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Tony Robinson illustrated by Mike Phillips
The Worst Children's Jobs in History
Macmillan (104 pages) 9780330442862
The ebullient presenter of a TV series full of revolting tasks and even more revolting possibilities about how some jobs were undertaken has produced this tie-in book. It does stand alone and is very successful in exploring one of those byways of history that is quite enlightening about many periods and reinforces areas of the curriculum in a nicely nasty manner. The illustrations are recognisably in the awful-factual mode as they are by Mike Phillips of 'Horrible Geography' picturing. There are 'what happened when' timelines to put each chapter into context and the irresistible, behind-the-hands-sniggering subjects will lead to a surprising amount of information being absorbed.