Oh, Yikes!: History's Grossest Moments | 
 enlarge | Author: Joy Masoff
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 1717
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 308
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.5 x 0.8
MPN: 13684
ISBN: 0761136843
Dewey Decimal Number: 902.07
EAN: 9780761136842
ASIN: 0761136843
Publication Date: August 24, 2006
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Condition: item is from our store location and may have minor shelf wear or minor creases.
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Product Description
All the vile stuff kids live for! What Oh, Yuck! did for science, Oh, Yikes! does for history, from Atilla the Hun to Vomitoriums. Solid research, plus projects. Illustrated throughout with cartoons and photographs. Ages 8-12. 224 pages. 8 1/2 x 10 7/8 inches.
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 Not just for kids! August 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My eleven year old read this book out loud to me on several occasions-his favorite being what he learned about the number thirteen. Since he was born on a Friday 13th he's always been curious why it has been associated with bad luck. To his delight, thanks to this book, he learned the number 13 is actually quite lucky! But Friday, not so much. Oh well, at least he gained some great knowledge and it wasn't always so gross, just rather unusual.
I found myself glancing through this book and finding many interesting facts about things I've always wondered about. Such as diapers in the middle ages, hair styles throughout history, fashion and the lives of many queens, in particular Elizabeth I. She used a lead based face paint to achieve her 'whitish' complexion and it created such large craters on her face, by the end of her life she had to coat her face with 1/2 inch of the stuff to cover it all up. Who would of known that it would kill her.
Great book! Highly recommended not just for the kids, but for the adults as well.
 GREAT read, especially for those that don't like history January 13, 2008
This is an GREAT read, especially for those that don't like history. It has alot of fun information in an easy to read style. My children think it is even better than "Oh, Yuck: . . ." by the same author.
Another great book..... November 6, 2007
My son has OH Yuck! and also this one OH Yikes! This is a very neat book with interesting facts. He is 10 and he loves it and is always telling me really cool facts that he reads about! Great for kids!
 My seven year old doesn't like this book October 6, 2007
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
My son likes bathroom talk as much as the next kid, but he didn't like this book. He zeroed in on the basic disrespect for everything in the past and he just didn't like it. After hearing him explain that he didn't think that George Washington's wooden teeth were what he wanted to care about, I had to agree with him that the book doesn't make history appealing. People in history end up sounding stupid for not knowing things we know now. I don't want my kids to read history with that kind of arrogance.
Are you ready for this? October 1, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you are the kind of person who has ever wondered what life was like before tiolet paper was invented, why sailors like eatiing in the dark (you might be sorry that you ever asked), and what medicical care was like in the bad old days, then this is the book for you.
This is great research presented in a phenominally entertaining manner that really knows how to grab the attention of a kid! Books like this can really tear a child away from the TV or video games. It's also a great gift for the book junkie of any age who thinks he already knows everything about everything.
Great!
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