Pets

by Tony Robinson

In Sir Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders Pets, Sir Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly bits about pets. It's history, but not as we know it!Find out everything you ever needed to know about pets through time in this brilliant colour illustrated, action-packed, fact-filled book, The fact that the Egyptians worshipped cats and even shaved off their eyebrows to mourn them when they died- The brilliant and extremely useful jobs that animals did and still do for us in times of war- A whole array of bizarre animals through time, including medieval squirrels!- The pets who help us in everyday life- Pet fashions and fashionable petsAnd lots of other facts about the amazing pets that we spend our lives with.What are you waiting for? Let's get going . . .For more funny history facts discover the whole series!

185 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2014

About the author

Sir Tony Robinson is an English actor, comedian, amateur historian, TV presenter, author and political activist. He is known for playing "Baldrick" in the BBC television series Blackadder and for hosting Channel 4 programmes such as Time Team and The Worst Jobs in History.

Reviews

[Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a fun book written in a cheeky manner that. I'm sure appeals to kids!! I certainly enjoyed it! it also presents both sides of the testing on animals issue in a very balanced & historical way.