Fingers, forks, and chopsticks

Describes changes in eating customs throughout the centuries and the origins of table manners.

Main Author:	Lauber, Patricia.
Other Authors:	Manders, John. (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1998.
Subjects:	Tableware > History > Juvenile nonfiction. Flatware > History > Juvenile nonfiction. Eating customs > History > Juvenile nonfiction.

Summary:	Describes changes in eating customs throughout the centuries and the origins of table manners.
Physical Description:	1 v.: ill.
ISBN:	0689804792
Author Notes:	Patricia Lauber was born in New York City and graduated from Wellesley College. During her lifetime, she wrote more than 125 children's books including the Around-the-House History series, the Clarence the TV Dog series, and contributions to the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series. Volcano: Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens received a Newbery Honor in 1986. In 1983, she received The Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Award for her overall contribution to children's nonfiction literature. Besides being an author, she was also an editor of Junior Scholastic and editor-in-chief of Science World. She died on March 12, 2010 at the age of 86. (Bowker Author Biography)