Are We There Yet?: The Europeans Meet the Americans

I have a class set of this book to read with 4th and 5th grade students and they love it! It is so much more fun than reading from a dry textbook. I have loaned the book to other teachers, and have heard only positive comments. I noticed some reviews about Terry Deary and that this book isn't as well done. I totally disagree. Having read the Terry Deary books "Cut-Throat Celts" and "Measly Middle Ages," I think the Levy books are much better. Read and see for yourself, but I found them very educational and humorous.

I disagree with the last reviewer -- he or she has obviously not seen a Social Studies textbook in a very long time! The American Horrible Histories, while nowhere near as funny as Terry Deary's British ones, are still great for kids to learn history. They're just not silly, gross-out books (qualities which are characteristic of Deary's more enjoyable volumes), which means they're not as much fun for adults. But I'd say they could be incredibly useful for fifth graders. (I teach seventh grade, and use them all the time for my struggling readers, who really enjoy them.)