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The Great Stink : how Joseph Bazalgette solved London's poop pollution problem / Colleen Paeff ; illustrated by Nancy Carpenter.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Publisher: New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2021Description: 32 pages cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • Juvenile
ISBN:
  • 9781534449299
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: The great stinkDDC classification:
  • 628/.2092 B 23
  • 628/.2092 B
LOC classification:
  • TD564.L8 P344 2021
Summary: "This funny and informative picture book tells the story of Joseph Bazalgette, a 19th century engineer who designed London's first comprehensive sewage system. In doing so, he saved thousands of lives from cholera outbreaks that regularly plagued the city. This STEM-focused story provides a window into the past and shows how one invention went on to affect generations to come-and teaches kids how they can prevent pollution in their own neighborhoods today"--. Provided by publisher.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Books John Tomay Memorial Library Early J 628.2 PAE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31030100271410

new k 2022 spring.

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"This funny and informative picture book tells the story of Joseph Bazalgette, a 19th century engineer who designed London's first comprehensive sewage system. In doing so, he saved thousands of lives from cholera outbreaks that regularly plagued the city. This STEM-focused story provides a window into the past and shows how one invention went on to affect generations to come-and teaches kids how they can prevent pollution in their own neighborhoods today"--. Provided by publisher.

Ages 4-8.

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