Today, I’m packing my bag for my trip to the ALA conference in San Francisco.
Portland is expecting a heat wave, with temps hitting 100ºF by Saturday. UGH. Fortunately, San Francisco is expecting lovely, normal temps in the 60’s & 70’s.
Packing means thinking about what events I have to attend, how much walking I’ll be doing, a jacket for morning and evenings, clothes I can mix and match but still feel as though I’m not wearing the same thing day after day.
Sarah Albee has a new book out through National Geographic, entitled Why’d There Wear That? Fashion as the Mirror of History.
Publisher’s Summary: Move over Project Runway. Get ready to chuckle your way through centuries of fashion dos and don’ts! In this humorous and approachable narrative, kids will learn about outrageous, politically-perilous, funky, disgusting, regrettable, and life-threatening creations people have worn throughout the course of human history, all the way up to the present day. From spats and togas to hoop skirts and hair shirts, why people wore what they did is an illuminating way to look at the social, economic, political, and moral climates throughout history.
You can see some details in this trailer:
This is a book you can read cover to cover or by dipping into things that catch your interest, especially after perusing the amusing chapter titles.
Chapter 1 That’s a Wrap: The Ancient World 10,ooo B.C. – A.D. 1000
Chapter 2 Keeping the Faith: The Middle Ages 1000 – 1400s
Chapter 3 Going Global: The Age of Exploration 1400s -early 1500s
Chapter 4 Ruff & Ready: The Renaissance 1500s -early 1600s
Chapter 5 Lighten Up!: The Age of Reason 1600s – 1700s
Chapter 6 Hats (and Heads) Off: revolutionary Times mid-1600s – early 1800s
Chapter 7 Growing Pains: Marching Toward Modernity mid-1700s – early 1900s
Chapter 8 Labor Pains: The Industrial Revolution mid-1800s – early 1900s
Chapter 9 Class Dismissed: World at War The 20th Century & Beyond
Fact boxes and sidebars are off-set in blue and yellow, which doesn’t interrupt the flow of the main text.Back matter includes a timeline, a lengthy bibliography, author’s notes, an index and a list of the images used.
Tons here to interest kids with a wide range of interests.
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