Thanks for all of the suggestions. We do have some of the Horrible Histories, as well as the Usborne World History. We also have something called The History Book - cartoon style history since beginning of time until present - and I really like that one.
I ordered a used copy of Volume 1 of Human Odyssey, so we'll try that. I like the So You Really Want to Learn History. I might need to make a UK Amazon account (already have had a .fr account for years).
ColinsMum, the public schools don't really seem to teach history until 6th grade. DD9 was in a private French immersion school through 3rd grade, so she did get history there. Probably didn't get a lot of US History since the school was very European in teaching style and mainly used French textbooks. As my DD18 looked back on her K-12 years, she realized that she preferred the French school curriculum, at least for the elementary years.
