A History of Underwear with Professor Chicken av Hannah Holt

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<p><b>Packed with information, hilariously but accurately (well...except for the chickens) illustrated, Hannah Holt and Korwin Briggs'' <i>A History of Underwear with Professor Chicken</i> is sure to wedge its way into the annals of history-based picture books.</b><br><br>From Paleolithic loincloths to Henry VIII''s wives wearing underwear on their heads to Mary Walker, a civil war surgeon who was arrested for wearing men''s underwear and clothing to better work on patients, this book surveys the vast and fascinating history of our most private clothing.<br><br>Modeled by chickens, we trace the history of underwear from the very first discovery- a paleolithic nomad whose body was found completely preserved in ice. From there, we look across time and culture in this completely accessible, new take on boring old nonfiction picture books.</p>