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50 Underwear Questions: A Bare-All History
Most of us take our underwear for granted, but throughout history our undies have revealed a lot about who we are (king or peasant), how we work (in fields or factories) or the shapes we value (manly calves or tiny waists). The third book in Annick’s 50 Questions series tackles questions such as “What’s that smell?” (Medieval Europeans thought bathing made you sick) and “Did boxers arrive in the Nick of time?” (When blue jean model Nick Kamen stepped out of his denims to reveal his boxers, sales of the underwear soared.) Underwear has played a role in ancient crusades, city sieges and even modern economic predictions. Obviously, it’s time to uncover the facts about everything from loincloths and T-shirts to bloomers and lingerie. Young readers will laugh their pants off at the accompanying cartoons and get the bare, but fascinating, facts about the history of our unmentionables.
120 pages, Hardcover
First published July 7, 2011
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Tanya Lloyd Kyi
108 books84 followersTanya writes both fiction and non-fiction, often choosing topics related to science, pop culture, or social history—or a combination of the three. She enjoys combining factual research with intriguing narratives, or the life stories of interesting folks.
In her spare time, Tanya likes to run, bake, and read. Her favourite meal is breakfast, her favourite color is blue, and her favourite children’s book is A Wrinkle in Time.
Tanya grew up in Creston, B.C., and now lives in Vancouver with her husband, who claims to be the world's only Burmese occupational therapist. She balances writing time with parenthood, caring for her daughter Julia and her son Matthew.
In her spare time, Tanya likes to run, bake, and read. Her favourite meal is breakfast, her favourite color is blue, and her favourite children’s book is A Wrinkle in Time.
Tanya grew up in Creston, B.C., and now lives in Vancouver with her husband, who claims to be the world's only Burmese occupational therapist. She balances writing time with parenthood, caring for her daughter Julia and her son Matthew.
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February 3, 2012
Reason for Reading: I love social history and I thought the history of this topic geared towards children could prove to be quite funny.
A very colourful book written on blue pages which have the appearance of fabric. This is a bright bold, attractive book that grabs your attention right away; the artwork is cartoonish and silly, some characters even felt a bit Simpsons-ish too me. The information is highly interesting and unless you read a wide variety of historical fiction through all time eras, you are going to learn something here. The book starts off with Adam & Eve and the proverbial fig leaf and Stone Age Men then goes forward through time reaching modern day boxer briefs and thongs. To really enjoy the history and the humour of the history the reader must be mature enough to not be continuously giggling at the words "breast", "genitals", "private parts" and "family jewels". Otherwise there will be just too much giggling to appreciate the books secret information that we've always wondered but never had anyone to ask before. The pictures are clean, there is no nudity or copious amounts of flesh. The book is family friendly as long as you don't mind seeing people in their underwear and remember, back in the day underwear was more modest than modern day's outerwear! A really fun book that's sure to add not only laughter but real insight into past generations and what they thought of and used underwear for compared to modern society. A great read for anyone interested in "how did they live back then?".
A very colourful book written on blue pages which have the appearance of fabric. This is a bright bold, attractive book that grabs your attention right away; the artwork is cartoonish and silly, some characters even felt a bit Simpsons-ish too me. The information is highly interesting and unless you read a wide variety of historical fiction through all time eras, you are going to learn something here. The book starts off with Adam & Eve and the proverbial fig leaf and Stone Age Men then goes forward through time reaching modern day boxer briefs and thongs. To really enjoy the history and the humour of the history the reader must be mature enough to not be continuously giggling at the words "breast", "genitals", "private parts" and "family jewels". Otherwise there will be just too much giggling to appreciate the books secret information that we've always wondered but never had anyone to ask before. The pictures are clean, there is no nudity or copious amounts of flesh. The book is family friendly as long as you don't mind seeing people in their underwear and remember, back in the day underwear was more modest than modern day's outerwear! A really fun book that's sure to add not only laughter but real insight into past generations and what they thought of and used underwear for compared to modern society. A great read for anyone interested in "how did they live back then?".
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March 2, 2012Ever wondered about underwear and its history? Well now you don’t have to with this book. 50 Underwear Questions gives the history of underwear and has some very interesting facts.
One thing I really loved was that there were some neat little fact boxes in great illustrations. I was always entertained by them. The facts were really interesting too.
The whole book has illustrations that I really enjoyed. A lot of the time I am pretty good at ignoring illustrations in books but these ones stood out to me.
50 Underwear Questions is quite short but it is full of information. I feel as though I’m going to tell everyone I know a lot of the things I’ve learnt from this book.
Tanya Lloyd Kyi delivers the history of underwear in a fascinating and often humorous way. If you’ve ever been curious about the history of underwear then I definitely recommend this one.
One thing I really loved was that there were some neat little fact boxes in great illustrations. I was always entertained by them. The facts were really interesting too.
The whole book has illustrations that I really enjoyed. A lot of the time I am pretty good at ignoring illustrations in books but these ones stood out to me.
50 Underwear Questions is quite short but it is full of information. I feel as though I’m going to tell everyone I know a lot of the things I’ve learnt from this book.
Tanya Lloyd Kyi delivers the history of underwear in a fascinating and often humorous way. If you’ve ever been curious about the history of underwear then I definitely recommend this one.
April 4, 2013
This book was awesome! I liked the pictures because they were funny and they made funny comments about the topic. It was also cool to learn about how underwear changed over time. It also had cool facts. For example: Did you know that people back than bathed only once a month? Gross. This book was really good>
January 25, 2013
I really liked this book because the information is funny and kind of good to know for future progects.For excample if you were to do a progect on an inventor mabye he or she invenid under-ware.I also like the pictures because they are really funny.
April 6, 2012
Although the style of its cover illustration did not appeal to me at all, I spontaneusly requested a review copy of 50 Underwear Questions: A Bare-All History as soon as I my eyes fell on the title, because since I paged through a wonderful children’s book about the history of underwear in a British bookshop about 15 years ago and forgot to write down the bibliographic data, I am on the lookout for a title that is equally informative, well written and illustrated.
I have to admit that about the only history book I occasionally consult for the sheer fun of it in the library is “This History of Private Life” by Philippe Ariès. I should update my brain with facts and figueres on a much larger scale, because before I entered university all I did during history lessons was doodling on my margins - for which I do blame my teachers, because they were that boring -, but what interests me more concerning the people of the past is how they worked and behaved, with which means they endured or enhanced their private little or grand lives. Therefore about the only thing I remember from the the lessons on the French Revolution is that there were no toilets and only a few bathtubs in Versailles. The Roccoco ladies used to fectate just were they stood. And when they moved on to talk to another friend and swept their large hoopskirts with them, a servant took care of the evidence of genteel digestion.
I think you cannot know enough tidbits concerning the hygienic horrors of the past. Lately I visited a restored townhouse that belonged to a wealthy clothier. And although it matched the accumulated information on 18th-century hygiene I was appalled to hear that the water-filled washing-bowl in the parlor was meant to be visited after partaking of the meal in the dining room – because eating with your fingers certainly made your fingers sticky. Among all the curious hygienic and non-hygienic things our ancestors did and owned underwear belongs to the category that is at the same time the most tangible and the most questionable – why do we use underwear anyway?I do not seem to be the only one to think that way, for books on underwear history are plenty and for readers of all ages. 50 Underwear Questions is one of the newest attempts to bring “light” into that dark corner.
Although the title gives the impression that 50 Underwear Questions can be consulted ramdomly when a certain underwear-related question question turns up and begs to be answered, I think it is best to read it from cover to cover, because apart from some side-tracking to other cultures it is structured chronologically. It starts with several variations of the loincloth and ends with the Aussiebum Wonderjock.
Although I enjoyed some nice anecdotes about rulers like Isabella of Spain, who refused to change her underwear before the war was won, and although I really learned a lot reading these 100 plus pages, i.e. about the origin of the word jock (C.F. Bennett’s jockey strap, invented to cushion professional bikers’ testicles from being bruised by racing across the cobble-stoned streets) and the expression Long Johns (Boxer John L. Sullivan long, white leggins instead of knee-lenths drawers), about the glorious success of the Kenosha Klosed Krotch union suit, which had a diagonal opening instead of the difficult-to-operate bottom flap, and about the influence sports, war (American women were asked to stop buying corsets in 1917 in order to save the metal - 31,000 tons that year – for battleships) or celebrities (James Dean stripped down to his white half-arm undershirts in front of the cameras and Nick Kamen wore white boxers out of modesty reasons in a 1985-Levi’s commercial) had on the evolution of trends, I sorely missed the descriptive illustrations to go with the texts.
50 Underwear Questions is not a picture book. It has background illustrations in the form of washing-line photos which are mixed in an interesting way with cartoonish characters that are meant to make the reader laugh, but – with the exception of the crinoline - I had to either engage in futile brain acrobatics or in internet picture searches in order to get an idea of how the Japanese fundoshi, the French cache-sexe, the Roman subligaculum, a farthingale, a codpiece, a pannier, a shift, a bloomer suit, or the Alps iceman’s loincloth was hung or wrapped. That is a large minus in my point of view. A book encompassing only 30 pages without explanations would not optimal either, but this almost text-only version is though quite ressourceful, but lacking in the most essential department.
Therefore I guess that somewhere out there is a better underwear book for children around. I just haven’t found it yet.
Thank you, Netgalley and Annick Press, for providing me with an hour of educational fun.
I have to admit that about the only history book I occasionally consult for the sheer fun of it in the library is “This History of Private Life” by Philippe Ariès. I should update my brain with facts and figueres on a much larger scale, because before I entered university all I did during history lessons was doodling on my margins - for which I do blame my teachers, because they were that boring -, but what interests me more concerning the people of the past is how they worked and behaved, with which means they endured or enhanced their private little or grand lives. Therefore about the only thing I remember from the the lessons on the French Revolution is that there were no toilets and only a few bathtubs in Versailles. The Roccoco ladies used to fectate just were they stood. And when they moved on to talk to another friend and swept their large hoopskirts with them, a servant took care of the evidence of genteel digestion.
I think you cannot know enough tidbits concerning the hygienic horrors of the past. Lately I visited a restored townhouse that belonged to a wealthy clothier. And although it matched the accumulated information on 18th-century hygiene I was appalled to hear that the water-filled washing-bowl in the parlor was meant to be visited after partaking of the meal in the dining room – because eating with your fingers certainly made your fingers sticky. Among all the curious hygienic and non-hygienic things our ancestors did and owned underwear belongs to the category that is at the same time the most tangible and the most questionable – why do we use underwear anyway?I do not seem to be the only one to think that way, for books on underwear history are plenty and for readers of all ages. 50 Underwear Questions is one of the newest attempts to bring “light” into that dark corner.
Although the title gives the impression that 50 Underwear Questions can be consulted ramdomly when a certain underwear-related question question turns up and begs to be answered, I think it is best to read it from cover to cover, because apart from some side-tracking to other cultures it is structured chronologically. It starts with several variations of the loincloth and ends with the Aussiebum Wonderjock.
Although I enjoyed some nice anecdotes about rulers like Isabella of Spain, who refused to change her underwear before the war was won, and although I really learned a lot reading these 100 plus pages, i.e. about the origin of the word jock (C.F. Bennett’s jockey strap, invented to cushion professional bikers’ testicles from being bruised by racing across the cobble-stoned streets) and the expression Long Johns (Boxer John L. Sullivan long, white leggins instead of knee-lenths drawers), about the glorious success of the Kenosha Klosed Krotch union suit, which had a diagonal opening instead of the difficult-to-operate bottom flap, and about the influence sports, war (American women were asked to stop buying corsets in 1917 in order to save the metal - 31,000 tons that year – for battleships) or celebrities (James Dean stripped down to his white half-arm undershirts in front of the cameras and Nick Kamen wore white boxers out of modesty reasons in a 1985-Levi’s commercial) had on the evolution of trends, I sorely missed the descriptive illustrations to go with the texts.
50 Underwear Questions is not a picture book. It has background illustrations in the form of washing-line photos which are mixed in an interesting way with cartoonish characters that are meant to make the reader laugh, but – with the exception of the crinoline - I had to either engage in futile brain acrobatics or in internet picture searches in order to get an idea of how the Japanese fundoshi, the French cache-sexe, the Roman subligaculum, a farthingale, a codpiece, a pannier, a shift, a bloomer suit, or the Alps iceman’s loincloth was hung or wrapped. That is a large minus in my point of view. A book encompassing only 30 pages without explanations would not optimal either, but this almost text-only version is though quite ressourceful, but lacking in the most essential department.
Therefore I guess that somewhere out there is a better underwear book for children around. I just haven’t found it yet.
Thank you, Netgalley and Annick Press, for providing me with an hour of educational fun.
August 7, 2020
Fun read about the history of underwear. I wish it wasn't cataloged as non fiction- it would do much better in JF .
December 23, 2011
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This was a cool history book. I'm not quite sure who the audience would be, but I sure enjoyed it. Kyi traces the history of underwear, from prehistoric to modern day underwear and styles. Readers learn how religion, nobility,pop culture, war, wealth, and access to new materials affected styles and the underwear beneath.
*In the 1520s men wore pads under their hose to emulate Henry VIII calves.
*European countries passed laws to prevent the lower classes from embroidering their clothes like the upper classes did.
*Corsets were invented when women tried to emulate Catherine De'Medici's 33 inch waist.
*Why in the world were hoop skirts invented? To better show off the expensive fabrics used in the dress. *Metal cages like farthingales or panniers required specially made furniture, learning a new way to sit down without flashing the crowd, and occasionally being too wide to pass through a doorway. (one also had to be careful when passing fireplaces, dresses did occasionally catch on fire.)
*Even in the 1940s researchers advocated the use of girdles as it was believed that women were "scientifically less able than men to stand upright, so they required the extra support of a foundation garment."
*During the Vietnam War, some soldiers found the jungle too hot and humid for underwear. The term "going commando" was very literal.
50 Underwear Questions is a neat look at a different aspect of history. I got caught up in the history and culture that affected not only the way we dress and the types of lives we lead (I mostly mean women). Kinnaird's humorous illustrations work well with the book's layered format. Along with the main text and pictures, Kyi has included extra trivia and notes in the margins and in little tags called "Private Parts". There is even the occasional "experiment" you can try at home, like using string and a hula hop to better appreciate the difficulties of simply sitting down in a hoop skirt. While a strangely great book, it's probably best for older kids as younger readers might not be able to stop giggling or fully understand the social and historical implications Kyi talks about.
My favorite part:
When women first started wearing pants Kyi likened the uproar to the equivalent of lingerie models suddenly popping off the page of a magazine and skipping through downtown. She took a rather sarcastic stance when writing about some of the social implications that wearing pants brought up:
"If women are willing to wear their underwear in public or appear in divided pants like me, what else might they do?
What if women are so influenced by wearing bloomers that they start thinking and speaking like men?
What if women start drinking in pubs and leave their babies to be cared for by their husbands?
What if thees newfangled bloomers completely destroy decent American society?"
Verdict:
50 Underwear Questions is a deceptive read. You think you're going to get something cutesy on bloomers vs. the Wonder Bra and you actually get an entertaining book on history, society, pop culture, and how it all affected what you wear underneath. I'm not really sure who the audience, but if you enjoyed the Horrible Histories or you're a trivia geek like me, you might enjoy it. It's a little something different but fun, take a look at it next time you're at the library.
Read full review HERE
This was a cool history book. I'm not quite sure who the audience would be, but I sure enjoyed it. Kyi traces the history of underwear, from prehistoric to modern day underwear and styles. Readers learn how religion, nobility,pop culture, war, wealth, and access to new materials affected styles and the underwear beneath.
*In the 1520s men wore pads under their hose to emulate Henry VIII calves.
*European countries passed laws to prevent the lower classes from embroidering their clothes like the upper classes did.
*Corsets were invented when women tried to emulate Catherine De'Medici's 33 inch waist.
*Why in the world were hoop skirts invented? To better show off the expensive fabrics used in the dress. *Metal cages like farthingales or panniers required specially made furniture, learning a new way to sit down without flashing the crowd, and occasionally being too wide to pass through a doorway. (one also had to be careful when passing fireplaces, dresses did occasionally catch on fire.)
*Even in the 1940s researchers advocated the use of girdles as it was believed that women were "scientifically less able than men to stand upright, so they required the extra support of a foundation garment."
*During the Vietnam War, some soldiers found the jungle too hot and humid for underwear. The term "going commando" was very literal.
50 Underwear Questions is a neat look at a different aspect of history. I got caught up in the history and culture that affected not only the way we dress and the types of lives we lead (I mostly mean women). Kinnaird's humorous illustrations work well with the book's layered format. Along with the main text and pictures, Kyi has included extra trivia and notes in the margins and in little tags called "Private Parts". There is even the occasional "experiment" you can try at home, like using string and a hula hop to better appreciate the difficulties of simply sitting down in a hoop skirt. While a strangely great book, it's probably best for older kids as younger readers might not be able to stop giggling or fully understand the social and historical implications Kyi talks about.
My favorite part:
When women first started wearing pants Kyi likened the uproar to the equivalent of lingerie models suddenly popping off the page of a magazine and skipping through downtown. She took a rather sarcastic stance when writing about some of the social implications that wearing pants brought up:
"If women are willing to wear their underwear in public or appear in divided pants like me, what else might they do?
What if women are so influenced by wearing bloomers that they start thinking and speaking like men?
What if women start drinking in pubs and leave their babies to be cared for by their husbands?
What if thees newfangled bloomers completely destroy decent American society?"
Verdict:
50 Underwear Questions is a deceptive read. You think you're going to get something cutesy on bloomers vs. the Wonder Bra and you actually get an entertaining book on history, society, pop culture, and how it all affected what you wear underneath. I'm not really sure who the audience, but if you enjoyed the Horrible Histories or you're a trivia geek like me, you might enjoy it. It's a little something different but fun, take a look at it next time you're at the library.
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October 11, 2011
Picking up a book about underwear may not sound interesting but I couldn't help but wonder what it was about. This galley was amazing. I never really thought about underwear prior to this book but I realize it has more significance than I ever gave it.
50 Underwear Questions follows the history of underwear through 50 questions. I didn't notice the questions much but I appreciated the information. The book was colorfully illustrated with fun pictures. The subject matter might get a little uncomfortable but Tanya Llyod Ki had an easy way of making it delightful.
I can't say much about this because it is non-fiction and the format is choppy (in a good way) but I do feel differently about the subject. Who knew that underwear had such an influence on fashion, history, politics.
Pick up this book for a good time. Easy for most ages with lots of explanations.
50 Underwear Questions follows the history of underwear through 50 questions. I didn't notice the questions much but I appreciated the information. The book was colorfully illustrated with fun pictures. The subject matter might get a little uncomfortable but Tanya Llyod Ki had an easy way of making it delightful.
I can't say much about this because it is non-fiction and the format is choppy (in a good way) but I do feel differently about the subject. Who knew that underwear had such an influence on fashion, history, politics.
Pick up this book for a good time. Easy for most ages with lots of explanations.
January 31, 2012
Did you know that in the 1500's noblemen wore pads under their tights to enhance their calves? They wanted to look like King Henry VIII who was known for his way with women. Imagine if you couldn't fit through a doorway because your underwear was too wide. Women in the 1740's had hinges on the wooden or metal frames they wore under their skirts. That way they could lift the structures up under their armpits and squeeze through doorways. 50 Underwear Questions presents a brief history of the world by discussing, you guessed it...underwear. Everything from missionaries to women's liberation to globalization is covered, all through the lens of underwear. The author even gives activities like making your own hoop skirt or tying a loin cloth from your grandmother's shaw. This book is bound to get laughs while teaching the reader a thing or two. It's amazing what we do for fashion!
March 12, 2012
The history of underwear for children, useful for ages 7 – 11 depending on the child, of course. Underwear isn't a subject you can find much source material on, especially for this age range, so this is a welcome addition to books on costume even if it does have a jokey approach and cartoon illustrations that are more about appeal than accuracy. It offers a pretty good outline of different types of underwear for men and women through the ages. There was one glaring omission in women's body shapes/corsetry. The timeline jumped from 18th century panniers to 19th century Victorian hooped skirts and completely missed out the more relaxed Regency styles and shapes, which was a short but important fashion period. That apart it seemed to cover most points from loin-cloths via jockstraps to boxers and from corsets via bloomers to thongs.
October 23, 2013
Genre: Non-Fiction
What a FUN book! This text anticipates children's questions about where underwear came from, what underwear looked like around the world during different time periods, how certain styles came to be, and what materials the underwear is made from. The text presents each question on top of a graphic of underwear hanging on a clothesline, but the rest of the pictures are cartoons. The colorful drawings mixed with the playful writing style of the author makes this text an easy and fun read for kids and adults. The text features allow the reader to easily navigate through the text if they are not interested in reading cover to cover, but the chapters are organized so reading it that way is simple. This is a great text for any reluctant reader or for those kids who need shorter texts to read until they build stamina.
What a FUN book! This text anticipates children's questions about where underwear came from, what underwear looked like around the world during different time periods, how certain styles came to be, and what materials the underwear is made from. The text presents each question on top of a graphic of underwear hanging on a clothesline, but the rest of the pictures are cartoons. The colorful drawings mixed with the playful writing style of the author makes this text an easy and fun read for kids and adults. The text features allow the reader to easily navigate through the text if they are not interested in reading cover to cover, but the chapters are organized so reading it that way is simple. This is a great text for any reluctant reader or for those kids who need shorter texts to read until they build stamina.
October 10, 2011
50 Underwear Questions by Tanya Lloyd Kyl
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What a fun book! Imagine an entire book about underwear. Yes, underwear. I can't say I've ever really thought much about underwear. I see now that was a mistake. Even the cavemen thought about underwear, if only to protect their more sensative parts. I was amazed to learn about all the different styles of underwear throughout the ages. The illustrations in this book were spectacular. I laughed out loud while reading and looking at the pictures. I particulally enjoyed the small little tidbits listed in the box on the side of each page. I recommend this book to anyone with an interest in the history of clothing, and anyone who just wants a good laugh!
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What a fun book! Imagine an entire book about underwear. Yes, underwear. I can't say I've ever really thought much about underwear. I see now that was a mistake. Even the cavemen thought about underwear, if only to protect their more sensative parts. I was amazed to learn about all the different styles of underwear throughout the ages. The illustrations in this book were spectacular. I laughed out loud while reading and looking at the pictures. I particulally enjoyed the small little tidbits listed in the box on the side of each page. I recommend this book to anyone with an interest in the history of clothing, and anyone who just wants a good laugh!
October 20, 2012
The development and extinction of both men's and women's underwear is followed through time with a nod to events in history and how they relate to underwear. From loincloths to bloomers, superheroes to laws this book answers all of the readers questions about underwear.
Cartoon style illustrations accompany a multitude of interesting facts about a strangely fascinating subject. This well organized book is easy to read and provides a bibliography and books for further reading.
Recommended: 8 -12 years
Subject/Theme: underwear, history
Curriculum: history
Awards: OLA Silver Birch nominee 2013
Series: 50 Questions series
Cartoon style illustrations accompany a multitude of interesting facts about a strangely fascinating subject. This well organized book is easy to read and provides a bibliography and books for further reading.
Recommended: 8 -12 years
Subject/Theme: underwear, history
Curriculum: history
Awards: OLA Silver Birch nominee 2013
Series: 50 Questions series
March 25, 2014
Great book on the history of undergarments, stripping the myth away while giving a body of evidence in the origins and importance of underwear in society. It was most often created for practical reasons, but has frequently become fashion statement, driven for or by social and personal definition. You'll learn where the term jock came from (it has to do with Boston bike couriers...), how vitally important the suffragette Elizabeth Cady Stanton was to a women's freedom to wear pants, which innovations created today's large underwear corporations, modern and ancient trends - and so much more. You'll never think of this topic in the same light again!
February 4, 2012
To learn that man has been wearing under clothing for eons.. is an unstated fact of history. I never knew what lay beneath a mummy's wraps.. but, now.. I do! To have the history behind the Ice Man.. WOW!! How underwear were the ONLY clean item worn in the middle ages.. well.. that one.. just boggled my mind! This is the type of "fact book" that as a parent.. I would place it in the boy's "reading room"! I love that it teaches children about history from a perspective that is somewhat "taboo".. naturally.. making it one that kids will want to read and learn!
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December 23, 2011I’ve gotta say, 50 Underwear Questions delivers in a big way. Awesome illustrations, humor-clad history and fun underwear facts—what else could one want?! The illustrated asides are at least as awesome as the main text. Not sure it would hold the attention of the younger set—but it definitely held mine. ☺
arc provided by publisher
arc provided by publisher
February 7, 2013
I really enjoyed the funny pictures because most of them involved people in their underwear. I think talking about the evolution of underwear was hilarious and intersting but sometimes I kind of got lost in all the talk about underwaer and was bored. Other then that one thing I really enjoyed this book!
April 4, 2013
I did not really like this book because the facts are interesting but it just draged on about one thing. I did like a little bit of the book and that is why i gave it 3 stars instead of 2. One of the facts i did like was how underwear changed over time, the fact I thought was boring about the hoops that just dragged on. It was an okay book
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September 28, 2011
Not sure what I was expecting... I thought perhaps a funny book my son would like. Not sure this is for him but parts were funny.
If you are looking for information about the history of underwear and crazy, funny facts about underwear than this might be for you.
Maybe 2.5 Stars?
If you are looking for information about the history of underwear and crazy, funny facts about underwear than this might be for you.
Maybe 2.5 Stars?
March 30, 2012
I have to say this was an interesting read. Being that I enjoy history, I knew about a lot...
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January 23, 2013
It's an awesome book. I love how each page is focused around a question at the top of the page and it has just the right amount of silliness. I liked learning about corsets and how they've changed over the years.
January 24, 2013
this book was not bad but i really like the pictures they were funny. you learn pretty cool stuff like when underwear was invented... it was cool. there are alot of funny underwears... like the old looking ones and icwill remember the pictures
January 31, 2013
I loved the book. It was easily the funniest book I ever read. It was soooooo funny.I also liked all hthe funny cartoons and speech bubbles. Have to give it a 4/5 but i would of gave it 5/5 if there was more in the book. There was alot but i wish i cuold read more.
March 7, 2013
I think it was wierd to learn about underwear from long ago and the most surprising part was somthing that popped out at me.It was somthing about a war and the princess at the time said to her husband im not going to change my underwear untill this battle is over pg 22
August 13, 2013
Great little read, ebook from the library.
Fascinating progression of underwear throughout history and its relevancy to society, even economic indicators! Society is WEIRD and silly, just like our underwear :-)
Fascinating progression of underwear throughout history and its relevancy to society, even economic indicators! Society is WEIRD and silly, just like our underwear :-)
October 17, 2011
Net galley early read, Funny informative book for older elementary kids about the history of underwear, men's and women's...
November 19, 2012
A humorous and entertaining history of the development and invention of underwear. More us going on underneath than you think!
March 18, 2013
looks like a good and funny book to read
September 9, 2018
If I have to sum it up in a few words, this is what I would say - Fact filled, fun for kids book! If ever there is a time you want to learn more about the how and why and when of underwear, this is the book for you. Considering this is underwear, the book has its moments, but they are all ones you can smile about. And certainly learn a lot more than you ever thought you would, and the book will surprise you too. Plus, the illustrations tell a story all their own...
disclaimer: thanks to NetGalley for the ARC of the book. These opinions are my honest opinions of the book and not impacted by anyone else.
disclaimer: thanks to NetGalley for the ARC of the book. These opinions are my honest opinions of the book and not impacted by anyone else.
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