Germs - Hardcover

Collins, Ross

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1582349266 ISBN 13: 9781582349268

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 2004

Synopsis

Pox is not an ordinary germ. Sure, like other germs he takes the bubonic bus to Germ Academy, and he proves that he is unhealthy before he attends school. But Pox just doesn't understand why he should want to make a person miserable. Poor Pox is stuck at the bottom of his class. Luckily, Pox is smarter than his friends and teachers believe, and when he's sent to infect an innocent little girl named Myrtle, he makes some new friends and finds himself a much more suitable, healthy home. A delightfully silly-and educational-story from the nearly germ-free Ross Collins.

A hilarious and unique look at how we get sick-from the germ's point of view!

A Junior Library Guild Selection

About this title

About the Author:

Ross Collins is the author and/or illustrator of many picture books for children, including The Three Grumpies, Busy Night, and Jack and the Dream Sack. He lives in Scotland, where he is usually very healthy.

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 2 - Young readers may not even suspect that they are being taught an important scientific principle as they follow the adventures of a naïve, good-natured germ. Fresh from the incubator, Chickenpox 12087-2 (known as Pox to his friends) is sent to the academy to learn how to become a "proper germ" - the kind that makes kids sick. Even though he ends up at the bottom of his class, he is soon assigned a mission: to make little Myrtle get the chicken pox. However, once inside her body, instead of infecting her, he wins her immune system over to his side and comes up with a plan to protect her from the other germs. A lively cast of cartoon characters complements the energetic text. The spreads are colorful and full of eye-catching details, and a useful fact page is included. - Holly T. Sneeringer, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1582349266
• ISBN 13: 9781582349268
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Collins Ross