Dung for dinner : a stomach-churning look at the animal poop, pee, vomit, and secretions that people have eaten (and often still do!) / Christine Virnig ; illustrated by Korwin Briggs.
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TextPublisher: New York, NY : GodwinBooks/Henry Holt and Company, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First editionDescription: ix, 166 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781250246790
- 1250246792
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's NonFiction | 394.1209 V819 | Available | 33111009742095 | ||||
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-162) and index.
A deliciously disgusting introduction to some of the grossest things we humans put in our mouths--often without even realizing it! From Roman charioteers scarfing wild boar dung to astronauts guzzling their own pee in space 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 irresistibly disgusting!