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Author: Carlyn Beccia
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Imprint: Walker & Co
Dimensions:
Width: 18.00cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 0.544kg
ISBN: 9780802737472
ISBN 10: 0802737471
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 02 April 2019
Recommended Age: From 10 to 14 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Frequent black-and-white spot art and snarky footnote asides add comedy to this already high-interest blend of history and science. Entertaining and fascinating, with a clever incorporation of STEM topics. --Booklist Beccia's light, cheeky approach to the subject matter is tailor-made for a middle-grade audience . . . Readers fond of the gruesome and grotesque with a heavy dose of humor will find much to enjoy here. --Kirkus Reviews [A] quirky, clever compendium. . . . The author's chatty, irreverent narrative profiles each highlighted luminary and offers supplementary info on such topics as embalming, phrenology, and cryonics--and ample doses of downright creepy, kid-pleasing trivia. --Publishers Weekly An equal mix of history, science, and biography, the . . . text is straightforward and logical; the tone light and entertaining. Interesting black-and-white, hand-drawn illustrations perfectly mirror the content and tone. Well-researched. --VOYA This topic is one that has perpetual appeal to middle school readers. --School Library Journal
Frequent black-and-white spot art and snarky footnote asides add comedy to this already high-interest blend of history and science. Entertaining and fascinating, with a clever incorporation of STEM topics. --starred review, Booklist Beccia's light, cheeky approach to the subject matter is tailor-made for a middle-grade audience . . . Readers fond of the gruesome and grotesque with a heavy dose of humor will find much to enjoy here. --Kirkus Reviews [A] quirky, clever compendium. . . . The author's chatty, irreverent narrative profiles each highlighted luminary and offers supplementary info on such topics as embalming, phrenology, and cryonics--and ample doses of downright creepy, kid-pleasing trivia. --Publishers Weekly An equal mix of history, science, and biography, the . . . text is straightforward and logical; the tone light and entertaining. Interesting black-and-white, hand-drawn illustrations perfectly mirror the content and tone. Well-researched. --VOYA This topic is one that has perpetual appeal to middle school readers. --School Library Journal
Author Information
Carlyn Beccia (pronounced Betcha) is an author, illustrator, graphic designer, and organ donor who (so far) has kept all her body parts. Beccia's children's books, including Who Put the B In the Ballyhoo?, Raucous Royals, and I Feel Better with a Frog In My Throat, have won numerous awards including the Golden Kite Honor, the International Reading Association's Children's and Young Adult Book Award, and the Cybil Award. carlynbeccia.com @carlynbeccia (Instagram)
