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Germs

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Why do grown-ups always tell you to wash your hands? How are antibodies like superheroes? Should you eat that old sausage you found in a coat pocket from last winter? Prepare to go on a journey through the mindboggling, yucky world of germs! This stylishly gruesome... Read More
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Germs

This book will blow your child's mind! Big Science explained simply, from the author of Atoms and Planets

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Why do grown-ups always tell you to wash your hands? How are antibodies like superheroes? Should you eat that old sausage you found in a coat pocket from last winter? Prepare to go on a journey through the mindboggling, yucky world of germs!

This stylishly gruesome and colourful introduction to "the good, the bad and the friendly" germs in and around our bodies is full of fascinating, sometimes foul facts - Guardian

Offers nuggets of unforgettable wisdom, while laying down some vital scientific groundwork - Telegraph

Series: Big Science for Little Minds

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781782694960

Publisher: Pushkin Children's Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 January 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Pushkin Children's Books

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 294.0mm

Height: 248.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 32

About the Author

John Devolle studied Fine Art at the University of Westminster and has since run an art gallery in East London, been a graphic designer / art director, and, since 2010, worked as an illustrator on numerous children's books. John currently lives and works in Dublin.

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