We need to start somewhere!

First, in the enthusiasm of the commentators, I rectify because it is closer to 700 pages of the 1,000 pages to read.
This is a good gift you can offer as it has several advantages:
- It is divided into chapters and subchapters for stopping reading smoothly.
- He took the highlights but in passing he "scratched" misconceptions so often inculcated especially in primary schools in the Republic. Some heroes are rather pale and who knows this is St. Louis, which proceeded to the Jews to wear the yellow star (like what ...).
- It gives some definitions of words which improve our vocabulary so often poor or restricted to certain suburbs (and say "ban" and "place" was the place where we enjoyed the banns, that is to say make laws while the word today rather induces "off-the-law" ... irony of arguably history.
Personally, even a history buff (not all, but some periods), I could immerse myself easily in moments preceding our modern history. I was able to update without me "walnut", some knowledge so that all reading is consistent and understandable. Indeed, stick to a period without studying the upstream and downstream is dent or distort history.
Finally, as is usual in this series, facts, dates, anecdotes etc. are annotated separately, allowing to separate them from the rest not to pollute it.
In short, a few pages from the end of this reading, a good dense book, to offer children even to read between the "Red Riding Hood" and "Tom Thumb" because the true story told well is equally exciting . I ask the author to write a book on "Civic Education for Dummies" because since it no longer exists at the school, it is not inculcated not by parents but such a book help them to embellish the stories to tell their children.
Book highly recommended reading for everyone.