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Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem

Contributor(s): Paeff, Colleen (Author), Carpenter, Nancy (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9781534449299

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books

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Pub Date: August 31, 2021

Dewey: 628.2092

LCCN: 2020004039

Lexile Code: 0950

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product

Target Age Group: 04 to 08

Physical Info: 0.64" H x 11.27" L x 10.43" W ( 1.17 lbs) 40 pages

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000514541 ( Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem)

Reading level: 5.60

Interest level: MG

Point value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: "This funny and informative picture book tells the story of Joseph Bazalgette, a 19th century engineer who designed London's first comprehensive sewage system. In doing so, he saved thousands of lives from cholera outbreaks that regularly plagued the city. This STEM-focused story provides a window into the past and shows how one invention went on to affect generations to come-and teaches kids how they can prevent pollution in their own neighborhoods today"--

Brief description: Colleen Paeff is the author of The Great Stink, which was a Sibert Honor Book, a Notable Social Studies Trade Book, and a California Young Reader Medal nominee, and Firefly Song, which received two starred reviews. Fueled by English breakfast tea, a burning curiosity, and a love of research, she writes from a book-lined office in an old pink house with a view of the Hollywood sign. Visit her online at ColleenPaeff.com.

Review Quotes: ** "The Great Stink is a surprisingly sweet traipse through history....The smelly subject of London's poop pollution receives the royal treatment in a whimsical debut children's picture book."--Shelf Awareness for Readers, starred review

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