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I Feel Better with a Frog in My Throat: History's Strangest Cures
48 pp.
| Houghton |
October, 2010 |
TradeISBN 978-0-547-22570-8$17.99
(3)
K-3
Tongue-in-cheek warnings to readers ("Some cures in this book are gross") set the tone for this look at long-ago remedies for eight common complaints (cough, fever, etc.). For each, an introductory page presents three potential cures, challenging readers to decide which was real; a page turn reveals the answer. Understated caricature illustrations reflect the volume's humor. Bib.