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Publisher

Franklin Watts

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

A light-hearted introduction to the life and training of a Roman gladiator.

2) You wouldn't want to be a slave in ancient Greece!: a life you'd rather not have

Author

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

[2000]

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

A light-hearted look at the lives of slaves in ancient Greece.

3) You wouldn't want to be a Viking explorer!: voyages you'd rather not make

Author

Langley, Andrew

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

[2000]

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

A light-hearted look at the life of a young Viking explorer, from dangers at sea to dangers settling new land.

4) You wouldn't want to be an Egyptian mummy!: disgusting things you'd rather not know

Author

Stewart, David Evelyn

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

2000.

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

A light-hearted approach to the process of mummification in ancient Egypt.

5) You wouldn't want to be an Aztec sacrifice!: gruesome things you'd rather not know

Author

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

2001.

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations, map ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

A humorous and gory look at the ancient Aztec tradition of sacrificing enemy warriors to the gods.

6) You wouldn't want to sail on the Titanic!: one voyage you'd rather not make

Author

Stewart, David

Series

Language

English

Description

Offers a humorous but factual look at the ill-fated voyage of the R.M.S. Titanic.

7) You wouldn't want to be an American pioneer!: a wilderness you'd rather not tame

Author

Morley, Jacqueline

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Language

English

Description

A light-hearted look at some of the difficulties faced by the pioneers who traveled by wagon train across the United States to settle in the West.

8) You wouldn't want to be sick in the 16th century!: diseases you'd rather not catch

Author

Senior, Kathryn

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

[2002]

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

A humorous look at the state of illness and medicine in medieval Europe.

9) You wouldn't want to be in a medieval dungeon!: prisoners you'd rather not meet

Author

Series

Language

English

Description

Describes what life was like in medieval dungeons during the late fifteenth century in England, as seen through the eyes of the jailer.

10) You wouldn't want to be on Apollo 13!: a mission you'd rather not go on

Author

Graham, Ian

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

2003.

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

Describes what it was like to be an astronaut on the "unlucky" 1970 Apollo 13 mission to the moon.

11) You wouldn't want to be a Greek athlete!: races you'd rather not run

Author

Ford, Michael

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

2004.

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Language

English

12) You wouldn't want to be a mammoth hunter!: dangerous beasts you'd rather not encounter

Author

Malam, John

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

2004.

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 25 cm.

Language

English

13) You wouldn't want to be a crusader!: a war you'd rather not fight

Author

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

2005.

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe the life and duties of a young Christian knight.

14) You wouldn't want to be in Alexander the Great's army!: miles you'd rather not march

Author

Morley, Jacqueline

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

2005.

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 25 cm.

Language

English

15) You wouldn't want to sail on the Mayflower!: a trip that took entirely too long

Author

Cook, Peter

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

2005.

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 25 cm.

Language

English

16) You wouldn't want to be at the Boston Tea Party!: wharf water tea you'd rather not drink

Author

Cook, Peter

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

2006.

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.

Language

English

17) You wouldn't want to travel with Captain Cook!: a voyage you'd rather not make

Author

Bergin, Mark

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

[2006]

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.

Language

English

18) You wouldn't want to be a 19th-century coal miner in England!: a dangerous job you'd rather not have

Author

Malam, John

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

2007.

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Language

English

19) You wouldn't want to be an 18th-century British convict!: a trip to Australia you'd rather not take

Author

Costain, Meredith

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

2007.

Physical Desc

32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 25 cm.

Language

English

Description

A humorous account of how a British thief would have been punished in the eighteenth century by being sent to Australia in 1785.

20) You wouldn't want to be Cleopatra!: an Egyptian ruler you'd rather not be

Author

Pipe, Jim

Series