Gross and Ghastly: Human Body

Gross and Ghastly: Human Body
Author: Kev Payne
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2021-10-21
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0241548977

Gross and Ghastly: Human Body is an alternative, fun factbook, which draws children in with its gruesome nature, but provides essential facts about the human body that every child should know. Did you know that there are about 600 hairs in a person's eyebrow? Or can you guess how much of your life will you spend on the toilet? Learn about all the gross things that the human body does, with this fantastically gruesome factbook! Focusing on everything truly terrible that happens to us, Gross and Ghastly: Human Body is a stomach churning journey that investigates how and why our bodies can be so disgusting. Travel from your head to your toes and discover a variety of funny facts, like why your farts smell and how bogies get in your nose! Packed full of facts, puzzles, and games, young readers are sure to find out something new and revolting about their bodies. Including delightfully disgusting illustrations, this is a must-have for every young budding scientist or 6-9 year old who loves a bit of toilet humour!

The Gross Science of Bad Smells

The Gross Science of Bad Smells
Author: Carla Mooney
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2018-07-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1508181659

The world is full of stinky smells, such as sweaty feet, dirty diapers, rotting food, and wet dogs. Some smells are so bad, they can make a person gag or run in the opposite direction. In this book, readers will examine what causes bad smells, why some objects smell more than others, and how smells travel. They will also explore how the nose and brain detect and recognize different smells. With high-interest content and special features that include a Myths and Facts and 10 Great Questions to Ask a Specialist sidebars, this engrossing book will attract even hesitant readers.

Why Rabbits Eat Poop and Other Gross Facts about Pets

Why Rabbits Eat Poop and Other Gross Facts about Pets
Author: Jody S. Rake
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2019-05-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1496632346

Did you know that some pets eat poop? It's true. And there's even one pet that will eat its own tank mates! Learn more about the gross things pets do and why they do them. You'll never look at your pets the same way again!

Are You Sh*tting Me?

Are You Sh*tting Me?
Author: Cary McNeal
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2014-10-28
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 0399168192

Blue Ice, Meteors, and Beaver Ass, Oh My! FACT: The use of maggots to clean wounds has proven to be effective for patients who don't respond to traditional treatments. FACT: The Icelandic dish hákarl is beheaded basking shark that is buried in the ground for six to 12 weeks to putrefy before it is eaten. FACT: Used during the Dutch Revolt, rat torture involved trapping rodents under a bowl on a prisoner's stomach then heating the bowl's exterior so the animals would eat through the victim's flesh to try to escape. FACT: The average person picks his nose five times every hour, occasionally eating what he picks. The world is a scary place, and it gets scarier every day. From the creator of the bestselling 1,001 Facts That Will Scare The S#*t Out Of You comes this new collection of 1,004 (count 'em!) truly horrifying and horrifyingly true facts about the world around us. From ancient medical practices to doomsday scenarios, to disgusting food from around the world and the entire terrifying state of Florida, the facts in Are You Sh*tting Me? are sure to entertain and disturb you at once. Unless of course you are already disturbed, in which case this is the book for you!

Stinky Science

Stinky Science
Author: Edward Kay
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2019-04-02
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1525302620

Who knew science could be so smelly??? This innovative book is a complete exploration of the olfactory system, with a side of gross-out hilarity. First, it tackles the basics, from why things stink to how our sense of smell works (hint: it has to do with the six million scent receptors way up inside our noses). Then, it moves on to some specifics such as the link between smells and memories, some of the stinkiest stinks on Earth, the chemicals smells are made of and more! The eww! on every page is sure to hold every young scientist’s attention!

Best STEM Resources for NextGen Scientists

Best STEM Resources for NextGen Scientists
Author: Jennifer L. Hopwood
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2015-06-30
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1610697227

Intended to support the national initiative to strengthen learning in areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, this book helps librarians who work with youth in school and public libraries to build better collections and more effectively use these collections through readers' advisory and programming. A versatile and multi-faceted guide, Best STEM Resources for NextGen Scientists: The Essential Selection and User's Guide serves as a readers' advisory and collection development resource for youth services and school librarians seeking to bring STEM-related titles into their collections and introduce teachers and young readers to them. This book not only guides readers to hundreds of the best STEM-related titles—fiction and non-fiction printed materials as well as apps, DVDs, websites, and games—it also includes related activities or programming ideas to help promote the use of the collection to patrons or students in storytime, afterschool programs, or passive library programs. After a detailed discussion of the importance of STEM and the opportunities librarians have for involvement, the book lists and describes best STEM resources for young learners. Resources are organized according to the reading audiences for which they are intended, from toddlers through teens, and the book includes annotated lists of both fiction and nonfiction STEM titles as well as graphic novels, digital products, and online resources. In addition, the author offers a selection of professional readings for librarians and media specialists who wish to further expand their knowledge.

Gross and Ghastly: Human Body

Gross and Ghastly: Human Body
Author: Kev Payne
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2021-09-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0744054915

Get ready to go on a stomach-churning journey exploring the gross and ghastly human body. An alternative fun factbook perfect for kids ages 6-9 that love any gross and bizarre facts. Have your mind blown by these weird and wonderful facts about the human body and its functions. Packed with facts, puzzles and games, young readers are sure to learn something exciting about their bodies. Gross and Ghastly: Human Body has pages filled with fun and educational information about humans: • Funny text and beautiful illustrations make this educational book easy for adults and children to read together. • Exciting and funny facts about the human body. • A number of interactive activities, like quizzes and puzzles. • Written and illustrated by popular, upcoming author Kev Payne. Do you know why our farts smell? Or that you pee enough to fill a bathtub every month! Learn all the disgusting and amazing things your body can do with this exciting and educational book that is fun for adults and children to read together. Filled with facts, puzzles and games that will keep children happy for hours.

Gotcha for Guys!

Gotcha for Guys!
Author: Kathleen A. Baxter
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2006-11-30
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0313090580

Research indicates boys are interested in reading nonfiction materials, yet most children's librarians prefer to booktalk fiction. Offering citations for more than 1,100 books, Gotcha for Guys! deals specifically with books to pique the interest of middle grade boys. A series of booktalks are grouped within chapters with like titles such as: Creepy-Crawly Creatures, Disasters and Unsolved Mysteries, Action and Innovation, and All Things Gross. Complete booktalks are presented in a beginning section of chapters 1-9. A second section in each of these chapters contains short annotations and talks for other books of interest, and a third section offers lists of well-reviewed titles to consider for boys. The book is enhanced with book cover art and reproducible lists for teachers and librarians.

The Story of the Human Body

The Story of the Human Body
Author: Daniel Lieberman
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 482
Release: 2014-07-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 030774180X

A landmark book of popular science that gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years—with charts and line drawings throughout. “Fascinating.... A readable introduction to the whole field and great on the making of our physicality.”—Nature In this book, Daniel E. Lieberman illuminates the major transformations that contributed to key adaptations to the body: the rise of bipedalism; the shift to a non-fruit-based diet; the advent of hunting and gathering; and how cultural changes like the Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions have impacted us physically. He shows how the increasing disparity between the jumble of adaptations in our Stone Age bodies and advancements in the modern world is occasioning a paradox: greater longevity but increased chronic disease. And finally—provocatively—he advocates the use of evolutionary information to help nudge, push, and sometimes even compel us to create a more salubrious environment and pursue better lifestyles.