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50 Underwear Questions: A Bare-All History
By Tanya Lloyd Kyi and Ross Kinnaird
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Most of us take our underwear for granted, but throughout history our undies have revealed a lot about who we are (king or peasant), how we work (in fields or factories) or the shapes we value (manly calves or tiny waists).
The third book in Annick’s 50 Questions series tackles questions such as “What’s that smell?” (Medieval Europeans thought bathing made you sick) and “Did boxers arrive in the Nick of time?” (When blue jean model Nick Kamen stepped out of his denims to reveal his boxers, sales of the underwear soared.)
Underwear has played a role in ancient crusades, city sieges and even modern economic predictions. Obviously, it’s time to uncover the facts about everything from loincloths and T-shirts to bloomers and lingerie. Young readers will laugh their pants off at the accompanying cartoons and get the bare, but fascinating, facts about the history of our unmentionables.
The third book in Annick’s 50 Questions series tackles questions such as “What’s that smell?” (Medieval Europeans thought bathing made you sick) and “Did boxers arrive in the Nick of time?” (When blue jean model Nick Kamen stepped out of his denims to reveal his boxers, sales of the underwear soared.)
Underwear has played a role in ancient crusades, city sieges and even modern economic predictions. Obviously, it’s time to uncover the facts about everything from loincloths and T-shirts to bloomers and lingerie. Young readers will laugh their pants off at the accompanying cartoons and get the bare, but fascinating, facts about the history of our unmentionables.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A very colourful book written on blue pages which have the appearance of fabric. This is a bright bold, attractive book that grabs your attention right away; the artwork is cartoonish and silly, some characters even felt a bit Simpsons-ish too me. The information is highly interesting and unless you read a wide variety of historical fiction through all time eras, you are going to learn something here. The book starts off with Adam & Eve and the proverbial fig leaf and Stone Age Men then goes forward through time reaching modern day boxer briefs and thongs. To really enjoy the history and the humour of the history the reader must be mature enough to not be continuously giggling at the words "breast", "genitals", "private parts" and "family jewels". Otherwise there will be just too much giggling to appreciate the books secret information that we've always wondered but never had anyone to ask before. The pictures are clean, there is no nudity or copious amounts of flesh. The book is family friendly as long as you don't mind seeing people in their underwear and remember, back in the day underwear was more modest than modern day's outerwear! A really fun book that's sure to add not only laughter but real insight into past generations and what they thought of and used underwear for compared to modern society. A great read for anyone interested in "how did they live back then?".
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Picking up a book about underwear may not sound interesting but I couldn't help but wonder what it was about. This galley was amazing. I never really thought about underwear prior to this book but I realize it has more significance than I ever gave it.50 Underwear Questions follows the history of underwear through 50 questions. I didn't notice the questions much but I appreciated the information. The book was colorfully illustrated with fun pictures. The subject matter might get a little uncomfortable but Tanya Llyod Ki had an easy way of making it delightful.I can't say much about this because it is non-fiction and the format is choppy (in a good way) but I do feel differently about the subject. Who knew that underwear had such an influence on fashion, history, politics.Pick up this book for a good time. Easy for most ages with lots of explanations.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/550 Underwear Questions by Tanya Lloyd Kylreviewed by Donna Lawrencebookloversparadise.blogspot.com What a fun book! Imagine an entire book about underwear. Yes, underwear. I can't say I've ever really thought much about underwear. I see now that was a mistake. Even the cavemen thought about underwear, if only to protect their more sensative parts. I was amazed to learn about all the different styles of underwear throughout the ages. The illustrations in this book were spectacular. I laughed out loud while reading and looking at the pictures. I particulally enjoyed the small little tidbits listed in the box on the side of each page. I recommend this book to anyone with an interest in the history of clothing, and anyone who just wants a good laugh!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5"50 Underwear Questions" is a fabulous illustrated book that details the fascinating history of underwear and its place and meaning in societies all around the world. The book, which is meant for ages nine and up, is sure to intrigue any children that delight in silly jokes about the human body, or for anyone doing a research project that's a bit off the beaten path. While the book has facts that will definitely be new to both children and adults, though, some of the content may be troubling to parents. The book mentions the practice of stuffing codpieces, infidelity, g-strings and who wears them, and a variety of other details about human behavior and dress which may not sit well with all. This may make the book slightly controversial, but adventurous teachers and librarians should still delight in recommending it. The length could also be a deterrent to some; while it reads fairly quickly and the pages are filled with as many pictures as text, the book is still a hundred pages long, which could be a bit much for some nine year olds. Despite that and the content, though, children in the eleven and twelve range could be off put by the many illustrations and relatively simple language. This book would have a home with any public libraries or schools which didn't mind possibly stirring up feathers upon its recommendation; an academic library would probably welcome the book for its frank attitude about a fascinating but somewhat “private” topic.
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