FICTION

Why You Shouldn't Eat Your Boogers: Gross but True Things You Don't Want to Know About Your Body

by Francesca GOULD
illus. by JP Coovert. 128p. Putnam. 2013. pap. $8.99. ISBN 978-0-399-25790-2; ebook $8.99. ISBN 978-1-101-60789-3.
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Gr 4–7—Mouse skin eyebrows? Spiders in your ears? Humans with tails? And, by the way, what is the only human organ that can regenerate itself? In this abridged edition of the adult book Why Is Yawning Contagious?? (Penguin, 2008), solid scientific information related through unforgettable yet somewhat absurd facts will imprint systematic truths on young minds and provide them with fodder for interesting input to almost any conversation. Used as a preamble and supplement to human-biology studies, this fun book doesn't shy away from any aspect of bodily functions. Kids will likely remember what they read here.—Kathryn Diman, Bass Harbor Memorial Library, Bernard, ME
Reviewed by Kathryn Diman , Jun 01, 2013

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