SaligoBay Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 My son loves these series of books. Horrible Histories, Horrible Science, I'm sure you all know them.His current passion is the Murderous Maths series, and I've just ordered another four of them from Amazon.He was getting a bit bored with school Maths, just going through the curriculum. Now he's all enthused about Fibonacci, probability, factorials, all sorts of things that have never even been mentioned yet in school, even in 5ème. The history ones are good too, and give a bit of a wider view than school teaching.I shall encourage this as long as it lasts! And they're in English, so it keeps them at least a little bit bi-cultural in terms of reading matter, sense of humour, cultural references etc. I unfortunately have no vested interests in recommending these books. [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 We have a few of these too, just love them. The Horrible French one is very good, I would love to know what a french teacher would make of it.SB- have you tried ebay? they have loads on there and you could save yourself some dosh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrisb Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Thanks for that SB, I didn't realise they had Maths ones, or French for that matter...............ebay here I come!!Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted March 12, 2006 Author Share Posted March 12, 2006 [quote user="viva"]SB- have you tried ebay? they have loads on there and you could save yourself some dosh.[/quote]Grandma's even cheaper! [;)]But thank you, viva. One day I'll make it onto ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 Aha! We save grandma for Cadbury's chocolate I'm afraid, I think I have may have my priorities wrong!Especially as I am a bit like that Nun out of Father Ted when I have free access to that particular chocolate [:$] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted March 12, 2006 Author Share Posted March 12, 2006 Ah, the Lenten Vows episode, how funny was that! Our Father Ted video has gone astray, we really must replace it. Just soooooo funny. My Lovely Horse. Crows stealing your glasses? Look, some madman's put a cross up. The sun's shining and we're in an optician, life doesn't get much better than that. OMG, I've got to find that video!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 My Father Ted dvds are definitely on my desert island list assuming they have dvd players and electricity!I managed to turn my hubby off Amanda Holden when I remarked how like Graham Norton she looked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Suze01 Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 My kids are just the right age for them, 8 & 11, so going by all your recommendations, I've been on to eBay and have bought a few relevant ones - can't wait for them to arrive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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