Is gross out humor the way to get kids to read history? Sarah Albee is a children’s author dedicated to getting middle schoolers interested in history, and her first book, Poop Happened: A History of the World from the Bottom Up, tackled question like how a man in a suit of armor went to the bathroom. Her latest book, Bugged: How Insects Changed History, continues her quest to educate through the “skeevy stuff.” (NPR)
