Don't Read This Book Before Dinner: Revoltingly true tales of foul food, icky animals, horrible history, and more

by Anna Claybourne

Overview

If you love to be grossed out, grab a seat at the table to revel in some of the most repulsive and downright disgusting true stories from around the globe.

From wretched rodents and beastly bugs to putrid plants and muck-filled moats, step right in to find out more about the icky, sticky world around you. Gloriously gross stories of decaying delicacies, foul fashion, horrible history, awful animals, and more are paired with eye-popping pictures, fun facts, and hilarious quizzes in this fun book. Topics go way beyond food to include art, plants, animals, fashion, pop culture, medicine, the human body, and beyond. It's a hot mess to digest, but it's sure to leave kids disgusted and delighted. Read if you dare, but don't say we didn't warn you! Sometimes you CAN judge a book by its cover!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781426334528
Publisher:	Disney Publishing Group
Publication date:	07/30/2019
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	1,109,739
Product dimensions:	8.20(w) x 11.20(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

ANNA CLAYBOURNE is the author of numerous books on the natural world for young readers, including Don't Read This Book Before Bed, the popular 100 series (100 Scariest Things on the Planet, 100 Most Awesome Things on the Planet, 100 Most Dangerous Things on the Planet, etc.); the Usborne Internet-Linked Encyclopedia of Planet Earth; Cheetah: Natural World Series; the Survival Skills Handbook; and many more. Claybourne started her career as a trainee staff writer and later became a self-employed freelance writer and editor. She writes on almost any subject but specializes in science and nature, and has written many children's books on wild animals (especially predators), volcanoes, earthquakes, and other natural disasters.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

Decaying Delicacies 8

Terrible Toilets 10

Slobbery Spit 12

Creepy-Crawly Cockroaches 14

World's Worst Smells 16

Dinner Is Served! 18

Repulsive Remedies 20

The Dirt On Doo-Doo 22

Funky Skunks! 24

Revolting Records 26

What's Living on You? 28

Horrible Habits of Ancient Rome 30

Quiz: How Squeamish are you? 32

Putrid Professions 34

Foul-Smelling Feasts 36

Predatory Plants 38

The Art of Disgust 40

Sultans of Slime 42

Gross Green Boogers 44

Bloodsucking Bandits 48

Slippery, Slimy Sewers 48

The Disgusting Truth About Dust 50

Pungent Pee 52

Creepy-Crawly Cuisine 54

Barf-Tastic Beauty Trends 56

Icky, Sticky Chewing Gum 58

This Is Your Happy Place 60

Monstrous Mold! 62

Quiz: Grossbusters! 64

Bloodcurdling! 66

Wads of Worms 68

What's Lurking in the Water? 70

Vile Vomit 72

Freaky Flavors to Savor 74

Meet the Mummies! 76

Wretched Rodents 78

Foul Festivals 80

Stinky, Sickly Ships 82

Nasty Nails 84

Nature's Messiest Munchers 86

Toadstools of Terror 88

Quiz: Name that Slimy Stuff 90

Foul Fashion 92

Drinks that are Hard to Swallow 94

Horrible Hunting Habits 96

Disgusting Defenses 98

Stinky Sweat 100

A Maggoty Mouthful 102

Seriously Stuffed Animals 104

Sickening Surgery 106

Cross Plant Gallery 108

Frighteningly Foul Flies 110

The Strange and Smelly Middle Ages 112

Horrible Human Habits 114

Invisible Enemies 116

Quiz: Germ Detective 118

Meet Your Gross Houseguests! 120

Dirty Money 122

You've Got Gas! 124

A Feast of Strange Beasts 126

Waste-Filled World 128

Stomach-Churning Scavengers 130

Quiz: Gross Animals 132

Exhibitions of EWWW 134

Clean Your Teeth! 136

Sticky Spiderwebs 138

Your Freaky Future 140

Photo Credits 142

Credits 144