Germ Zappers (Enjoy your cells): 02 - Softcover

Balkwill, Frances R.; Rolph, Mic

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0879695986 ISBN 13: 9780879695989

Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Press, 2001

Synopsis

Enjoy Your Cells is a new series of children's books from the acclaimed creative partnership of scientist/author Fran Balkwill and illustrator Mic Rolph. Once again, they use their unique brand of simple but scientifically accurate commentary and exuberantly colorful graphics to take young readers on an entertaining exploration of the amazing, hidden world of cells, proteins, and DNA. It's over ten years since Fran and Mic invented a new way of getting science across to children. Think what extraordinary advances have been made in biology in that time-and how often those discoveries made headlines. Stem cells, cloning, embryo transfer, emerging infections, vaccine development.here in these books are the basic facts behind the public debates. With these books, children will learn to enjoy their cells and current affairs at the same time. And they're getting information that has been written and reviewed by working scientists, so it's completely correct and up-to-date. Readers aged 7 and up will appreciate the stories' lively language and with help, even younger children will enjoy and learn from the jokes and illustrations-no expert required! This series is a must for all elementary school students and those who care about educating them to be well-informed in a world of increasingly complex health-related and environmental issues.

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Product Description

Planet Earth can be a dangerous place for all living creatures, including you. You can usually escape from erupting volcanoes and floods. You can protect your body from the blazing sun and freezing snow. But wherever you live and whatever the weather, you cannot escape germs. The "Enjoy Your Cells" series offers children a simple but scientifically accurate commentary, complemented with colourful graphics to take young readers on an entertaining exploration of the amazing, hidden world of cells, proteins, and DNA. With these books, children should learn to enjoy their cells and current affairs at the same time, in addition to getting information that has been written and reviewed by working scientists.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Press
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879695986
• ISBN 13: 9780879695989
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Rolph Mic
• Number of pages: 32