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Title: Stinky Sanitation Inventions

Author: Katie Marsico

Narrator: Intuitive

Format: Unabridged

Length: 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-26-17

Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group

Genres: Kids, Ages 8-10

Publisher's Summary:

Did you know that people with rakes used to do the work of garbage trucks? Or that porta-potties were put on ships to keep workers from running to shore for bathroom breaks? Get ready to learn the odd stories behind inventions you use every day. From the T.P. of Chinese emperors to the landfills of ancient Greece, you'll find out how we got the sanitation inventions that keep us healthy and keep the world smelling fresh.

Members Reviews:

Don't cause a stink

I guarantee that kids will love the subject of this book. Kids love gross, kids love lists and trivia and kids love to say ..... yewwwwwww!!!! There are many opportunities in this book to be grossed out but also many opportunities too learn interesting facts regarding sanitation in our modern day world. The curious mind of a child will be fulfilled for sure.

Your child will learn about pooper-scoopers, port-a-potties, sewers and landfills. Can you imagine being hired to be the poor person who was handed a rake and asked to do the work of our now modern garbage trucks? Did you know that toilet paper was first used by Chinese emperors and in this modern day and age the average person uses almost twenty-one thousand sheets of toilet paper a year? Who knew such interesting facts? Not me. The book is sprinkled with colourful photos with added information highlighted on each page. The design is savvy and modern, sure to appeal to kids.

I had never heard of a "garderobe". Have you? It is a medieval toilet attached to the outside of the palace where royalty went to do their business. Their human waste was expelled and dropped down into the moat.....now that method stinks for sure! Thank goodness we have come a long way from that toilet experience. I recommend this book highly, not only for its information, but also for its entertainment component. I love odd stories that give me a history of the inventions that we take for granted and use every day and I am sure your kids will too. An added bonus is the glossary and index section that gives you even more insight into these fabulous inventions that make our life so much easier and sanitary. So glad smart inventors allowed us to clean up our act! Fresh is best!

Kids Will Love It

I received a free ARC through NetGalley

I don't normally enjoy literal bathroom reading. Things that involve poop are not up my alley. I do like nonfiction books that tell interesting facts though, and I knew this book would be a good one for many patrons at the library. I was right. I can foresee this checking out a lot.

On each spread there is one page with a large amount of text and the following page with pictures and some key facts pulled out. This gives kids something to look at, they get the main points, and they can read deeper into the subjects. We learn about where people "went" before there was indoor plumbing, why we need sanitation, and some information about trash in general. Any nonfiction children's book that is quick to read and still teaches me fun information is a good one.