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  • You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Cell Phones!

    Jim Pipe, Rory Walker

    Paperback (Franklin Watts, Sept. 1, 2014)
    What would life be like without your cell phone?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.These?mini-computers have transformed how we live, work, and play: from mobile banking to navigation, downloading music, and talking to our friends. So just how did we get by without them? This title in the fantastic new You Wouldn't Want to Live Without series explores the fascinating ways in which people coped in a phoneless world, and the inventions and discoveries they made throughout the years. With its informative timeline, helpful "You Can Do It" tips, and hilarious cartoon-style illustrations, this book will soon show you why you really wouldn't want to live without cell phones!
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  • You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Dentists!

    Fiona Macdonald, David Antram

    Paperback (Franklin Watts, Feb. 1, 2015)
    Let's face it: no one really looks forward to going to see the dentist. But have you considered the alternative?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.In past centuries, the only cure for a decayed tooth was to pull it out-without anesthetic, and with only the beating of a drum to distract you and drown out your screams.
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  • You Wouldn't Want To Live Without Math!

    Anne Rooney

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Sept. 1, 2016)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.
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  • You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Poo!

    Professor Alex Woolf

    Paperback (Salariya Book Company Ltd, Jan. 7, 2016)
    Learn the surprising truth about just how important poo really is: it keeps our bodies healthy, and can also be used to power our cars, heat our homes and help grow our crops. You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Poo! is part of a brand-new science and technology strand within the internationally acclaimed You Wouldn't Want to Be series.
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  • You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Antibiotics!

    Anne Rooney, David Antram

    eBook (The Salariya Book Company, Aug. 19, 2020)
    Many dangerous diseases are carried by bacteria – tiny organisms that can get into the body and multiply inside it. Antibiotics are medicines that kill bacteria. They can be used to cure many diseases that were deadly in the past. This book tells the story of how antibiotics were discovered, and how they have transformed the treatment of disease. You Wouldn’t Want to Live Without Antibiotics! is part of a brand-new science and technology strand within the internationally acclaimed You Wouldn’t Want to Be series. The clear, engaging text and humorous illustrations bring the subject to life and stimulate young readers' curiosity about the world around them.Specially commissioned cartoon-style illustrations in full colour make these books attractive and accessible even to reluctant readers. Information is conveyed through captions, labels and humorous speech bubbles in addition to the main text. Illustrated sidebars headed ‘How It Works’, ‘Top Tip’ or ‘You Can Do It’ supply more facts, describe simple, safe experiments, or steps that readers can take to help make the world a better place. Each volume includes a timeline and a list of ‘Did You Know?’ facts.
  • You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Toilets!

    Fiona MacDonald, David Antram

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Sept. 1, 2014)
    Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would be like to live without the toilet and describes how people managed to dispose of their waste in the past.
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  • You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Electricity!

    Ian Graham, Rory Walker

    eBook (The Salariya Book Company, Aug. 18, 2020)
    We depend on electricity in almost everything that we do. It gives us heat, light, transportation and entertainment. Electricity has always existed, but it is only in the last 200 years or so that we have learned how to make use of it. Find out what electricity does for us – and how we managed without it in the past.You Wouldn’t Want to Live Without Electricity! is part of a brand-new science and technology strand within the internationally acclaimed You Wouldn’t Want to Be series. The clear, engaging text and humorous illustrations bring the subject to life and stimulate young readers' curiosity about the world around them.Specially commissioned cartoon-style illustrations in full colour make these books attractive and accessible even to reluctant readers. Information is conveyed through captions, labels and humorous speech bubbles in addition to the main text. Illustrated sidebars headed ‘How It Works’, ‘Top Tip’ or ‘You Can Do It’ supply more facts, describe simple, safe experiments, or steps that readers can take to help make the world a better place. Each volume includes a timeline and a list of ‘Did You Know?’ facts.
  • You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Pain!

    Fiona Macdonald, David Antram

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Jan. 15, 2016)
    Imagine living in a world without pain.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.You wouldn't get headaches or stomach aches, and it wouldn't hurt when you cut yourself or touched something hot. A pain-free world may sound wonderful, but if pain did not exist, our lives would be very dangerous. We probably wouldn't survive for long. We would certainly be less healthy. And, just perhaps, we'd feel less good about ourselves. Learn about the science behind how our bodies are able to experience pain, the ways pain helps us to stay safe, and the ghastly reality of life before modern painkillers.
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  • You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Dentists!

    Fiona MacDonald, David Antram

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Feb. 1, 2015)
    What if you never had to visit the dentist?Let's face it: no one really looks forward to going to see the dentist. But have you considered the alternative? In past centuries, the only cure for a decayed tooth was to pull it out-without anesthetic, and with only the beating of a drum to distract you and drown out your screams. This book in the new You Wouldn't Want to Live Without series describes, in entertaining words and pictures, what teeth consist of, how to take care of them, what may happen if you don't-and why you should never be afraid of going to the dentist.
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  • You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Libraries!

    Fiona Macdonald, Mark Bergin

    Paperback (Franklin Watts, Sept. 1, 2018)
    Libraries are the keepers of the world's memory.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.For 5,000 years and more, libraries have been gathering and preserving writings of all kinds. They're storehouses of knowledge, and imagination, and fun. Learn about how these places and their collections of written words allow us to check our facts, find important information, share stories, beliefs and ideas, build communities, make things, and learn valuable life skills.
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  • You Wouldn't Want To Live Without Clean Water!

    Roger Canavan, David Antram

    Library Binding (Turtleback, Sept. 1, 2014)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. What would life be like if you had to do without modern inventions? How would you cope without a toilet or live without electricity? Starting from these thought-provoking questions, each title takes us on a historical journey to see how people coped in the past, and how they developed ingenious ways to make life safer and more pleasant.
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  • You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Extreme Weather!

    Roger Canavan, Mark Bergin

    Library Binding (Turtleback, Feb. 1, 2015)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Each title in this new series takes readers 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.
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