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Robinson, Tony.

Sir Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders: World War I and World War II / Tony Robinson - London : Pan Macmillan , 2015 - 320 pages; illustations; 198 cm.

Paperback

Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders: World War II was the winner of Best Book with Facts in the 2014 Blue Peter Book Awards, voted for by children. In this bind-up Sir Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly and disgusting bits about World War I and World War II. It's history, but not as we know it! Find out everything you need to know in this brilliant, action-packed, fact-filled book, including: - How to build a trench - Why dogs were such good messengers - How plastic surgery was invented - Why you needed a gas mask - Just how useful mashed potato is - How the Battle of Britain was won - What it takes to be a spy - How D-Day was kept a surprise

ISBN: 9781447284925 13.49

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1914-1918--Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945--Juvenile literature.