How They Croaked by Georgia Bragg

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Kids, and especially middle-schoolers, will flock to check out this book about how famous historical figures lived and died before modern medical care was available. All the gory details are included about the illnesses and medical care of nineteen well-known world figures. This book is irreverent and informative while containing some wonderful bits of trivia that will have children unable to put this book down.



Trivia Book

-include accounts of strange and bizarre occurrences

-broken up into quick and pithy short chapters

-full of fun facts and trivia

-offers fun choices for quick browsing, reading aloud, and spontaneous sharing

-morose topic lures in struggling readers

Bragg, G. (2011). How they croaked: The awful ends of the awfully famous. NY: Walker.


-Ms. J