Franklin Watts, 2006. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531124468. An addition to a humorous series looks at the darker side of exploring the world with Captain James Cook, spending three years eating worm-filled biscuits, watching shipmates die of disease, and being attacked by natives.
Book House, 2015. — 32 p. — ISBN 9781910184592. Though most of them are too small to be seen with the naked eye, bacteria are everywhere. They appeared on Earth more than 3 billion years before the first dinosaurs. Some bacteria cause deadly diseases, but many of them are helpful to us. They fertilize the soil by breaking down dead material, and they are an essential ingredient...
Book House, 2015. — 32 p. — ISBN 9781910184608. Our planet would be a very different place if it did not have extremes of weather. 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...
Franklin Watts, 2015. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531220542. What would it be like to live in a world without writing? 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...
Franklin Watts, 2006. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531124475. An addition to a humorous series looks at an event during the American Revolution that included patriots dressing as Mohawk Indians and destroying crates of British tea docked in Griffin's wharf to protest the British taxes.
Franklin Watts, 2004. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531163993. Describes the inglorious life of a boy from Nantucket who in 1819 joins the crew of a whaling ship, including freezing trips to the Arctic, carving scrimshaw, boiling whales for oil, and sinking ships.
Franklin Watts, 2005. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531123911. Through the eyes of Priscilla Mullins and her family, the reader journeys aboard the Mayflower to the New World, surviving cramped conditions, devastating sickness, disgusting food, and winter storms on the treacherous Atlantic Ocean.
Franklin Watts, 2007. — 32 p. — ISBN 9780531149737. A humorous account of how a British thief would have been punished in the eighteenth century by being sent to Australia in 1785
Franklin Watts, 2009. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531205174. This book examines the many hazards of flying a fighter jet for the Royal Air Force during World War II. This interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers (Ages 8-12) by making them part of the story, inviting them to become the main character. Each book uses humorous illustrations to depict the sometimes dark...
Franklin Watts, 2008. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531219126. Hilarious illustrations, captions, and sidebars describe the horrible conditions inside early submarines and the many dangers that those who traveled inside endured.
Franklin Watts, 2003. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531166505. Describes what it was like to be an astronaut on the "unlucky" 1970 Apollo 13 mission to the moon.
Franklin Watts, 2009. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531210499. This interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers (Ages 8-12) by making them part of the story, Invites readers to become the main character. Each book uses humorous illustrations to depict the sometimes dark and horrific side of life during important eras in history.
Franklin Watts, 2013. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531230404. In 17th-century England, a scientific revolution is under way. This interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers (Ages 8-12) by making them part of the story, inviting them to become the main character. Each book uses humorous illustrations to depict the sometimes dark and horrific side of life during...
Franklin Watts, 2010. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531137857. Describes the realities and risks of attempting to climb Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, from the perspective of a member of a team of British mountaineers in 1952
Franklin Watts, 2016. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531224380. What if we didn't have any dirt or soil? It's hard to imagine. 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...
Franklin Watts, 2014. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531213070. You might not think about it, but without electricity, our lives would be colder, darker, and much harder work. 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...
Book House, 2017. — 32 p. — ISBN 9781911242284. Can you imagine what your world and your life would be like if there was no glass? 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...
Book House, 2016. — 32 p. — ISBN 9781910184943. It can come in any color of the rainbow, be smooth and glossy, or dull and roughbut how important is this seemingly indestructible material, and would you want to live without it? If you were to go around your room and start listing all the things made of plastic, that list would soon become very long. Plastic is in your computer,...
Franklin Watts, 2012. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531209462. Experience what it was like to work on the Hoover Dam! This interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers (Ages 8-12) by making them part of the story, inviting them to become the main character. Each book uses humorous illustrations to depict the sometimes dark and horrific side of life during important eras...
Franklin Watts, 2014. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531228548. Experience what it was like to work on the transcontinental railroad! This interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers (Ages 8-12) by making them part of the story, inviting them to become the main character. Each book uses humorous illustrations to depict the sometimes dark and horrific side of life during...
Franklin Watts, 2002. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531146065. As a U.S. marshal, your job is to keep the law. This interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers (Ages 8-12) by making them part of the story, inviting them to become the main character. Each book uses humorous illustrations to depict the sometimes dark and horrific side of life during important eras in...
Franklin Watts, 2007. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531139264. This interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers (Ages 8-12) by making them part of the story. Invites readers to become the main character. Each book uses humorous illustrations to depict the sometimes dark and horrific side of life during important eras in history.
Franklin Watts, 2005. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531123928. Hilarious illustrations, captions, and sidebars lead the reader into the eleventh century when Christianity and Islam begin their battle in the Holy Land, only to leave the reader wondering if it's a war worth waging.
Franklin Watts, 2004. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531163955. Provides information on the training, traditions, and life of knights during the Middle Ages for a young boy who thinks that that is what he wants to be
Franklin Watts, 2008. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531207017. A look at the dark side of history offers up the surprising difficulties endured by women suffragists who stood up for women's rights, including the right to vote.
Franklin Watts, 2006. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531149720. The reader is about to become a Victorian servant in Britain around 1885 and learns about the responsibilities and hardships that come with the position.
Franklin Watts, 2001. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531146026. A humorous and gory look at the ancient Aztec tradition of sacrificing enemy warriors to the gods.
Franklin Watts, 2013. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531245040. It's the end of the 15th century, and your local castle is looking for a jailer. Do you want the job? This interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers (Ages 8-12) by making them part of the story, inviting them to become the main character. Each book uses humorous illustrations to depict the sometimes dark...
Franklin Watts, 2010. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531204733. This lively, interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers by making them part of the story, inviting them to become the main character and revel in the gory, dark, horrific side of life during important eras in history.
Hodder Wayland Childrens, 2002. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0750235950. Marrying Henry VIII was not an easy option. Top tips provided in this book include 'think carefully before accepting his proposal' and 'give birth to a son, not a daughter'. Set against a backdrop of turbulence in the royal court of Tudor England, this book describes Henry and his many wives - what went right, what...
Franklin Watts, 2008. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531148532. Traces the life of the Scottish queen, who came into her title at the age of one week and was eventually beheaded for plotting against her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
Franklin Watts, 2015. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531220528. That hour that drags, that day you can't wait for-and those months of blissful sun that you count down to! 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...
Franklin Watts, 2015. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0606367097. Let's face it: no one really looks forward to going to see the dentist. But have you considered the alternative? 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...
Franklin Watts, 2016. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531224915. Although they don't get the glory, nurses are just as important as doctors. 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...
Book House, 2016. — 32 p. — ISBN 9781910706367. 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...
Franklin Watts, 2014. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531213063. 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...
Franklin Watts, 2009. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531210468. This book examines the incidents of body snatching and murder in Edinburgh in the nineteenth century, where criminals would commonly sell corpses to the medical community for dissection. This interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers (Ages 8-12) by making them part of the story, inviting them to become the...
Book House, 2004. — 32 p. — ISBN 9780531123553. Get ready...as a poor boy living in Spain you dream of exploring the world by sea. This interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers (Ages 8-12) by making them part of the story, inviting them to become the main character. Each book uses humorous illustrations to depict the sometimes dark and horrific side of life...
Franklin Watts, 2010. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531137840. This interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers (Ages 8-12) by making them part of the story, Invites readers to become the main character. Each book uses humorous illustrations to depict the sometimes dark and horrific side of life during important eras in history.
Franklin Watts, 2006. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531169964. The reader is a coal miner in England and learns about the hardships and occupational hazards that come with the job.
Franklin Watts, 2004. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531163979. You are a member of a group of nomadic hunter-gatherers living in the ice age, about 15,000 years ago. This interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers (Ages 8-12) by making them part of the story, inviting them to become the main character. Each book uses humorous illustrations to depict the sometimes dark...
Franklin Watts, 2012. — 32 p. — ISBN 9780531208731. It's not just a question of learning to fight - a ninja must know how to move without being seen, how to endure boredom and exhaustion, and how to work as part of a team. IThis interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers (Ages 8-12) by making them part of the story, inviting them to become the main character....
Franklin Watts, 2002. — 32 p. — ISBN 9780531163687. Looks through the eyes of a fictional captain of a treasure ship sailing in the Spanish main who is about to become a pirate's prisoner
Franklin Watts, 2010. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531137833. This book examines what it was like to be a British secret agent working behind enemy lines in France during World War II. This interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers (Ages 8-12) by making them part of the story, inviting them to become the main character. Each book uses humorous illustrations to depict...
Franklin Watts, 2009. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0606042741. Don't like hard labor? Afraid of heights? Then you might think twice before you take a construction job at the Empire State Building, where you'll have to hammer red-hot rivets into steel or work hight about the ground on the morning mast--all for two dollars an hour.
Franklin Watts, 2007. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531187470. Describes the many dangerous jobs performed by children who worked in the cotton mills of industrial England in the nineteenth century, work that included long hours, low pay, and no provision for school work.
Hodder Wayland Childrens, 2002. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0750235983. As a man brought up a British coal-mining village in the 1860s, you have to endure the dangers and difficulties of working underground in a Victorian mine. Learn how to get by with a succession of 'Handy hints' such as not forgetting to take a canary down the mine with you. Find out how pit ponies are used, how the...
Hodder Wayland Childrens, 2002. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0750236010. Growing up in Britain in the 1880s wasn't easy. For a young child in school the going is tough and the punishments are hard. Readers will follow the experiences of Victorian schoolchildren and will learn some top tips on survival at school. Suddenly modern-day school won't seem quite so bad, as readers discover that...
Franklin Watts, 2008. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531219102. Hilarious illustrations, captions, and sidebars lead the reader from France to the New World as workers spend weeks planning and constructing the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France to the United States which was designed by sculptor Frédéric Auguste-Bartholdi.
Franklin Watts, 2008. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531169001. Describes everyday life in Pompeii as it would have been on the day of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D., the destruction and panic which occurred after the event, and the rediscovery of Pompeii in the eighteenth century.
Franklin Watts, 2006. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531169995. You are a sailor on the Spanish Armada and experiences the hardships and dangers at sea during the sixteenth century. This interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers (Ages 8-12) by making them part of the story, inviting them to become the main character. Each book uses humorous illustrations to depict the...
Franklin Watts, 2010. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531228258. As an undercover cop, you'll pretend to be a gangster and infiltrate one of Chicago's most dangerous gangs. This interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers (Ages 8-12) by making them part of the story, inviting them to become the main character. Each book uses humorous illustrations to depict the sometimes...
Franklin Watts, 2010. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531228265. The works of William Shakespeare come alive in these stunning graphic novels adaptation using the original Shakespearean dialog. The world-class art, rivalry, revenge, and romance of Cymbeline will capture the attention of reluctant readers. Supplement your traditional Shakespearean sources with the graphic novel adaptation...
Franklin Watts, 2007. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531189214. This interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers (Ages 8-12) by making them part of the story. Invites readers them to become the main character. Each book uses humorous illustrations to depict the sometimes dark and horrific side of life during important eras in history.
Franklin Watts, 2004. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531163986. Chronicles the Roanoke and Jamestown English settlements in Virginia, describing the difficult life and relations with the neighboring Algonquian tribe.
Franklin Watts, 2012. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531280256. As a struggling farmer on the East Coast of America, you've heard that there are fortunes to be made out West. But first you have to get there-are you tough enough to survive months on the trail, with little to eat and only your wagon for shelter? This interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers (Ages 8-12)...
Franklin Watts, 2005. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531123904. In another addition to a darkly humorous series, the reader joins King Philip's army to take down mighty Greece, but when Philip is killed, his son Alexander takes over and leads you into a terrible new battle filled with ferocious fights, endless marches, and desert sandstorms.
Franklin Watts, 2008. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531187494. Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe the hardships and pitfalls of living in the Forbidden City.
Franklin Watts, 2009. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531213278. Examines for young readers the long and arduous journey to the Far East taken by Marco Polo and his companions, which took more than 20 years to complete and included extreme travel conditions, hostile armies and strange animals.
Franklin Watts, 2009. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531207031. An addition to a humorous, historical series describes the horrible conditions inside a medieval castle that the servants and others endured.
Franklin Watts, 2013. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531259443. Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict the story of Mary Mallon, an Irish immigrant cook who became known as "Typhoid Mary" when she infected many New Yorkers with the deadly disease.
Franklin Watts, 2006. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531124499. Hilarious illustrations, captions, and sidebars show the toil and suffering involved in building the Great Wall of China in the third century BC, removing any glamour thought to be experienced by the slaves who built it.
Franklin Watts, 2009. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531210475. This interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers (Ages 8-12) by making them part of the story. Invites readers to become the main character. Each book uses humorous illustrations to depict the sometimes dark and horrific side of life during important eras in history. So you think your friends and family will...
Franklin Watts, 2007. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531187456. Humorous text and illustrations describe what life must have been like for French aristocrats during the late eighteenth century, describing the excesses that led the common people to revolt and the grisly results.
Franklin Watts, 2007. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531189238. Humorous text and illustrations describe what life must have been like for the Egyptian princess, describing how she had to rule a kingdom, protect her throne from her brother, Ptolemy, and woo Roman invaders.
Book House, 2015. — 32 p. — ISBN 9781910184066. We rely on our mobile phones all the time, whether it's to keep in touch with friends, to play games, or to access the Internet. As phones become smaller, cheaper and more powerful, we find it difficult to imagine life without them. But, until about 30 years ago, there were no mobile phones. How on earth did people manage?
Book House, 2017. — 32 p. — ISBN 9781910706381. Most people spend a third of their life sleeping - around 25 years or more! 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...
Franklin Watts, 2008. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531148549. Describes the potato famine that struck Ireland in the 1840s, and discusses what life was like on the ships that the Irish took to America in order to escape the famine.
Franklin Watts, 2004. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531163931. Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict life and events during the four years of the Civil War.
Franklin Watts, 2012. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531208724. This lively, interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers by making them part of the story, inviting them to become the main character and revel in the gory, dark, horrific side of life during important eras in history.
Franklin Watts, 2009. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531205198. A historical look at the building of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. This interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers (Ages 8-12) by making them part of the story, inviting them to become the main character. Each book uses humorous illustrations to depict the sometimes dark and horrific side of life during...
Book House, 2018. — 32 p. — ISBN 9781912537082. Learn about how simple machines enable practically everything around us to work. 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...
Franklin Watts, 2010. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531137864. This interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers (Ages 8-12) by making them part of the story. Invites readers to become the main character. Each book uses humorous illustrations to depict the sometimes dark and horrific side of life during important eras in history.
Hodder Wayland, 2002. — 32 p. — ISBN 9780750235942 Follows the career of an apprentice barber surgeon in 16th century England as he learns to diagnose disease from urine samples, travels to Italy to study anatomy, deals with bubonic plague, becomes a naval barber surgeon in the fight against the Spanish Armada and, finally, a personal physician to Queen Elizabeth I. Suggested...
Franklin Watts, 2006. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531124239. Hilarious illustrations, captions, and sidebars take away the glamour and romance of being a soldier in the Roman Army in the year AD 98 and illustrates the darker side of this profession.
Franklin Watts, 2007. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531187258. Humorous text and illustrations describe what life was like for Tutankhamen, including the customs of the time, the confusing royal line that makes him a pharaoh, and the manner in which his body was buried and eventually exhumed.
Franklin Watts, 2005. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531123935. An addition to a humorous series looks at the darker side of exploring the world with Sir Francis Drake--a dangerous voyage that would last for three long years.
Book House, 2014. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-1909645226. It's August 1914. You are 16-year-old Tommy Atkins, living in London. Set against a backdrop of the war just broken out in Europe, find out what your life was like after joining up and being sent to the trenches. From sharing your bed with rats and lice to a diet of bully beef, bread and biscuits, discover why you really wouldn't...
Franklin Watts, 2014. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531213117. Can you imagine a world without books? What if writing simply didn't exist? 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...
Franklin Watts, 2015. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-0531214077. Each title in this new series takes readers 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...
Book House, 2015. — 32 p. — ISBN 9781910184936. What if money never existed? None of us has as much money as we would like, but imagine if money didn't exist at all. How would we buy the things we need, or sell the things we don't need? Who would decide whether a basket of fruit is worth the same as a hunting spear? Many things have been used as money, from live animals through...
Book House, 2016. — 32 p. — ISBN 978-1911242277. What if we didn't have snot and mucus? The insides of our bodies would be very dry, and we would find it hard to digest our food. We would also quickly become sick, because mucus protects us from dirt in the air that we breathe. But what exactly is this sticky, slimy stuff and why do we produce more of it when we have a cold? And...
Book House, 2016. — 32 p. — ISBN 9781910184950. What if there was no soap? Would you rather put your grubby clothes in the washing machine, or take them down to the river and beat the dirt out of them? You're lucky to have the choice! Soaps and detergents are among the great benefits of modern life. They help to keep us comfortable and save us from smelling unpleasant, but...
Book House, 2016. — 32 p. — ISBN 9781910706104. You might think you'd be happier in a world without vegetables, but you'd be wrong! Vegetables provides us with essential vitamins and minerals that make our bodies healthier and stop us from getting sick. Read about how vegetables are grown, and learn about the innovations that have been made with such humble vegetable as the...
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