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Gr 2–5—A unique nonfiction offering that deals with human waste in a way that most other books have not. The topic of toilets could go in many directions, and this book addresses a number of them. Readers learn the biology of why people need to use a toilet, how it flushes, and where the waste end...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Clear step-by-step directions and unobstructed diagrams and cross sections outline how waste is produced by the body, disposed of through the inner workings of a toilet, sent to either a septic tank or urban sewer system, and purified. But we’ve got more than poops and pipes in this beginning reader/early nonfiction chapter book. Macaulay’s humor is evident from the cover (tiny people starring up at a giant, well, throne, cordo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In an engaging combination of text and illustration, David Macaulay provides an informative look at the complete process involved with this eponymous household fixture—from digestion and waste to sewers, septic tanks, and treatment ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More