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Publisher
New York University Press
Language
English
Description
In "Toilet," noted sociologist Harvey Molotch and Lauren Noren bring together twelve essays by urbanists, historians and cultural analysts (among others) to shed light on the public restroom and how it reflects and sustains our cultural attitudes towards gender, class, and disability.
Author
Publisher
Avid Reader Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Presents a lively, informative, and humorous deep dive into the future of the toilet-from creative uses for harvested "biosolids," to the bold engineers dedicated to bringing safe sanitation to the billions of people worldwide living without it
Author
Publisher
Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Description
Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe what it would be like to live without the toilet and describes how people managed to dispose of their waste in the past.
10) Doggie duties
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"A broken toilet, a plumber who is on vacation, and some space-camp training make for a hilarious story that Ruff fans will love. Get ready to find out how space toilets work, then grab some materials and follow the instructions to create your own basic water-filtering system."--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Series
(Rupert U.)Gooflumps volume 2 1/2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
Joe won't put down the seat. Not now. Not ever. But the bully of the bowl has met his match. It's payback time--and The Toilet is plunging into action!
15) Potty!
Author
Publisher
Tricycle
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In the jungle sits a potty with the words, "Only the best bottom will fit on this potty" which prompts different animals to give it a try until a stranger shows them who fits best.
16) Captain Underpants and the tyrannical retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000: the eleventh epic novel
Author
Series
Captain Underpants volume 11
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
The monstrous Turbo Toilet 2000 is determined to take revenge on George, Harold, and Captain Underpants.
Author
Series
Fart squad volume 4
Publisher
Harper, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Description
Something is rotten in the plumbing of Harry Buttz Elementary School, and it's kidnapped Janitor Stan! It's up to the Fart Squad to dive into the toilet vortex to save their scent-sei from the World of the Royal Flush. Grab a match, because this stink just got real. Only the Fart Squad has the guts, the gall, and the gas to flush this round brown mound before he overflows his toilet kingdom on the world.
18) Burying the moon
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
620L
Language
English
Description
"A beautifully illustrated novel in verse about a young Indian girl who tackles the taboos around sanitation in her village. In Latika's village in rural India, there are no toilets. No toilets mean that the women have to wait until night to do their business in a field. There are scorpions and snakes in the field, and germs that make people sick. For the girls in the village, no toilets mean leaving school when they reach puberty. No one in the village...
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Fiona has no time today, not even to go to the bathroom. She is in a big hurry to show off the volcano she and Felix made for show-and-tell. Just as the volcano erupts ... oops!