Germs! Germs! Germs! (Hello Reader! Level 3 Science) [Paperback]

Bobbi Katz (Author), Steve Bjorkman (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 6 and up

A rhyming story introduces young readers to germs and where they live, from food left out of the refrigerator to the inside of the body, and offers gentle rhyming instructions on how to keep germs away.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Gr. 1^-2, younger for reading aloud. Germs tell their side of the story in this unusual book from the Beginning Reader Science series. The germs, shown as colorful, rather hyperactive monsters, explain that they live everywhere but look for a spot where they can spread disease. Soon they're cavorting in someone's mouth, crying, "Give us someplace dark and damp. What a perfect place to camp!" That illustration alone could inspire a week's worth of diligent toothbrushing. Showing an odd bunch of funny-looking and highly excitable varmints playing, working, and whizzing across the pages, the cartoonlike ink drawings are washed with bright watercolors. An appealing introduction to germs and health, this will fill a niche in hygiene units at the preschool and primary-grade levels. Carolyn Phelan

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Paperback: 38 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic; student edition (November 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590672959
• ISBN-13: 978-0590672955
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.8 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #543,935 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is wonderfully funny in its rhymes and pictures., May 3, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Germs! Germs! Germs! (Hello Reader! Level 3 Science) (Paperback)

This book not only presents a serious topic in a very humorous and creative fashion, it contains some of the absolutely best germ cartoons I have ever seen. My first grader really enjoys it and I can't stop showing it off at work. I am an Infection Control RN specialist and find that it is perfect to communicate to healthcare workers the need to always wash their hands! I am getting copies for the hospital where I work. It is a super book!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and informative, November 17, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Germs! Germs! Germs! (Hello Reader! Level 3 Science) (Paperback)

My daughter and I love this book. At 5 years old, she easily understood what this book was trying to tell her. She's 8 now and we still read it. We even use some of the terminology to remind each other to stay healthy. She'll say "Mama, you're being a 'meal skipper'". It is NOT a scary book and it is a fun way to talk about germs with your kids.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good introduction to germs and health, October 19, 2005

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Bonnie Sayers "autismfamily" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Germs! Germs! Germs! (Hello Reader! Level 3 Science) (Paperback)

The germs illustrations presented by Steve Bjorkman are amusing, consisting of strange looking creatures in pastel colors, reminding me of characters from the television show Sponge Bob Square Pants. The hands on the girls and boys in Germs!Germs!Germs! appear oddly shaped, as noted by the way the girl is holding the pencil on the cover.

Consisting of thirty-eight pages the Germs! Germs! Germs! motto throughout the book centers on, " We're on the ground. We're in the air. We're GERMS and we live everywhere!" Although germs cannot be seen, unless through a microscope they are still strong and mean. The drawing shows these rather odd sorted creatures with one or two eyes hovering about waiting for the right opportunity to spread Germs! Germs! Germs! on anyone.

One silly illustration has a yellow germ arriving at the front door, although no mention on how germs can be found on doorknobs. Germs! Germs! Germs! is more a book about what happens when the germs enter our body and reminds the reader of how germs jump about making people sick. My seven-year old has learned from reading the book "Germs are so nasty that they make you sick with a tummy ache and a cold".

It is possible that these illustrations along with the story can accomplish quick tooth brushing skills along with the use of tissues and proper hygiene. My son will grab Germs! Germs! Germs! to explain to a visitor how their germs can spread on clothing or furniture if that person has sneezed in his presence. This copy of the book has been to his classroom a few times to share with them just how mean germs can be as well as make you worse when you are sick.

Germs! Germs! Germs! is a handy book for my son who has learned a great deal from reading and following the journey these outrageously looking germs make through the pages. This makes a good introductory book for the age group of six to eight.