A Stinky History of Toilets
Flush with Fun Facts and Disgusting Discoveries

Name: A Stinky History of Toilets
Brand: Macmillan Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Olivia Meikle
ISBN: 9781250329226

Author: Olivia Meikle, Katie Nelson, Neon Squid

Series: Wacky Histories

Narrator: Sura Siu

Unabridged: 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Macmillan Young Listeners

Published: 03/05/2024

Categories: Children's Nonfiction, History, Humor, Social Science, Customs, Traditions, Anthropology, Technology, Inventions

Synopsis

This audiobook features music and special effects. Listen along and enjoy the fun that is A Stinky History of Toilets.

You sit on it every day, but how much do you really know about your toilet? Discover the history of pooping and peeing in this frankly disgusting nonfiction audiobook.

Authors Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle have scoured the toilet bowls and sewers of the world to find out how humans have done their business throughout history. It’s time to get to the bottom of toilets! Prepare to be revolted by:

• A fossilized Viking turd discovered by archaeologists
• The Mongol catapult used to fling smelly poop at their enemies
• The reason ancient Romans used pee to wash their clothes

Filled with poop facts and vomit-inducing stats, you will also learn how diseases like cholera spread through bad sanitation, why some of the earliest toilets had a tendency to explode, and how medieval kings and queens had special helpers to wipe their bums.

It’s a history book like no other!

A Macmillan Audio production from Neon Squid.

About Olivia Meikle

Katie Nelson and Olivia Meikle are sisters who host the women's history podcast What'sHerName, which shines a light on amazing women often unfairly overlooked in history. Katie has a PhD in History from the University of Warwick, UK, and teaches at Weber State University. Olivia teaches Women's Studies and English at the University of Denver and Naropa University.

About Katie Nelson

About Ella Kasperowicz

Ella Kasperowicz, AKA Ellastrated, is a UK-based illustrator. She creates playful, relatable and modern information illustrations inspired by travel, mental health, and friendship.

About Neon Squid

Neon Squid creates beautiful nonfiction books for inquisitive kids (and kids at heart). We believe the most amazing stories are real ones, so our books are for children who want to decipher ancient scrolls, orbit distant stars, and dive into the deepest oceans. Our books are a labor of love—written by experts, illustrated by the best artists around, and produced using the finest materials, including sustainably sourced paper. We hope that by reading them kids are encouraged to further explore the world around them.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kirsti on November 23, 2024

I enjoyed learning about the history of toilets. Scottish mechanic Alexander Cumming invented the S-bend, still used in many toilets today, in which standing water blocks noxious smells from coming up sewage pipes. But I also enjoyed learning about the future of toilets. The Gates Foundation is fund......more

Goodreads review by Janalyn, the blind reviewer on February 27, 2024

A Stinky History Of Toilets, flush with fun facts and disgusting discoveries bye Olivia Makel, Katie Nelson and neon squid is a gross but also interesting read or listen in my case. It was only about a half an hour long but packed full of fun facts in history that will not only grows out your friend......more

Goodreads review by Chantal on February 28, 2024

4.5 rounded to 5 stars A silly, short read about everything TOILET. Yes, everything. Filled with historical potty humour. Poop, pee, farting, squatting, outhouses -even social GROUP outhouses-, fetal bacterium and parasites, sewage, just to name a few. This book has it all. Prepare to be educated! Na......more

Goodreads review by Phoebe on February 16, 2024

I read this on audio with my homeschooled children as part of the @librofm #alc program. This nonfiction book is hilarious and it worked well on audio but I still think I might purchase it or borrow it from the public library so we can see the pictures. It's a great history resource for classrooms a......more

Goodreads review by Allie on September 02, 2024

Gross yet funny!......more

Quotes

"Sure to elicit both groans and giggles in equal measure. . . This STEM selection is flush with high-interest appeal." —Booklist

"A fascinating history of the porcelain god and other sanitary (and unsanitary) practices." —Kirkus

A Stinky History of Toilets Flush with Fun Facts and Disgusting Discoveries