Don't Read This Book Before Dinner

Title:  Don’t Read This Book Before Dinner

Author:  Anna Claybourne

Illustrator:  Various

Publisher: National Geographic Kids  

ISBN: 9781426334511  

Review:

National Geographic Kids Don’t Read This Book Before Dinner shares with kids some stomach-churning stories about foods, plants and animals. If you like gross stuff this book is perfect for the imagination.

This guide has plenty of warnings for the sensitive reader. But, if you like being grossed out this guide has a lot of facts and stories that are informative about well known things gross and disgusting. For example, before toilet paper people used moss, leaves, snow and even stones to handle their business. Did you know that poop has been used to make medicines? Not everyone likes the smell of fish, but that doesn’t stop lots of people from eating it. Did you realize that dust is alive? There is a special section that shares with readers how deadly dust can be. There are foul festivals, sickening surgeries, dirty money and so much more. Quizzes are included to test what you’ve learned.

Parents and teachers will get a kick out of this guide too. There are colorfull illustrations along with vivid photos that will get readers grossed out to the max but at the same time mesmerized about what they can learn about familiar things that disgust.

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