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What You Never Knew about Fingers, Forks, & Chopsticks

Pat Lauber tours history from the Stone Age to the present, exploring the development of knives, spoons, forks, and table manners with a few detours to examine chopsticks and other non-western methods of eating on the way. Her lively, lighthearted style is complemented by John Manders's cartoon art, making this nonfiction that's fun, fascinating, and accessible.

Subject
historycooking
Audience
childrenspicture books
Length
short · 40 pages

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