You are history : from the alarm clock to the toilet, the amazing history of the things you use every day / Greg Jenner ; illustrated by Jenny Taylor.
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TextPublisher: London : Walker Books Ltd, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 141 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781406395679Subject(s): Inventions -- History -- Juvenile literature | History -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literatureDDC classification: 609 Summary: Thought history was only in museums? Take a trip through the amazing history hidden in the things you use every day. Did you know that the first TV was made out of biscuit tins and knitting needles? Or that the humble paperclip helped lead an anti-war movement? Or that a few hundred years ago it was fashionable to style your hair with cat poo?! Find out the delightful, daft and downright deadly history of your everyday life that your teachers won’t tell you about. This is history – but not as you know it!
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Junior Non Fiction | History and traditions | QJ 609 JEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111084434636 |
Includes index.
Pre-adolescent.
Thought history was only in museums? Take a trip through the amazing history hidden in the things you use every day. Did you know that the first TV was made out of biscuit tins and knitting needles? Or that the humble paperclip helped lead an anti-war movement? Or that a few hundred years ago it was fashionable to style your hair with cat poo?! Find out the delightful, daft and downright deadly history of your everyday life that your teachers won’t tell you about. This is history – but not as you know it!
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