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Oh, Yikes!: History's Grossest Moments |  | Author: Joy Masoff
Creator: Terry Sirrell
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 114627
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 308
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0761136843
Dewey Decimal Number: 902.07
EAN: 9780761136842
ASIN: 0761136843
Publication Date: August 24, 2006
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Product Description
Gross is back and viler than ever! From the author of Oh, Yuck! the perennial bestseller about science with over 610,000 copies in print, comes OH, YIKES!, an illustrated encyclopedia of history’s messiest, dumbest, grossest, wackiest, and weirdest moments.
If kids think pus and gas are fun, wait until they hear the lowdown on the real Dracula, samurai, gladiators, guillotines and vomitoriums, pirates, Vikings, witch trials, and the world’s poxiest plagues. Impeccably researched, deliciously wry, and subversively educational (check out the toilet-paper timeline), OH, YIKES! covers people, events, institutions, and really bad ideas, alphabetically from April Fool’s Day to zany Zoos. Here are the Aztecs, sacrificing 250,000 people a year for the gods—and for food. Fearsome Attila the Hun, scourge of the steppes whose spinning eyes terrified his friends and whose mastery of horses terrorized his enemies (how does someone so evil die? Nosebleed!). Saur, the 11th-century dog-king of Norway (and not too bad as kings go). Henry VIII and his marital problems, the story of the Abominable Snowman and the Loch Ness Monster, why sailors in the old days preferred eating in the dark (hint: you can’t see what’s crawling in your food), and the answer to the question, “How did knights in armor go to the bathroom?”
Topped off with hundreds of illustrations and photographs along with hands-on activities that bring the past to life, OH, YIKES! puts the juice in history in a way that makes it irresistible.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 19
 Oh, Yikes! Oh, Yes!!!!! August 28, 2006
Susan H. Polos (Katonah, NY)
25 out of 25 found this review helpful
This is a book kids have been waiting for. As a school librarian, I can testify that copies of Oh, Yuck! are never on the shelf. Now there is a waiting list for Oh, Yikes! as well. Masoff writes in the most entertaining manner. She fully understands the mind of a child. Kids are so wildly amused by the subjects and the illustrations that they don't notice she's managed to include more facts than most text books. This is a wonderful book!!!!
Awesome!! August 28, 2006
M. Vitale (NY)
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
We thought nothing could top "Oh Yuck!", but my son cannot keep his nose out of this book!! It is fascinating, educational and most of all...fun and hilarious. What better way to learn??
everyone was interested January 9, 2007
Samantha Martinez (antioch, ca United States)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Of all the presents my 8 and 10 year old daughters received on christmas this was one they were looking at all day, not to mention their 60 year old grandfather who said he would have enjoyed getting this book. This book is entertaining and you actually learn some things you never knew. This book is great for all ages.
Hard to put down January 10, 2007
M. Bess
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I never thought gross thing would be so interesting. My seven year old just loves it. I have to admit I have picked it up quite as often as he. There is so much to learn. I hope another one comes out.
"Please turn to page 165 in your textbook..." June 13, 2007
Bart King (Portland, Oregon)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
If I were a middle school teacher who taught a class combining reading, history, and science, OH YIKES! would be my required text. It's written in a brisk, funny fashion, and the book is genuinely informative. (I would have liked to see a bibliography, but you can't have everything.)
Hey wait, I AM a middle school teacher! Let's see, what kind of a price can I get on a class set of OH YIKES!...
Also recommended: Oh, Yuck!
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