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''The Story of the World'' is a four volume narrative history series for elementary students.

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* AssumingTheAudiencesAge: The narrator assumes the reader is six, since Romulus Augustus is said to have become an emperor when he was "just your age".
* CryingCritters: The chapter on Caesar's death notes that the night before his execution, Caesar dreamt his horses were crying.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: As a narrative history series for kids, it naturally has a lot of historical figures in it.
* HistoricalFiction: A narrative history series for kids.
* PsychicDreamsForEveryone: In the chapter discussing Caesar's death, it notes that before the death, he dreamt that [[CryingCritters his horses were crying]] and his wife dreamt that someone told her to tell him not to go to work.
* GiantFood: Discussed. The chapter describing the fall of the Roman empire explains that the Roman empire was too big for the higher-ups to handle, making an analogy of owning a candy bar the size of a car in a group of very hungry people.
* PlagueEpisode: One book has a chapter called "Plague and Fire", which describes the Black Death.
* NurseryRhyme: "Plague and Fire" discusses the urban legend that "Ring Around the Rosie" is about the Black Death.
* ShoutOut: When the suffragettes are discussed, it notes that "If you've seen ''Film/MaryPoppins'', you may remember that Mrs. Banks is a suffragette".
* WhiteHorse: George Washington's mount is a white horse.

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