A richly illustrated introduction to some of history's more unusual folk remedies explores such whimsical examples as swallowing frog slime to treat a sore throat and sticking a wounded foot into a bull's mouth.

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.

Explains various animal expressions that employ similes, metaphors, idioms, and proverbs.

Presents a collection of animal sayings with each one explained, including "I have butterflies in my stomach," "that will get his goat," and "bear hug."

This annotated resource by veteran children's book reviewer Isaacs surveys the best 250 nonfiction/informational titles for ages 3 through 10, helping librarians make informed collection development and purchasing decisions.

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Kids study US history, but do they know what life long ago was really like? The past was full of yuckiness. The sounds, smells, filth, bugs, rats, poor hygiene, lack of dental and medical care, and bad food are not portrayed at today's historic sites, in movies, or in most books about US history. Yet this kind of stuff appeals greatly to kids. The purpose of this book is to de-sanitize the past, present it as it actually was, and help kids come to an understanding of how people put up with it—or didn't even notice.