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You Wouldn't Want to Be a Chicago Gangster!: Some Dangerous Characters You'd Better Avoid
Rupert Matthews, Mark Bergin
Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Incorporated, March 1, 2010)Travel back to the 1920s and plumb the depth of Chicago's criminal underworld. As an undercover cop, you'll pretend to be a gangster and infiltrate one of Chicago's most dangerous gangs.
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You Wouldn't Want to Be a 19th-century Coal Miner in England!: A Dangerous Job You'd Rather Not Have
John Malam, David Antram
Paperback (Franklin Watts, Sept. 1, 2006)The reader is a coal miner in England and learns about the hardships and occupational hazards that come with the job.
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You Wouldn't Want to Sail on a 19Th-Century Whaling Ship: Grisly Tasks You'd Rather Not Do
Peter Cook, David Antram, David Salariya
Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Sept. 1, 2004)Describes the inglorious life of a boy from Nantucket who in 1819 joins the crew of a whaling ship, including freezing trips to the Arctic, carving scrimshaw, boiling whales for oil, and sinking ships.
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You Wouldn't Want to Be a Pyramid Builder!: A Hazardous Job You'd Rather Not Have
Jacqueline Morley, David Antram
Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Sept. 1, 2013)This interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers (Ages 8-12) by making them part of the story.Invites readers to become the main character. Each book uses humorous illustrations to depict the sometimes dark and horrific side of life during important eras in history.
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You Wouldn't Want to Be an 18th-Century British Convict!: A Trip to Australia You'd Rather Not Take
Meredith Costain, David Salariya, David Antram
Paperback (Franklin Watts, Sept. 1, 2006)The reader is driven to crime as a result of unemployment and is sent to Australia, in a book that teaches how British criminals were punished during the eighteenth century.
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You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Sleep!
Jim Pipe, Mark Bergin
Paperback (Franklin Watts, Jan. 15, 2016)Most people spend a third of their life sleeping - around 25 years or more!This series takes readers (Ages 8-12) on a historical journey, examining how people coped in the past and how they developed ingenious ways to make life safer and less unpleasant. Each book features full-color cartoon-style illustrations and hilarious speech bubbles to heighten interest, making the series attractive even to reluctant readers.Like it or not, we all have to sleep. Yet sleep is also very mysterious. No one really knows why we do it. And how do we explain all those strange dreams? What scientists do understand, however, is that sleeping is essential for health and happiness. Learn about the strange sleep cycles throughout the animal kingdom, and the theories behind why people get tired or have terrifying nightmares.
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You Wouldn't Want To Be At The Boston Tea Party!
Peter Cook
Library Binding (Turtleback, Sept. 1, 2013)FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Uses humor to recount the events leading up to the colonists' defiant act against the British, describing the Boston Tea Party itself, as well as providing a brief history of the American Revolution.
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You Wouldn't Want to Be a Ninja Warrior!
John Malam, David Antram
Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Feb. 15, 2012)This lively, interactive series will enthrall young and reluctant readers by making them part of the story, inviting them to become the main character and revel in the gory, dark, horrific side of life during important eras in history.
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You Wouldn't Want to Be a Convict Sent to Australia
Meredith Costain
Paperback (Scribblers, Nov. 17, 2016)You are an 18th-century convict faced with a fate potentially worse than death: to be sent to one of the new English colonies in Australia, where you will face hardship, isolation and great danger at the razor edge of colonial enterprise. "You Wouldn't Want To Be" is a constantly-growing library of exciting titles which transport the reader to the grisliest times and places in history. The first-person narrative approach puts the reader in the shoes of some of the most unfortunate people ever to have lived. Humorous cartoon-style illustrations bring the characters to life, while informative captions explain processes or chronological events.
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You Wouldn't Want to Be Mary, Queen of Scots!: A Ruler Who Really Lost Her Head
Fiona MacDonald, David Salariya, David Antram
Library Binding (Franklin Watts, March 1, 2008)Traces the life of the Scottish queen, who came into her title at the age of one week and was eventually beheaded for plotting against her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.
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You Wouldn't Want to Sail on an Irish Famine Ship!: A Trip Across the Atlantic You'd Rather Not Make
Jim Pipe, David Antram
Paperback (Franklin Watts, March 1, 2008)Describes the potato famine that struck Ireland in the 1840s, and discusses what life was like on the ships that the Irish took to America in order to escape the famine.
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You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Electricity!
Ian Graham, Rory Walker
Paperback (Franklin Watts, Sept. 1, 2014)You might not think about it, but without electricity, our lives would be colder, darker, and much harder work.This series takes readers (Ages 8-12) on a historical journey, examining how people coped in the past and how they developed ingenious ways to make life safer and less unpleasant. Each book features full-color cartoon-style illustrations and hilarious speech bubbles to heighten interest, making the series attractive even to reluctant readers.With this book as your guide, you'll discover the wonders of this essential source, exploring everything from how electricity works, to the ingenious ways that people have controlled and used it throughout the ages.
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