Description

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Could you cope without a toilet?

This series takes readers (Ages 8-12) on a historical journey, examining how people coped in the past and how they developed ingenious ways to make life safer and less unpleasant. Each book features full-color cartoon-style illustrations and hilarious speech bubbles to heighten interest, making the series attractive even to reluctant readers.

Toilets are marks of cleanliness and civilization, and have saved millions of lives! With this book as your guide, you'll be taken on a historical journey, exploring the weird and wonderful ways people across the world coped without our modern flush toilets: from chamber pots and cesspits to earth closets and privies. You'll also discover the marvellous high-tech inventions happening every day.