You wouldn't want to

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts, An Imprint of Scholastic Inc

Pub. Date

2013

Physical Desc

32 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 24 cm.

Description

Describes what life was like in medieval dungeons during the late fifteenth century, as seen through the eyes of the jailer.

3) You wouldn't want to be a Greek athlete!: races you'd rather not run

Author

Ford, Michael

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts, an Imprint of Scholastic Inc

Pub. Date

2014.

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 25 cm

Description

Describes what is involved in becoming a champion in the Olympic games in ancient Greece.

4) You wouldn't want to be a medieval knight!: armor you'd rather not wear

Author

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc

Pub. Date

c2014.

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm

Description

Describes life for a medieval knight.

5) You wouldn't want to be an American colonist!: a settlement you'd rather not start

Author

Morley, Jacqueline

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts, An Imprint of Scholastic Inc

Pub. Date

2013

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.

Description

Traces the founding of the English colony at Jamestown, its struggle for survival, and its eventual decline.

6) You wouldn't want to explore with Sir Francis Drake!: a pirate you'd rather not know

Author

Stewart, David

7) You wouldn't want to sail on the Mayflower!: a trip that took entirely too long

Author

Cook, Peter

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc

Pub. Date

2013

Physical Desc

40 pages ; cm

8) You wouldn't want to be at the Boston Tea Party!: wharf water tea you'd rather not drink

Author

Cook, Peter

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

2006

Physical Desc

32 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 25 cm.

9) You wouldn't want to work on the Great Wall of China!: defenses you'd rather not build

Author

Morley, Jacqueline

10) You wouldn't want to be a suffragist!: a protest movement that's rougher than you expected

Author

Macdonald, Fiona

11) You wouldn't want to be a worker on the Statue of Liberty!: a monument you'd rather not build

Author

Malam, John

12) You wouldn't want to be in the first submarine!: an undersea expedition you'd rather avoid

Author

Graham, Ian

13) You wouldn't want to be in the Forbidden City!: a sheltered life you'd rather avoid

Author

Morley, Jacqueline

14) You wouldn't want to be Mary, Queen of Scots!: a ruler who really lost her head

Author

Macdonald, Fiona

15) You wouldn't want to live in a Medieval castle!: a home you'd rather not inhabit

Author

Morley, Jacqueline

16) You wouldn't want to live in Pompeii!: a volcanic eruption you'd rather avoid

Author

Malam, John

17) You wouldn't want to sail on an Irish famine ship!: a trip across the Atlantic you'd rather not make

Author

Pipe, Jim

18) You wouldn't want to be a Salem witch!: bizarre accusations you'd rather not face

Author

Pipe, Jim

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

2009

Physical Desc

32 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.

Description

Explains the historical background and events of the Salem witch trails. Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe life for women and girls in 17th-century Salem, Massachusetts.

19) You wouldn't want to be a skyscraper builder!: a hazardous job you'd rather not take

Author

Malam, John

20) You wouldn't want to be a World War II pilot!: air battles you might not survive

Author

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

2010

Physical Desc

32 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 25 cm.

Description

An addition to the humorous and fact-filled history series describes the many hazards of flying a fighter jet for the Royal Air Force during World War II.

21) You wouldn't want to be on the Hindenburg!: a Transatlantic trip you'd rather skip

Author

Graham, Ian

22) You wouldn't want to meet a body snatcher!: criminals and murderers you'd rather avoid

Author

Macdonald, Fiona

23) You wouldn't want to be a nurse during the American Civil War!: a job that's not for the squeamish

Author

Senior, Kathryn

24) You wouldn't want to be a secret agent during World War II!: a perilous mission behind enemy lines

Author

Malam, John

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

2010

Physical Desc

32 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 25 cm.

Description

Explains what it was like to be a British secret agent working behind enemy lines in France during World War II, describing the training, equipment, and techniques used by spies and the danger they faced during their missions.

25) You wouldn't want to be Joan of Arc!: a mission you might want to miss

Author

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

c2010

Physical Desc

32 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.

26) You wouldn't want to climb Mount Everest!: a deadly journey to the top of the world

Author

Graham, Ian

27) You wouldn't want to work on a medieval cathedral!: a difficult job that never ends

Author

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

2010

Physical Desc

32 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 25 cm.

Description

Describes the disadvantages to being one of the many builders during the construction of a Medieval cathedral, including masons and quarrymen, and explains the long and arduous task of completing the cathedral.

28) You wouldn't want to work on the Brooklyn Bridge!: an enormous project that seemed impossible

Author

Ratliff, Thomas M.

29) You wouldn't want to be a ninja warrior!: a secret job that's your destiny

Author

Malam, John

30) You wouldn't want to be a Pony Express rider!: a dusty, thankless job you'd rather not do

Author

Ratliff, Tom

31) You wouldn't want to be cursed by King Tut!: a mysterious death you'd rather avoid

Author

Morley, Jacqueline

32) You wouldn't want to be a pirate's prisoner!

Author

Malam, John

33) You wouldn't want to be a Roman gladiator!: gory things you'd rather not know

Author

Malam, John

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

2000

Physical Desc

32 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.

Description

A light-hearted introduction to the life and training of a Roman gladiator.

34) You wouldn't want to be an Egyptian mummy!: disgusting things you'd rather not know

Author

Stewart, David

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Physical Desc

32 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.

Description

"As an ancient Egyptian, your body is being prepared for the afterlife. But it's fairly disgusting business, and you can't be sure that you will always be treated with respect."--www.Amazon.com.

35) You wouldn't want to work on the Hoover Dam!: an explosive job you'd rather not do

Author

Graham, Ian

36) You wouldn't want to be a Civil War soldier!: a war you'd rather not fight

Author

Ratliff, Thomas M

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts, An Imprint of Scholastic Inc

Pub. Date

2013

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 25 cm.

Description

Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict life and events during the four years of the Civil War.

37) You wouldn't want to be an American pioneer!: a wilderness you'd rather not tame

Author

Morley, Jacqueline

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

2013

Physical Desc

32 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.

Description

Presents a lighthearted look at some of the difficulties faced by the pioneers who traveled by wagon train across the United States to settle in the West.

38) You wouldn't want to be on the first flying machine!: a high-soaring ride you'd rather not take

Author

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

2013

Physical Desc

32 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 25 cm.

Description

Offers a humorous look at the story of the Wright brothers' first historic flight at Kitty Hawk.

39) You wouldn't want to be Sir Isaac Newton!: a lonely life you'd rather not lead

Author

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

2013

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Description

Traces the life of the English physicist whose work on the laws of motion and gravity and invention of calculus had great influence on the understanding of the physical nature of the universe.

40) You wouldn't want to meet Typhoid Mary!

Author

Morley, Jacqueline

41) You wouldn't want to sail on the Titanic!

Author

Stewart, David

42) You wouldn't want to be a pyramid builder!: a hazardous job you'd rather not have

Author

Morley, Jacqueline

43) You wouldn't want to be a Viking explorer!: voyages you'd rather not make

Author

Langley, Andrew

44) You wouldn't want to be sick in the 16th century!: diseases you'd rather not catch

Author

Senior, Kathryn

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts, an Imprint of Scholastic Inc

Pub. Date

2014.

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 25 cm

Description

A humorous look at the state of illness and medicine in Tudor England.

45) You wouldn't want to sail with Christopher Columbus!: uncharted waters you'd rather not cross

Author

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc

Pub. Date

2014.

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm

Description

Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would require to launch a voyage of discovery, what shipboard life would be like, and what the rewards would be using the voyages of Columbus as an example.

46) You wouldn't want to work on the railroad!: a track you'd rather not go down

Author

Graham, Ian

47) You wouldn't want to live without dirt!

Author

Graham, Ian

48) You wouldn't want to live without gravity!

Author

Rooney, Anne

49) You wouldn't want to live without pain!

Author

Macdonald, Fiona

50) You wouldn't want to live without poop!

Author

Woolf, Alex

51) You wouldn't want to live without sleep!

Author

Pipe, Jim

52) You wouldn't want to live without vegetables

Author

Woolf, Alex

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc

Pub. Date

2016.

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Description

Looks at what life would be like without vegetables, examining what they are, why humans need them, their history, and how people have used them for purposes other than eating.

53) You wouldn't want to be a polar explorer!: an expedition you'd rather not go on

Author

Green, Jen

54) You wouldn't want to be Cleopatra!: an Egyptian ruler you'd rather not be

Author

Pipe, Jim

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts

Pub. Date

2007

Physical Desc

32 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cm.

Description

Humorous text and illustrations describe what life must have been like for the Egyptian princess, describing how she had to rule a kingdom, protect her throne from her brother, Ptolemy, and woo Roman invaders.

55) You wouldn't want to be on Apollo 13!: a mission you'd rather not go on

Author

Series

Publisher

Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc

Pub. Date

2017.

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.

Description