You sit on it every day, but how much do you really know about your toilet? Discover the history of pooing and weeing in this frankly disgusting non-fiction book.
Authors Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle have scoured the toilet bowls and sewers of the world to find out how humans have done their business throughout history. It's time to get to the bottom of toilets! Prepare to be revolted by:
- A fossilized Viking turd discovered by archaeologists
- The Mongol catapult used to fling smelly poop at their enemies
- The reason ancient Romans used wee to wash their clothes
Filled with poo facts and vomit-inducing stats, you will also learn how diseases like cholera spread through bad sanitation, why some of the earliest toilets had a tendency to explode, and how medieval kings and queens had special helpers to wipe their bums.
Featuring hilarious illustrations by Ella Kasperowicz, it's a history book like no other!
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"Happily, the British Jamaican nurse Mary Seacole gets a small tribute for her work treating cholera; both she and John Snow, the first public-health detective, deserve to be better known, as does the Elizabethan inventor of the flush toilet... A fascinating history of the porcelain god and other sanitary (and unsanitary) practices." * Kirkus * "Sure to elicit both groans and giggles in equal measure... This STEM selection is flush with high-interest appeal." * Booklist * "Silly, gross, and informative. Recommended for primary school collections." * School Library Journal *
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Für Kinder
Interest Age: From 5 to 8 years
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Höhe: 283 mm
Breite: 231 mm
Dicke: 11 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-83899-335-1 (9781838993351)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle are sisters who host the women's history podcast What'sHerName, which shines a light on amazing women often unfairly overlooked in history. Katie has a PhD in History from the University of Warwick, UK, and teaches at Weber State University. Olivia teaches Women's Studies and English at the University of Denver and Naropa University.
Neon Squid creates beautiful nonfiction books for inquisitive kids (and kids at heart). We believe the most amazing stories are real ones, so our books are for children who want to decipher ancient scrolls, orbit distant stars, and dive into the deepest oceans. Our books are a labor of love-written by experts, illustrated by the best artists around, and produced using the finest materials, including sustainably sourced paper. We hope that by reading them kids are encouraged to further explore the world around them.
