They Did What?!
Your Guide to Weird & Wacky Things People Do
by
Illustrated by
Ages 8 to 12
Hardcover: 64pp | 8 1/2 x 9 1/2 | $21.95
ISBN: 978-1-897066-22-5 (US $16.95)
Paperback: 64pp | 8 1/2 x 9 1/2 | $12.95
ISBN: 978-1-897066-23-2 (US $9.95)
Your Guide to Weird & Wacky Things People Do
by
Illustrated by
Ages 8 to 12
Hardcover: 64pp | 8 1/2 x 9 1/2 | $21.95
ISBN: 978-1-897066-22-5 (US $16.95)
Paperback: 64pp | 8 1/2 x 9 1/2 | $12.95
ISBN: 978-1-897066-23-2 (US $9.95)
Jeff Szpirglas celebrates the most outrageous foibles, flubs, and foolishness of humanity.
ABOUT THE BOOK
They Did WHAT?! holds up a carnival funhouse mirror to the human race, showing us a hilarious reflection of foibles, flubs, and foolishness.
Over the course of history we have achieved remarkable things: the Great Pyramids, space travel, and the World Wide Web—blue ribbons of humanity. But why not celebrate our eccentricities, our famous bloopers, the bits that have been edited out for so long—pet rocks, air guitar contests, and turkey-and-gravy soda. It’s time to embrace, not erase! Jeff Szpirglas takes a stand, and awards the booby prize to history’s most ridiculous fads, hoaxes, daredevils, advertising, urban legends, inventions, and more.
They Did WHAT?! features “What if…” scenarios that put a twist on certain behaviors to highlight the absurdity behind them. “What if…the latest fad was barracuda swallowing?” That would surely out-do those goldfish-swallowing college kids of the 1930s! Recurrent characters, Professor and Student, exchange a lighthearted and witty banter offering kid-friendly humor, and quirky facts, and related information.
Szpirglas, author of Gross Universe: Your Guide to All Disgusting Things Under the Sun, homes his magnifying glass in on the laugh-a-minute legends of humanity. With the same lightning-fast wit and positive energy, They Did WHAT?! is sure to be another wild (and educational) ride!
ABOUT THE BOOK
They Did WHAT?! holds up a carnival funhouse mirror to the human race, showing us a hilarious reflection of foibles, flubs, and foolishness.
Over the course of history we have achieved remarkable things: the Great Pyramids, space travel, and the World Wide Web—blue ribbons of humanity. But why not celebrate our eccentricities, our famous bloopers, the bits that have been edited out for so long—pet rocks, air guitar contests, and turkey-and-gravy soda. It’s time to embrace, not erase! Jeff Szpirglas takes a stand, and awards the booby prize to history’s most ridiculous fads, hoaxes, daredevils, advertising, urban legends, inventions, and more.
They Did WHAT?! features “What if…” scenarios that put a twist on certain behaviors to highlight the absurdity behind them. “What if…the latest fad was barracuda swallowing?” That would surely out-do those goldfish-swallowing college kids of the 1930s! Recurrent characters, Professor and Student, exchange a lighthearted and witty banter offering kid-friendly humor, and quirky facts, and related information.
Szpirglas, author of Gross Universe: Your Guide to All Disgusting Things Under the Sun, homes his magnifying glass in on the laugh-a-minute legends of humanity. With the same lightning-fast wit and positive energy, They Did WHAT?! is sure to be another wild (and educational) ride!
REVIEWS:
Canadian Children’s Book News
"…Jeff Szpirglas tickles our funny bone recounting the most outrageous stunts, fads and inventions in history…"
Quill & Quire
"Dave Whamond’s exaggerated cartoons...perfectly complement the silliness of Szpirglas’s text....[a] good, kid-friendly choic[e] for engrossing leisure reading material..."
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"The layout and graphics are exceptional and marvelous. The drawings are colourful and humourous. There is an abundance of cartooning techniques that catch the eye and compliment the text. This is the type of book that the reader can feel a sense of satisfaction from reading for a few minutes or for hours and hours...This book is highly recommended for both school and public libraries."
School Library Journal
’’Children who read this book will look at history and science with new enthusiasm and curiosity, and teachers will be able to demonstrate that history is not as boring as some may think.’’
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