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Author Gunasekara, Mignonne, author.

Title Death by frightful food / by Mignonne Gunasekara.

Publication Info. Minneapolis, MN : Bearport Publishing, [2022]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 1st Fl Juvenile Non-Fiction  J 394.1 Gun    ---  Available
Description 31 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Series Disastrous deaths
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Welcome to the disaster zone -- Adolf Frederick of Sweden -- To die for! -- Mrs. Troffea and the dancing plague -- Fever food -- Denis Diderot -- Told you so -- Pythagoras -- He must have been joking -- Henry Purcell -- Out on a low note -- Qin Shi Huangdi -- Live forever ... or don't -- Timeline of death.
Summary "Welcome to the disaster zone where frightful foods are killer. Discover the Swedish king who killed himself by stuffing his gut, the famous philosopher who was taken down by apricots, and how the love for beans killed in ancient Greece. There's so much to explore when it comes to disastrous deaths"-- Provided by publisher.
Audience Ages 8-11 Bearport Publishing Company
Grades 4-6 Bearport Publishing Company
Subject Food -- History -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.
Food habits -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.
Biography -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.
Death -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.
Other Form: Online version: Gunasekara, Mignonne, Death by frightful food Minneapolis, MN : Bearport Publishing Company, [2022] 9781636911717 (DLC) 2020058670
ISBN 9781636911663 (library binding)

 
    
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