How They Croaked

Bragg, G. (2011).  How they croaked:  The awful ends of the awfully famous.  NY:  Walker.
If you want to know how the famous have died, this is the book for you!  This book details how nineteen famous people ranging from King Tut to Albert Einstein have died.  There are fun facts such as "What to Do With Old Mummies"  and "Some Famous Last Words" The black and white illustrations of each deceased person are funny.

How They Croaked has a great organization that all readers will enjoy.  There is a table of contents and an index.  The author has included information about the dead person and put it on a headstone at the top of each chapter.  At the end of each chapter, there is an easy to read chart relating to the subject of the dead person.  For example, at the end of the King Tut chapter, there is a list of things to do with mummy eyes. The author also puts cool facts in a shaded box marked with a skull and cross bones.  This organization helps the reader understand how these famous people died.


Information from Scholastic about book and author:
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/how-they-croaked#cart/cleanup