Whats Eating You [Paperback]

Nicola Davies (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2009

Explore the weird and wonderful world of parasites in this follow-up to the bestselling "Poo".Every animal has a habitat where it can find food and shelter and have its babies. But there is one group of creatures whose habitats are not forests, seas or deserts. Instead they live on or in the bodies of other animals - in skin, hair, fur, feathers, blood, guts, livers, hearts and lungs. They are Parasites! Uncover the secrets of their amazing life-cycles and dare yourself not to scratch or groan as you read...then give in; it's impossible! Short written sections with creepy-crawly diagrams and comic strips make this information book engaging and accessible for young minds.

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About the Author

Nicola Davies is a zoologist and writer, who has also produced and presented several radio and TV programmes. Her books for children include many acclaimed non-fiction titles such as Poo, Extreme Animals and Ice Bear (9781406302059), as well as the novel Home (9780744559835). She lives in Devon. Neal Layton has illustrated more than forty books, including Poo by Nicola Davies and Rover by Michael Rosen. He has also illustrated his own stories, which include Oscar and Arabella and Bartholomew and the Bug, both winners of the Smarties Book Prize Bronze Award. He lives in Hampshire.

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Walker Childrens Paperbacks (June 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1406313548
• ISBN-13: 978-1406313543
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 5.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,709,783 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 Grossly Fantastic!, October 24, 2007

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Amber E. Gulmatico "thepursued" (Tacoma, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What's Eating You?: Parasites -- The Inside Story (Hardcover)

I read this book to my kids about a week ago and they loved it! My oldest son shocked me last night by telling our friends about the book and remembered some really difficult names...and he's 5!

This book has gross, but never crude information about parasites in it and it is a great read. The illustrations made the complex world of parasites totally understandable and fun to my 4 & 5 year-old audience. This book is pretty long for that age group but they loved every moment of it and never tired.

This covers human and animal parasites and how they get into you and the other animals, what they look like, what their purpose is, how they harm or don't harm you, how some of them are beneficial, and how some of them live amazingly crazy life-cycles.

My kids are pretty young, but I found the information fascinating as well. I would venture to say this is a book for readers of all ages, who have a little bit of curiosity and humor in them. I never ventured to think that parasites would be fun learning about, but this book does just that.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!! Fun and educational, January 21, 2010

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dc (massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What's Eating You?: Parasites -- The Inside Story (Hardcover)

I am a scientist working with parasites. When I heard about this book I ordered it for my friend's kids (6 and 10 years old), and they LOVE it. It is very educational and accurate while making the subjuct matter fun. Even the adults in the family love this book. They have been all reading it over and over and talking about the content.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Yuck! Yuck! Yuck!, March 28, 2008

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Robert C. Ross (New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What's Eating You?: Parasites -- The Inside Story (Hardcover)

Yuckiness sells!

Especially to male teens. (And to this male, no longer teen, but still young enough at heart to remember the appeal of yuckiness.) The same authors served that same market segment with Poop: A Natural History of the Unmentionable and Extreme Animals: The Toughest Creatures on Earth.

This book describes bizarre parasites that inhabit people and other creatures. They are cleverly drawn and described in a flat, matter of fact style. Her publisher's website, Walker Books, has a quote that captures her appeal to boys of all ages:

"I don't remember a time when I wasn't utterly besotted with animals. I spent all my time before I went to school, in the garden with my lovely Grandpa (who was small and round and had all sorts of things in his cardigan pockets) looking at flowers, and ants and bird's nests."

This book has enough substance to appeal to much older readers.

Robert C. Ross 2008