these books are so great! Unread Horrible Books? That's a new one. First of all... thanks for doing this! Our sons (ages 10 and 7) love these books. We homeschool and these books are great resources. My mother recently went to London and brought back a selection of Horribles (History, Math, and, I think, Science) for us to try. We are true believers now! So, I would be extremely excited to order more. I can wait 'til February if necessary, but would rather get them sooner. : ) We received our shipment on Saturday. My son has not removed his nose from the books but he made a grunting noise, which in my experience is an indication of sublime pleasure. We have the reminder for January's order posted on the fridge. Thank you so much for giving us access to these great books. It was very kind of you to send a refund for the damaged book in addition to sending the damaged book itself. We will let you know when our books arrive. Again, thank you for doing this and making horrible books available to us disgruntled colonists this side of the pond. Ray, our mail came in the morning today instead of the usual afternoon delivery, and the books are here !!! my son and i can't wait to tear into the box. we've got all the books we've ordered. thank you very much again, we'll be enjoying the books. Our books arrived today in perfect condition. Thank you so much for all your help and diligence. This has been, probably, the best book buying experience I have had, and I have bought many books lol. You will certainly be on our list for buying more in the future. Our Horribles arrived yesterday and we're horribly delighted. Thanks again for making this possible and we'll check in with you again before January 28. The Horribles arrived today in excellent condition. NYC--Manhattan. Now I just have to figure out how to hide them until gift-giving time. :-) Have a wonderful holiday--you've certainly guaranteed that we will. Ray, we received our books. I gave my daughter 2 and saved the others for Christmas presents. She couldn't decide which one to read first so she's reading both and already asking for more. My daughter is 8 and in the 3rd grade. We live in a small town and it has been difficult to find books on her level that keep her interest. These are a big hit and I'm recommending them to everyone. I received my books today! What a great surprise. I keep hearing squeals of delight from my kids, and then long spells of silence, while they dig through the box. Thank you!!! things here in Jersey City are now officially horrible. the book order arrived this morning. thanks again!! The Horrible books have arrived!! We've dropped everything to begin reading them -- Thanks again The books arrived today, thank you! It's a good thing the boys do not know what is in the box, otherwise the books all would be read by Christmas. :-) The books came yesterday. They really are Horrible. The box of books arrived safe and sound. Thank you for everything! We will definitely be back for the next order, because we don't have enough books. ;-) Thanks Ray! We got the books this afternoon plus the check. We're all having a great time here. The kids are piling them up by their beds. Thanks for doing this! The books arrived yesterday, and the boys are busy reading! Thanks -- I am passing word along to others who might be interested. Arrived yesterday! Thanks so much! Hi Ray - my books arrived today - right on schedule! Thank you so much. We look forward to your next ordering opportunity. thanks again. Ray - THANKS - they arrived and my daughter has been beside herself with deciding which to read first! I am saving my pennies to get more in the fall! THANKS AGAIN Ray: got them a couple of days ago and the kid already loves them. strangely enough, out of all the histories and science, he chose the roald dahl bio first and read it in about 2 sittings. he's on the aztecs/mayans now. thanks again!! I just want to compliment Ray here for putting together an order for tagmaxers earlier in the summer. He was very thorough and organized, communicating with us multiple times via email about when books would be expected and other details of the transaction. My daughter received a big stack of books as we were about to take off on a long trip, and these beloved books have been great to have along. Thank you so much Ray! This is a wonderful service you are providing. I am hoping to place an order this time. We have a few more of the Murderous Maths books that DD is dying to get her hands on, and both kids want the Horrible Geography series and whichever Horrible Science books we still don't have. Meanwhile, I have a copy of your excel list sitting with a highlighter so I can mark off what we already have as it comes passing through. Copies keep turing up in strange places and they don't stay long on the shelves! [DS] has flown through all the Horrible histories and the Dead Famous Books. They're great reads. Thanks, Ray! Things got hectic around here and I forgot to email you when we received the book. Thanks! Please let us know when you do this again. :) Thank you MR. Horrible Ray : ) Oh, goody! I think we will have to do another round. The kids are devouring the ones we got for Christmas. Thanks for doing such a wonderful job with these orders. We've done all the Murderous Maths titles, and many have been read twice. The concepts seem well represented (from what I've scanned), and the humour is purely "kid"! I've now been ordering them for cousins and friends. Famous Dead People have also captivated dd's attention. DS will be carting them around throughout his life! We're in the process of moving into a rental for a year while we build a new house - DS is agonized over putting the Horribles, Murderous, etc. books into storage. They are some of the most read books in the house, right up there with Calvin and Hobbs. My dd also loves the Murderous Math books; I am sorry I did not get in on the combined order, as I ordered her four of the books for Christmas books, which she read in a day. I think there are maybe two of them left that she hasn't written. She also gave a copy of the "Arithmetrics" books to her teachers at school. My hope is that they will like it as well, and make a recommendation to include them in the school library! My ds-10, who is math obsessed, absolutely loves the Murderous Maths series. They are so irreverent and challenging and fun. He has read them several times already (I just got them over the summer) and will pick one of them up here and there to look up a particularly fun or interesting formula or number game. If your kids like math, they will not want to let the books go. My ds is still annoyed that a friend from school has not returned the one he borrowed in September. Three years ago we purchased the entire Horrible Series you listed for our PG 9 yo. He enjoyed all of them and we have made them a permanent fixture in his library..."Entire" was everything Scholastic had in each of the series. Not sure of exact number but it is two complete rows in is book case...Each of the books are not lengthy and he went through them relatively quickly. We would give a "two thumbs up" for anyone considering using them. To my knowledge there has only been praises on all the lists we belong to relative to the Horribles...They are highly recommended, expensive, and unusual. We would not consider letting ours get away. They are aimed at upper elementary aged kids (so 5th grade reading level should be fine) but contain lots of graphics/cartoons/jokes some of which might not be appropriate for younger kids. My son would have enjoyed them at age 6, but he wouldn't have gotten all the jokes. Some of the content tends to be rather gory (they are advertised as history with all the horrible parts left in) so they might be too intense for a sensitive child. The vocabulary is more challenging than similar books aimed at American kids, with lots of British jargon (which my son adores and has incorporated into his everyday vocabulary.) You might want to buy one or two and see what you think. I have a friend who ordered some for her fourth grade son (not GT and not a great reader because of LDs) and she has been using them for bedtime reading. She has found that little brother (age 5.5) is really enjoying them, and she enjoys reading them much more than the usual bedtime fare! There is a cartoon series of Horrible Histories that you can order from Amazon UK that would be appropriate for younger kids. I found the series rather obnoxious (the voices are all pretty shrill), but my son enjoyed them (at age 9 or so). I've just been notified that Ray at Del Sol Books is ready to put in another order for the UK's Horrible Books series. You can find more information on Terry Deary's Horrible Histories in my What Guys Read post from last June. With the bulk discount, he sells the books for about $7.50, plus $7 shipping no matter how many books you buy, which is a better deal than you'll get on Amazon or eBay. These particular books are beloved by kids everywhere. At first glance, the boys found 28 books they wanted. To participate, place you order with Ray. Thanks, Ray! Have a Horrible New Year!
It's Horrible Books time again. Ray at Del Sol Books is readying another bulk
order from the UK of Horrible Histories/Science/The Knowledge and the other
Terry Deary books. For those who don't know, these books are short chapterish
books that cover lots of "educational" topics in all their gory (and
don't stint on the human sacrifice) details. These books aren't available in the
US and they can run $20 a piece on ebay, but Ray gets them for ~$7.50 a piece
with a flat rate for shipping ($7). These books are appropriate for gifted
elementary aged kids and particularly appeal to 9-12 year old boys, who are
terribly difficult to find books for.
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