Awards

• Commended for Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) (Picture Book) 2010
• Short-listed for Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nonfiction) 2014
• Short-listed for South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award (Children's) 2012
• Winner of Cybils (Nonfiction Picture Book) 2011

Overview

It wasn't too long ago that people tried all sorts of things to help sick people feel better. They tried wild things like drinking a glass full of millipedes or putting some mustard on one's head. Some of the cures worked, and some of them...well, let's just say that millipedes, living or dead, are not meant to be ingested. Carlyn Beccia takes readers on a colorful and funny medical mystery tour to discover that while times may have changed, many of today's most reliable cure-alls have their roots in some very peculiar practices, and so relevant connections can be drawn from what they did then to what we do now.

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Disgusting and futile medical practices are always a pleasure to contemplate. Beccia, following closely in the spirit of The Raucous Royals (2008) dry-witted artwork, conversational text, engaging historical detective work asks readers to guess which 'cures' may actually have helped a handful of ailments. Kirkus Reviews Beccia's droll text is greatly enhanced by her witty single- and double-page illustrations, filled with humorous details. Boys will especially enjoy the ickier cures (anyone for urine drinking?), while teachers and librarians will welcome the careful research and the useful appended bibliography. Booklist Digital mixed-media color illustrations and manageable blocks of text invite reluctant readers to browse this high-interest title. School Library Journal

Disgusting and futile medical practices are always a pleasure to contemplate. Beccia, following closely in the spirit of The Raucous Royals (2008)--dry-witted artwork, conversational text, engaging historical detective work--asks readers to guess which 'cures' may actually have helped a handful of ailments. -- Kirkus Reviews <p> Beccia's droll text is greatly enhanced by her witty single- and double-page illustrations, filled with humorous details. Boys will especially enjoy the ickier cures (anyone for urine drinking?), while teachers and librarians will welcome the careful research and the useful appended bibliography. -- Booklist<br><br> <p> Digital mixed-media color illustrations and manageable blocks of text invite reluctant readers to browse this high-interest title. -- School Library Journal

""Disgusting and futile medical practices are always a pleasure to contemplate. Beccia, following closely in the spirit of The Raucous Royals (2008)--dry-witted artwork, conversational text, engaging historical detective work--asks readers to guess which 'cures' may actually have helped a handful of ailments.""--Kirkus Reviews ""Beccia's droll text is greatly enhanced by her witty single- and double-page illustrations, filled with humorous details. Boys will especially enjoy the ickier cures (anyone for urine drinking?), while teachers and librarians will welcome the careful research and the useful appended bibliography.""--Booklist ""Digital mixed-media color illustrations and manageable blocks of text invite reluctant readers to browse this high-interest title.""--School Library Journal --

Author Information

The very talented author-illustrator, Carlyn Beccia, came upon the idea for this book after years of trying to convince friends and family that garlic wards off colds. So far, Ms. Beccia has had seven dislocated shoulders and one broken bone but has fortunately never needed leech therapy. She lives in Lynnfield, Massachusetts with her family. www.carlynbeccia.com

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