Audience: openStory: A pictorial fact book linked with historical events about the humble hot dog in the American culture from its beginning as a Greek sausage (Odyssey by Homer) through Europe to food cart in 19th century New York City.Writing: Cleverly written and colorfully illustrated in cartoon fashion. Side bars list facts/factoids. Two recipes are included at the end.FYI: July is National Hot Dog Month. Hot Diggity Dog is book about the history of the hot dog that contains many interesting facts about this food. For example, did you know people eat more hot dogs in July than in any other month? Or that ancient Romans ate while lying on couches since they believed it was bad manners to sit up while eating? The Romans also used ground up mustard seeds to treat war wounds.Also, a man from San Jose, California won $20,000 in a hot dog eating contest by eating 68 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes. Read this book to find out more about the history of the hot dog and to find out what people in other countries put on their hot dogs besides ketchup and mustard.
A fun read on the history of the hot dog. It made me hungry!Great nonfiction for booktalking
—Lexie0725
Great facts, good pictures and timely. Makes me want a dog right now!
—TakikoHotaru
who doesn't love hot dogs!
—Clea
Informative and fun
—ireland2121
