| Achoo!: The Most Interesting Book You'll Ever Read about Germs Contributor(s): Romanek, Trudee (Author), Cowles, Rose (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1553374517 ISBN-13: 9781553374510 Publisher: Kids Can Press OUR PRICE: $8.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2003 Annotation: Did you know? - In just eight hours, a single bacterium in your body can multiply to 17 million! - The mucus membranes of the human nose and throat make nearly one cup of slippery, sticky snot every day. - George Washington caught a cold and died -- not from the illness but from the crazy mixture of "cures" that his doctors inflicted on him. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology - General - Juvenile Nonfiction | Health & Daily Living - General - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Biology |
| Dewey: 616.92 |
| Lexile Measure: 990 |
| Series: Mysterious You (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.12" H x 6.68" W x 8.68" (0.32 lbs) 40 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 69402 Reading Level: 6.6 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the fifth Mysterious You book, Achoo!, kids probe the secrets of illness and sniff out what germs are, why they sometimes make us sick, how our bodies battle them and how vaccines protect us against them.This unique series explores the mysteries of the human body using a mix of thoroughly researched factual information, amazing anecdotes and surprising try-it activities. |