A child's history of the world [Hardcover]

V. M. Hillyer (Author), Carle Michel Boog (Illustrator), M.S. Wright (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1924

1924. With many illustrations by Carle Michel Book and M.S. Wright. A Child's History of the World is a classic. Written shortly after World War I by Calvert School's first Head Master, Virgil Hillyer, this history storybook combines charm with facts to stimulate young minds and leave them yearning for more information. This volume of A Child's History of the World contains 79 stories that start at the beginning of time and reach to the present.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 480 pages
• Publisher: The Century Co. (1924)
• ASIN: B00005VKY4
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,668,818 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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118 of 120 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I loved this book in l936 when I was in the third grade., April 12, 1998

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This review is from: A Child's History of the World (Hardcover)

I am almost 70 years old and have never forgotten how much I enjoyed it when my third grade teacher read it to our class a chapter at a time along about l936. I now have 7 grandchildren and recently was able to find and purchase a used copy . This book gave me a sense of the history of the world at a very young age and I hope it will do the same for them. I rank it in the top five books I have ever read.

51 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Prevented me from ever thinking of history as boring., March 18, 1998

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This review is from: A Child's History of the World (Hardcover)

I was enrolled in the Calvert homeschooling program, and this text made history my favorite subject. The author didn't bleed all the interesting parts out. He wasn't afraid of religion or race (concepts that drove so much of history). Whenever I hear of subjects such as Constantine or the French Revolution, it's what I read in "The Child's History of the World" that comes back to me (much of it stuff I've never heard mentioned elsewhere). When I got to high school and went to a public school, the history texts were pathetic.

56 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous!, August 19, 2000

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Della Marie "Rejoicing" (Edmond, OK USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Child's History of the World (Hardcover)

This book is a true classic which our whole family enjoys. It sparks the imagination in a way that only few books can. I recommend this book to everyone and it should be included as required reading at the elementary or even junior high level. One thing you should realize is that this is a book without a lot of "fluff", no color drawings, etc., but still better than the majority of newer discussions of history. I didn't find it to be either pro-Christianity or anti-Christianity.