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Explains how bacteria and viruses affect the human body and how the body fights them.

Your mouth contains more bacteria than a dog's. Money is covered with germs that can make you sick. The germs in a sneeze travel only an arm's length. You may have heard these common sayings or beliefs before. But are they really true? Can they be proven through research? Let's investigate seventeen statements about the microscopic world and find out which ones are right, which ones are wrong, and which ones stump even the experts! Find out whether...

"Cara and Jon Florance break down how and why we get sick with the help of merry microbes and big-eyed bacteria. This book helps kids see bacteria as an important part of their bodies rather than being something negative. It turns getting sick from something scary into an engaging learning experience. Kids will love following along on the adventures of bacteria and antibiotics, all the while creating a love for science they will carry for a lifetime!"--...

Germs describe in rhyme how they attack the body to cause illness and how careful people make life difficult for germs.

Sam and his mother talk about germs, viruses, and bacteria, including how the body fights harmful germs and uses germs that are helpful.

Entertaining, eye-opening and educational, this deep dive into the microscopic world of germs discusses the microbes in and on our bodies that help us survive, the ones that don't and everything in between.