Freaky Fashion and Foul Food

Freaky Fashion and Foul Food

Author: John Townsend

Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9781410918697

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Why was foot binding popular in Ancient China? Where can you eat boiled wasp larvae? How has teen fashion changed in the last 50 years? Readers will take a tour through history to learn about some of the stranger aspects of fashion and food. Dramatic photos and illustrations bring these amazing facts and true stories to life.


Freaky Fashion and Foul Food

Freaky Fashion and Foul Food

Author: John Townsend

Publisher: Raintree Publishers

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 9781406200836

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An overview of the strange foods and fashions that children and teens have either been forced to or have chosen to indulge in throughout history.


Nasty Bugs and Ghastly Medicine

Nasty Bugs and Ghastly Medicine

Author: John Townsend

Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9781410918680

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Why did people rub dung into their skin? Why were children asked to chew garlic? What are leeches used for? The treatment of childhood illnesses has changed greatly throughout history as this fascinating, and sometimes icky, book demonstrates. Dramatic photos and illustrations show how far medicine has come from the Middle Ages to modern times.


Scary Schools and Horrid Homework

Scary Schools and Horrid Homework

Author: John Townsend

Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9781410918710

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What did people write on before paper was invented? What was school like in the 1800s? How have teaching methods changed over the years? Dramatic photos and illustrations, as well as real-life accounts, will give readers a revealing snapshot of education throughout history.


Dreary Dwellings and Frightful Families

Dreary Dwellings and Frightful Families

Author: John Townsend

Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9781410918734

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Describes the ways average people have lived in various cultures from ancient times through the twentieth century, presenting details on homes, family structures, and daily customs.


Fiendish Crimes and Punishing Times

Fiendish Crimes and Punishing Times

Author: John Townsend

Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 9781410918727

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A look at the crimes committed by children and teenagers throughout history and the punishments they received for their digressions.


Weary Work and Lousy Leisure

Weary Work and Lousy Leisure

Author: John Townsend

Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13: 9781410918703

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An introduction to the history of the use of children as laborers throughout the world.


Ick!

Ick!

Author: Melissa Stewart

Publisher: National Geographic Children's Books

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 1426337469

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"From award-winning author Melissa Stewart comes the grossest journey through the animal world you'll ever take. From ants to zorillas, get ready to discover some seriously strange animal behaviors. Slurp up soupy insides with houseflies, spit sticky saliva to build nests with birds, and fend off predators with poop-flinging caterpillars and farting snakes. And that's just the tip of the dung pile! These yucky habits may seem surprising to us, but they're totally normal for these animals. In fact, their survival depends on them."--


Encyclopedia of Black Studies

Encyclopedia of Black Studies

Author: Molefi Kete Asante

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 569

ISBN-13: 076192762X

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In the 1960s Black Studies emerged as both an academic field and a radical new ideological paradigm. Editors Molefi Kete Asante and Ama Mazama (Black Studies, Temple U.), both influential and renowned scholars, have compiled an encyclopedia for students, high school and beyond, and general readers. It presents analysis of key individuals, events, a