Baffling Bathing Customs

By Anita Croy

Book Overview

Since ancient times, people have constructed elaborate rituals to keep their bodies clean. There have also been periods when bathing was rare. Baths have even served as social centers and therapy solutions. Whether it's perfume or Palmolive, scrubbing in or sea bathing, body odor or bathing in milk, people have always had opinions about cleanliness. This book illuminates the strange history of the customs and products used through accessible, fun text and vivid full-color artwork sure to draw in even the most reluctant reader.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 153822691X
• ISBN13: 9781538226919
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.4" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8