The Great Stink
How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem
$44.56
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2021
Summary
A Robert F. Sibert Honor Book!
Discover the true story about the determined engineer who fixed London’s pollution problem in this funny, accessible nonfiction picture book featuring engaging art from the illustrator of Queen Victoria’s Bathing Machine.
It’s the summer of 1858, and London’s River Thames STINKS. What is creating this revolting smell? The answer is gross: the river is full of poop.
But the smell isn’t the worst problem. Every few…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781534449299 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1534449299 |
| Author: | Colleen Paeff, Nancy Carpenter |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Margaret K McElderry Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2021 |
| Weight: | 524g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 254mm x 279mm |
| Audience Age: | 4 |
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Critics Review
** “The Great Stink is a surprisingly sweet traipse through history….The smelly subject of London’s poop pollution receives the royal treatment in a whimsical debut children’s picture book.” – Shelf Awareness for Readers, starred review
** “This informative exploration of London’s sanitation history will delight nonfiction fans interested in history, ecology, biography, and more.” – Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“Paeff celebrates this engineering feat with a lively but orderly overview of the history of sanitation misinformation, including that coming from Bazalgette himself, and Carpenter has a field day illustrating a comical confrontation between Londoners and royalty and their offensive river.” – BCCB
Colleen Paeff
Colleen Paeff is the author of The Great Stink, which was a Sibert Honor Book, a Notable Social Studies Trade Book, and a California Young Reader Medal nominee, and Firefly Song, which received two starred reviews. Fueled by English breakfast tea, a burning curiosity, and a love of research, she writes from a book-lined office in an old pink house with a view of the Hollywood sign.
Nancy Carpenter is the acclaimed illustrator of Thomas Jefferson and the Mammoth Hunt, Queen Victoria’s Bathing Machine, Fannie in the Kitchen, and Loud Emily, among other books. Her works have garnered many honors, including two Christopher Awards and the Jane Addams Children’s Book Award. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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