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Achoo!: The Most Interesting Book You'll Ever Read about Germs
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.
- GenresScienceSchoolNonfiction
40 pages, Paperback
First published July 10, 2003
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About the author
Trudee Romanek
20 books11 followersAs a kid, Trudee Romanek enjoyed reading, singing, and playing, pretending the porch railing was a horse she could ride and putting on puppet shows. She used to daydream about becoming a veterinarian or a singer, but never a writer. The only children's writers she knew about lived in England.
Her love on books took her to university for English and drama sand into the field of editing, first textbooks and then trade children's books. As the editor of Books from OWL, she learned lots working with talented non-fiction writers such as Jay Ingram, Kathy Ferris, Elizabeth MacLeod, and Sylvia Funston. Once Trudee had a family, she worked from home as a freelance editor of non-fiction and picture books and began to write small projects for magazines and educational publishers. Each project bolstered Trudee’s interest in writing and her confidence in her own abilities until, gradually, writing became her primary focus.
Trudee’s books have been nominated for many awards, including The Science in Society Children’s Book Award, Silver Birch Award, Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award, and Red Cedar Information Book Award, which she won in 2006/2007 for her book Aha! The Most Interesting Book You'll Ever Read About Intelligence.
She has dabbled in writing plays and even a musical and her first novel, Raising the Stakes, was published in October 2015.
Her love on books took her to university for English and drama sand into the field of editing, first textbooks and then trade children's books. As the editor of Books from OWL, she learned lots working with talented non-fiction writers such as Jay Ingram, Kathy Ferris, Elizabeth MacLeod, and Sylvia Funston. Once Trudee had a family, she worked from home as a freelance editor of non-fiction and picture books and began to write small projects for magazines and educational publishers. Each project bolstered Trudee’s interest in writing and her confidence in her own abilities until, gradually, writing became her primary focus.
Trudee’s books have been nominated for many awards, including The Science in Society Children’s Book Award, Silver Birch Award, Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Award, and Red Cedar Information Book Award, which she won in 2006/2007 for her book Aha! The Most Interesting Book You'll Ever Read About Intelligence.
She has dabbled in writing plays and even a musical and her first novel, Raising the Stakes, was published in October 2015.
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November 3, 2020
During this time, I feel like this is a great book to educate smaller students on how to say safe. The illustrations are captivating and the art style is very appealing for this age group. I like the way it touches on this topic in a way everyone can understand.
November 19, 2012
Grade/interest level: 3-5
Reading level: 5
Genre: Informational
Main Characters: n/a
Setting: n/a
POV: n/a
Summary: This is an informational text on healthy habits. The text touches on topics like the flu, colds, acne, and a few others. They provide information about how to prevent getting an infection, what are the symptoms, and what areas of the body they affct. For each page there is an activity that can be done in a classroom setting.
Classroom Uses/Theme: This is a great way to teach health in the classroom. Health is something that is not taught very often in the classroom, so this provides the perfect solution. This can be taught in literacy and science class because of the experiments outlined in each page.
Reading level: 5
Genre: Informational
Main Characters: n/a
Setting: n/a
POV: n/a
Summary: This is an informational text on healthy habits. The text touches on topics like the flu, colds, acne, and a few others. They provide information about how to prevent getting an infection, what are the symptoms, and what areas of the body they affct. For each page there is an activity that can be done in a classroom setting.
Classroom Uses/Theme: This is a great way to teach health in the classroom. Health is something that is not taught very often in the classroom, so this provides the perfect solution. This can be taught in literacy and science class because of the experiments outlined in each page.
December 15, 2015
This book is full of interesting factoids about bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, and humanity's fight against said tiny invaders. I which which category the zombie plague falls under? I have trouble believing it to be a fungus although zombies do pretty much look like they have athlete's foot covering their entire bodies.
This book is great and comes complete with some good activity ideas to enhance learning. It's a little long to read to kids but if you sort of hit the high points and do some of the activities it will work well.
This book is great and comes complete with some good activity ideas to enhance learning. It's a little long to read to kids but if you sort of hit the high points and do some of the activities it will work well.
April 17, 2015
this book is an interesting book about germs i liked the real horror story part
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