Eat Your Woolly Mammoths!

By James Solheim

Journey through time to discover bizarre foods from mammoths to future feasts.

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56 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Explore the culinary journey from ancient mammoth feasts to futuristic delicacies. Dive into a world where scorpions on sticks and llama salami are just the beginning. Discover the surprising history of what we eat and what we might savor in the future. Packed with fun facts and quirky illustrations, this book is a feast for curious minds and adventurous taste buds. Will you dare to try a plate of woolly mammoth or sample fresh tuna eyeballs? Embark on this delicious adventure and uncover the stories behind the world's most intriguing foods.

From the publisher

Food, glorious food!If there’s one thing that transcends time, it’s our love for food! But what did people generations ago consume? And what will we eat in the years ahead? James Solheim’s Eat Your Woolly Mammoths! serves up the stories behind the world’s most delicious, nutritious, and amazing foods–from the Stone Age to the future. For readers who love the fascinating facts that bring history to life. Let the feast begin!Would you like a plate of woolly mammoth? Or perhaps a sample of fresh tuna eyeballs? From scorpions on sticks and llama salami to oysters and chocolate chip cookies, you’ll travel through the centuries and around the world and discover the amazing foods that have been eaten–and enjoyed–throughout history.Eat Your Woolly Mammoths! explores the history of food and is full of fun, digestible facts that young historians, cooks, and scientists will gobble up. An accessible, educational, and funny text combined with laugh-out-loud illustrations make this ideal pick for independent readers and snackers everywhere. A great choice for readers who munched through Ripley’s Believe It or Not: Fun Facts and Silly Stories and the National Geographic Kids: Weird but True books.Includes sidebars, fun facts, recipes, additional resources, and more!

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