Central Kansas Library System

Describes health and hygiene and discusses what young people can do to stay healthy.

This attractive, large-format book takes advantage of children's natural abilities as scientists and the availability of bathrooms as accessible laboratories. Each double-page spread explores a question such as why boats float, how soap cleans people, why skin turns red in hot water, why the water gets cold, and how a toilet flushes.

A child's bathtime routine turns into a way learn simple addition. Includes note to parents/grandparents/caregivers.

"Nat the Cat must take a bath. But first, he wants his toys. Then he won't get in the tub without bubbles. And of course, he'll need a towel. As Nat the Cat keeps coming up with excuses to not get in the bath, the narrator can't help but wonder if he's hiding something--like a fear of water"--

Two best friends take on the other's opposite characteristics when they spend the night at each other's house.

A little girl lists all the boats she loves most and plays with in the bath.

The Rubbadubbers bath toys spend the day playing and then enjoy more fun at bath time.

Otis P. Oliver rouses a rabble of neighborhood children to join him in a protest demonstration against baths, but notes from his mother, conveyed by his sisters, lead to a compromise.