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The Horrible Histories series moves to TV with an educational show that fuses facts and comedy into a decent and entertaining children's tea time programme.

Imperial War Museum London presents an interactive family show. Terry Deary's Trenches Handbook forms the basis of a realistic exploration of life in World War I trenches

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Older children don't have to miss out on Christmas reading fun. Offer independent readers some traditional Christmas classics or modern Christmas novels.

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One of the silliest (but also rather strangely accurate) films about the Middle Ages comes from the woefully irreverent British comedy troupe, Monty Python.

Originally published in 1998, these fun books for kids offer bizarre facts, quirky characters and a creative format sure to appeal to primary school aged readers.

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