This book comes from a great series called "You Wouldn't Want To..." showing students the rough side of living in different historical periods. This book tells of what it would have been like to like in a medieval castle. This book, as well as the other books in the series does not leave out the gro...
Another fun one in this series. I'm finding that the more I read these books, the more I feel that they work best as supplements after having already read some on the topic. I don't recommend them as stand-alones because the information isn't presented in the most concise way. I think of these mor...
Despite my niece's adoration of all things Chinese, I don't think that she adored this book. It seemed that it was more of a challenge for her to understand than some of the other books that we've read from this series--there were ideas and concepts that were difficult for her to comprehend, and th...
This series is perfect for young readers who are fond of gross-out humor and gory details. The series (and this title in particular) are not for the faint of heart. I believe this is the most gruesome installment yet - even worse than You Wouldn't Want to Be an Egyptian Mummy!: Disgusting Things Y...
This is another solid offering from one of my favorite non-fiction/history picture book series. Here we learn about how a pyramid was built and what life was like for the various workers - scribes, artists, masons, but mostly the poor farmers who were conscripted into service each year after the Ni...
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