Waist-Deep in Dung - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Waist-Deep in Dung write by Christine Virnig. This book was released on 2024-03-12. Waist-Deep in Dung available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A hilarious illustrated middle-grade nonfiction offering about the most revolting jobs throughout history involving pee, poop, vomit, dead bodies, and all things disgusting, from Christine Virnig and Korwin Briggs, the author-illustrator team behind SCBWI Golden Kite Finalist Dung for Dinner. What did the ancient Egyptian embalmer say when he was feeling sad? I want my mummy! After wading into the grossest animal pee, poop, and vomit humans have consumed in Dung for Dinner, Dr. Virnig dives back into the muck with an equally humorous and informative exploration of the most revolting jobs throughout history in Waist-Deep in Dung. From the ancient Egyptian mummy makers who removed brains by shoving iron hooks up peoples’ noses, to the 19th century Toshers who hunted for treasure deep in the London sewers, to modern day forensic entomologists who study the fly eggs, maggots, and other creepy crawlies that live on—and crawl through—human corpses, we'll learn about jobs that deal with poop, pee, blood, medicine, and dead bodies. Combining history, science, and a slew of fascinating facts, it’s middle grade nonfiction with real kid appeal. Art from Korwin Briggs will make readers laugh out loud!
Waist-Deep in Dung
Waist-Deep in Dung - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Waist-Deep in Dung write by Christine Virnig. This book was released on 2024-03-12. Waist-Deep in Dung available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
A Bite Above the Rest
A Bite Above the Rest - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Bite Above the Rest write by Christine Virnig. This book was released on 2024-08-06. A Bite Above the Rest available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A boy moves to a Halloween-themed town only to realize there may be more to the tourist trap than meets the eye in this fast-paced romp of a middle grade novel perfect for fans of The Last Kids on Earth and Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library! When Caleb’s mom decides they are moving to her childhood home in Wisconsin, Caleb is not thrilled. Moving schools, states, and time zones would be bad enough, but Mom’s hometown is Samhain, a small and ridiculously kitschy place where every day is Halloween. Caleb is not a fan of Halloween when it only happens once a year, so Halloween-obsessed Samhain is really not the place for him. How is he supposed to cope with kids wearing costumes to school every single day? And how about the fact that the mayor is so committed to the bit that City Hall is only open from sundown to sunup to accommodate his so-called vampirism? Sure enough, Caleb becomes an outcast at school for refusing to play along with the spooky tradition like the other sixth graders. Luckily, he manages to find a friend in fellow misfit Tai, and just in time, because things are getting weird in Samhain…or make that weirder. But there’s no way the mayor is an actual vampire, and their teacher absolutely cannot really be a werewolf—right? Caleb discovers Samhain is so much stranger than he ever could have imagined. As one of the only people who realizes what’s happening, can he save a town that doesn’t want saving?
Dung for Dinner
Dung for Dinner - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dung for Dinner write by Christine Virnig. This book was released on 2020-07-21. Dung for Dinner available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Discover the stomach-churning truth about the animal poop, pee, vomit, and secretions that humans have eaten throughout history—and sometimes still do—in Christine Virnig's laugh-out-loud middle-grade nonfiction debut. Dung for Dinner is illustrated by Korwin Briggs. From Roman charioteers scarfing wild boar dung to astronauts guzzling their own pee to today's kids spreading insect vomit on their toast, this humorous compendium is chock-full of history, science, and fascinatingly gross facts. Bug secretions coating your candy corn? Rodent poop in your popcorn? Physicians tasting their patients' pee? It’s deliciously disgusting! *SCBWI Golden Kite Award Finalist for Older Nonfiction
Nature Underfoot - Celebrating Crabgrass, Silverfish, Fruit Flies, and Dandelions
Nature Underfoot - Celebrating Crabgrass, Silverfish, Fruit Flies, and Dandelions - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Nature Underfoot - Celebrating Crabgrass, Silverfish, Fruit Flies, and Dandelions write by John Hainze. This book was released on 2020-02-18. Nature Underfoot - Celebrating Crabgrass, Silverfish, Fruit Flies, and Dandelions available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An informed and heartfelt tribute to commonly unappreciated plants, insects, and other tiny creatures that reconsiders humanity's relationship to nature "Put aside that can of Raid for the short time it takes to read this book."--Natural History Named a Favorite Book of 2020 by The Progressive Fruit flies, silverfish, dandelions, and crabgrass are the bane of many people and the target of numerous chemical and physical eradication efforts. In this compelling reassessment of the relationship between humans and the natural world, John Hainze--an entomologist and former pesticide developer--considers the fascinating and bizarre history of how these so-called invasive or unwanted pests and weeds have coevolved with humanity and highlights the benefits of a greater respect and moral consideration toward these organisms. With deep insight into the lives of the underappreciated and often reviled creatures that surround us, Hainze's accessible and engaging natural history draws on ethics, religion, and philosophy as he passionately argues that creepy crawlies and unwanted plants deserve both empathy and accommodation as partners dwelling with us on earth.
