Bubblemania: A Chewy History of Bubble Gum

by Lee Wardlaw

Here's a fact-filled, funny, and informative book that contains everything kids--and grown-ups--would ever want to know about the $500 million industry that is bubble gum. From the gum the Native Americans chewed to bubble gum's role in American history and the lowdown on the newest trends and brands, Bubblemania presents a fascinating compendium of bubble gum lore.

Genres: Nonfiction, History

144 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1997

About the author

Lee Wardlaw swears that her first spoken word was 'kitty'. Since then, she's shared her life with 31 cats (not all at the same time!) and published 31 award-winning books for young readers, selling more than one million copies world wide. Her newest title is My Book of Firsts: Poems Celebrating a Baby's Milestones, illus. by Bruno Brogna and published by Red Comet Press/Abrams.

Lee's other books include Won Ton - A Cat Tale Told in Haiku, winner of the Lee Bennett Hopkins Children's Poetry Award and the Myra Cohn Livingston Poetry Award (among others); Won Ton and Chopstick, an NCTE Notable Poetry Book; and 101 Ways to Bug Your Friends and Enemies, recipient of the Forward National Literature Award for Humor.

Lee has a B.A. in Education, an AMI-Primary Diploma from the Montessori Institute of San Diego, and is finishing her M.Ed.

A former teacher, Lee continues to keep up-to-date with children, tweens, and teens by presenting frequently at schools, libraries, bookstores, and conferences. She lives in Santa Barbara, CA, with two dog-disdaining cats.

Reviews

[Sam]

Informative and (would be) interesting, if it was condensed to a quarter of the contents. Imagine yourself reading 144 pages straight of what feels like the back of a cereal box. Some of it is insightful, entertaining, stupid, clever, and all of the above, but you're sick of it well before the mid-mark and don't care to see another cereal box (or information bubble on bubble gum history)!

[Robert]

I purchased this long ago to complement my bubble unit. Yeah, it didn't ever really fit in. This is all about bubble gum bubbles. I am sure those who are into that enjoy this. For me, I wasn't interested so it was only all right.

[Shelby]

The history of all things sticky and pink! This engaging book is full of trivia and historical illustrations to really get you involved in the bubblegum wars! This is a great book for promoting nonfiction

[Taylor Pettie]

This is a entertaining and informative book that contains everything kids would ever want to know about the rich industry of bubble gum! I think students would be very interested in reading this book as I was!

[Kendall]

VERY neat book about the history of bubblegum, how it's made, who invented it, flavoring, advertising, production, and more! I really liked it!

[Natalie]

I got this book at a book fair when I was in elementary school and read it. It's interesting. It tells you everything you could ever want to know about bubblegum.