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Author:

Virnig, Christine, author.

Title:

Dung for dinner : a stomach-churning look at the animal poop, pee, vomit, and secretions that people have eaten (and often still do!) / Christine Virnig ; illustrated by Korwin Briggs.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

GodwinBooks/Henry Holt and Company,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

ix, 166 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

Animal droppings--Juvenile literature.
Feces--Juvenile literature.
Defecation--Juvenile literature.
Urine--Juvenile literature.
Vomiting--Juvenile literature.
Humor.

Other Authors:

Briggs, Korwin, illustrator.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-162) and index.

Contents:

Health & medicine -- Your lunch box.

Summary:

"Discover the stomach-churning truth about the animal poop, pee, vomit, and secretions that humans have eaten throughout historyand sometimes still doin Christine Virnig's laugh-out-loud middle-grade nonfiction debut. Dung for Dinner is illustrated by Korwin Briggs. From Roman charioteers scarfing wild boar dung to astronauts guzzling their own pee to today's kids spreading insect vomit on their toast, this humorous compendium is chock-full of history, science, and fascinatingly gross facts. Bug secretions coating your candy corn? Rodent poop in your popcorn? Physicians tasting their patients' pee? Its deliciously disgusting!"-- provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1250246792
9781250246790

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1104304174

LCCN:

2019949983

Locations:

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

YBPC572 -- Central City Public Library (Central City)

OJPC027 -- Corning Public Library (Corning) — J 573.4 VIR

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

SWPB124 -- Dumont Community Library (Dumont)

BLPC611 -- Earlham Public Library (Earlham)

JMPC081 -- Madrid Public Library (Madrid)

UHPB911 -- Milo Public Library (Milo)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)