Orem Library

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.

Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe the life and duties of a young Christian knight.

Explains the historical background and events of the Salem witch trails.

Humorous illustrations, captions, and sidebars take away the glamour and romance of being an actor during the time of William Shakesepeare, illustrating the darker side of this profession.

Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict life and events during the four years of the Civil War.

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 in many foods. Bacteria in our own bodies are a vital part of the digestive process.--from page 2 of cover.

Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would be like to live without the cell phone and describes how people managed to communicate in the past.

Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would be like to live without the electric power that makes modern life possible.

Describes some of the benefits fire has afforded, including the ability to cook food, make pottery and metals, and invent the steam and internal combustion engines.

Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would be like to live without the toilet and describes how people managed to dispose of their waste in the past.