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Wicked Words (Horrible Histories)

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I think that this is the best of all of Terry Deary's books, though they are all excellent. I love to read and am very interested in the history of words, so I especially enjoyed this book. It is funny, interesting, and easy to read. I highly recommend it to people of all ages.

I am a school teacher of 22 years and I am always looking for new & interesting ways to share knowledge with my students. This book series and the author are phenomenal. I buy all his books, new, used, special orders...... you name it. It's worth it!!!!!!!!

This book is great fun to read because it has words that one would not have thought to at one time or another to be so bad as to be considered a curse word. This is not a book to let an elementary school kid read because there are words that one may not want a third grader to know. The book is educational for grown-ups though because it teaches one the origin and history of the words that it contatins and is often rather entertaining as well. I deffinately recommend this book to those who would enjoy learning the origin and history of words considered to be profanity and not approprate for public print.

Such great fun that you'll never realize you're learning about words and the history of the English language. The Horrible Histories series is fantastic and I'm so glad they added a little etymology to their repertoire. Learn funny facts about subjects varying from Greek and Latin contributions to the language to silly slang, tongue twisters and riddles. Not one dull page! Kids and adults will love it :)