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Karen Ball, Katie Daynes

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Toilets, Telephones & other Useful Inventions (Hardcover)
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Canadian Top Seller 2005
An amusing and informative history of the toilet, from cavemen’s holes in the ground to Thomas Crapper’s flushing toilet. Equally interesting tales of telephones, frozen food, soccer nets, safety razors and space inventions follow…
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| Pages 10-11 | | Pages 20-21 |
  • Recommended for everyone 5 years and older
  • See this and/or other books in this series on page 50 of the Usborne Complete List 2010 catalogue.
YOUNG READING (1) SERIES
The Young Reading program is designed to encourage independent reading. Series 1: for readers who have just started reading alone.

Lively stories to encourage emergent and developing readers. Illustrated throughout in colour and including picture puzzles, these readers are available in several levels. Created in consultation with a top reading expert, these books form a collectable library of first chapter books.

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