
Pets
Sir Tony Robinson(Author)
Macmillan Children's Books (Publisher)
Published on 10. September 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-1-4472-7384-4 (ISBN)
Description
In Sir Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders Pets, Sir Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly bits about pets. It's history, but not as we know it!
Find out everything you ever needed to know about pets through time in this brilliant colour illustrated, action-packed, fact-filled book, including:
- The fact that the Egyptians worshipped cats and even shaved off their eyebrows to mourn them when they died
- The brilliant and extremely useful jobs that animals did and still do for us in times of war
- A whole array of bizarre animals through time, including medieval squirrels!
- The pets who help us in everyday life
- Pet fashions and fashionable pets
And lots of other facts about the amazing pets that we spend our lives with.
What are you waiting for? Let's get going . . .
For more funny history facts discover the whole series!
Find out everything you ever needed to know about pets through time in this brilliant colour illustrated, action-packed, fact-filled book, including:
- The fact that the Egyptians worshipped cats and even shaved off their eyebrows to mourn them when they died
- The brilliant and extremely useful jobs that animals did and still do for us in times of war
- A whole array of bizarre animals through time, including medieval squirrels!
- The pets who help us in everyday life
- Pet fashions and fashionable pets
And lots of other facts about the amazing pets that we spend our lives with.
What are you waiting for? Let's get going . . .
For more funny history facts discover the whole series!
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pan Macmillan
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 7 to 11 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
Full-colour artwork and photos throughout
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
371 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4472-7384-4 (9781447273844)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Tony Robinson has written many books on historical subjects, including The Worst Children's Jobs in History and Bad Kids. He has written several TV series for children, including Maid Marian and Her Merry Men, for which he received a BAFTA and a Royal Television Award. He presented Channel 4's Time Team series for twenty years and played Baldrick in Blackadder.