Sarah Albee, illus. by Robert Leighton, Walker, $15.99 paper (176p) ISBN 978-0-8027-2077-1
With candid humor, this book spotlights an important aspect of history, discussing human waste, from prehistoric times to the present. Featuring photographs, reproduced images, and cartoons, Albee’s exposé explores the spread of diseases, the...
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Sarah Albee, illus. by Robert Leighton. Bloomsbury, $17.99 paper (176p) ISBN 978-0-8027-3422-8
The author of Poop Happened! takes another sidewise glance at history, this time via insects. Readers will get their share of gross-out moments as Albee pays attention to insect-borne diseases throughout time, such as malaria and the Black Death....
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Sarah Albee. National Geographic, $19.99 (192p) ISBN 978-1-4263-1919-8
Full of period images that show off every bustle, frill, and rivet, this wide-ranging guide to clothing throughout time will fascinate history and fashion buffs alike. Albee gives overviews of Renaissance, Elizabethan, and Baroque fashions (among...
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Sarah Albee, illus. by Bill Robinson. Odd Dot, $18.99 (240p) ISBN 978-1-250-25761-1
“Have you ever wondered how a pair of glass slippers could withstand an evening of ballroom dancing? Or if it’s possible to spin straw into gold?” With textbook heft, this stuffed compendium parses scientific questions raised by fairy tales’...
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Sarah Albee, Author, Victoria Raymond, Illustrator Little Simon $5.99 (11p) ISBN 978-0-689-83489-9
A companion to the Reading Together series, Math Together offers young children and their parents an integrated approach to mathematical concepts. Each of the two boxed sets--the Yellow Set is for children ages three and up, the Green Set for...
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Sarah Albee, illus. by Stacy Innerst. Calkins Creek, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-6626-8000-7
Albee and Innerst wittily render the backstory of the portrait of George Washington (1732–1799) that graces the U.S. one-dollar bill. Premier American portraitist Gilbert Stuart (1755–1828) wields a “dancing brush” that “captures the very soul of...
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