Toilet: How It Works (How It Works) by Macaulay, David

Description: ToiletsÃ¢ÂÂour most fascinating home device. ProbablyÃ¢ÂÂit's rather magical how everything just disappears, isn't it. In his signature squiggly style, Macaulay pulls back the curtain to show just how it all goes down (so to speak). Whether it's the family dog's bone, a dead goldfish, or human waste, the toilet makes it disappear. "Clever toilet." The main event here is the authors' annotated cutaways of toilets, showing how the handle pulls the stopper and so forth. Despite the easily understandable text, some concepts remain a bit elusive, though things get clearer and even more interesting when we move on to rural septic tanks, big-city sewer systems, and wastewaster treatment plants. Boldfaced vocabulary words would've helped readers refer to the closing glossary (though some intriguing words, like scum and digester, aren't defined). While not as successful as Castle: How It Works (2012), this is high-interest stuff done in a just-humorous-enough way. Pair with Elizabeth Raum's The Story behind Toilets (2009) for some extended bathroom reading. Grades K-3. --Daniel Kraus --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Location: East Hanover, New Jersey

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