As an adult， I did find these interesting， even though they're written for kids。 Also as an adult， I found all of the exclamation points annoying。 The histories stand on their own without trying to 'jazz up' the writing。 These are necessarily just a brief overview， but were condensed fairly well。 I did like the exercises after each chapter in the first two books。 Those would be handy for a teacher or parent to use to check comprehension。 As an adult， I did find these interesting， even though they're written for kids。 Also as an adult， I found all of the exclamation points annoying。 The histories stand on their own without trying to 'jazz up' the writing。 These are necessarily just a brief overview， but were condensed fairly well。 I did like the exercises after each chapter in the first two books。 Those would be handy for a teacher or parent to use to check comprehension。 。。。more