Our Island Story

by H.E. Marshall

Book Overview

Our Island Story is by H. E. Marshall. It is about the history of England up to Queen Victoria's death, with some myths and legends mixed in. The book's contents were originally told by H.E. Marshall to answer her children's questions about the history of "their home island" (Great Britain, although at the time they were living in Australia). The book has always been very popular, and many famous historians credit it as an inspiration.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1440442258
• ISBN13: 9781440442254
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.7" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

A wonderful children's history

I first read this book in 1956 when I won the book, being the prize for the Churchill elocution competition at my school. The competition was named after Winston Churchill. Being a new competition at the school, the school headmaster sent the book to the great man asking him for permission to name the prize after him and, with great temerity, asked him if he would sign the book. He did and I have it and read it still from time to time. It is a wonderful and easy read.

Keeps kids interest

We homeschool using the Charlotte Mason method, and my 8 year old son loves this book. His 14 year old brother doesn't have to read it, but often does...that's how interesting it is.

Wonderful stories

We have been reading about one a week for over a year. My girls love these stories! One of our rabbits ended up with the name "Boudacia" after we read her story. At the beginning they might be more folklore than fact, but none the less they are wonderful. There are some great moral lessons to be learned from many of the stories. After I bought the Yesterday's Classics I found an old hardback with great color pictures. It cost a bit, but what a treasure! Highly recommend.

loved this book....

I read this aloud last spring to my 3 boys, ages 10, 12, and 13. They all really enjoyed it and I enjoyed reading it. The only (small) negative I could give it is that there are several spelling mistakes-mostly a missing letter in a word. I corrected that as we went along for the next time I read it aloud. It really wasn't a problem but I just thought I should point that out. We are now reading the sequel about our own country (America) called "This Country of Ours" and enjoying that one as well. I can highly recommend both books, as well as "Fifty Famous Stories Retold" which is usually bought along with these two. That one is especially easy to narrate from as the stories are very short-often just 2 pages.

British History that is fun

This is a such a fun history of England. My children love reading this book. We read a couple of chapters aloud each week. We have just started our second time through. The chapters are relatively short. For the most part, the book is organized chronologically by King (or Queen). Each chapter (or sometimes several chapters) hits the high points of each King or Queen's reign. Make history come alive for your children by reading this book to them. This is a nice softcover edition. Check out the publishers other books. You can pretty much assume it is going to be interesting to your children if they have published it. I have several of their books and every one has been a hit with our family.