The Horn Book Guide

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Silverstein, Alvin , Silverstein, Virginia , Nunn, Laura Silverstein

Poop Collectors, Armpit Sniffers, and More: The Yucky Jobs Book

48 pp. | Enslow | December, 2010 | Library ISBN 978-0-7660-3316-0 $23.93

(4) 4-6 Yucky Science series. Illustrated by Gerald Kelley. A "What's Yucky?" introduction asks: "Would you take a job where you had to...wade through rivers of poop?" Each chapter then focuses on a different category of work ("Stinky Jobs," "Bloody Jobs"). The text, while occasionally reductive, is both informative and humorous ("Pig poop smells much worse than poop from horses or cattle"). Illustrations and photographs underscore the grossness. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Antonio Trujillo