Germ Stories (Hardcover)

by Arthur Kornberg (Author), Adam Alaniz (Illustrator)

Editorial Reviews

Review
"A delight to child and adult." --Nature, December, 2007

"Humorous yet informative." --Science, December, 2007

Product Description
"I told my three sons stories about germs more than fifty years ago as fanciful bedtime tales." So begins this charming collection of poems written by Nobel Prize-winning scientist Arthur Kornberg to help us learn about the germs that help and harm us. These rollicking, entertaining, and informative poems have been illustrated with witty and amusing watercolors and the book also contains electron micrographs and a glossary for the child who wants to go deeper into the world of microbiology.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Hardcover: 70 pages
• Publisher: University Science Books; 1st edition (November 10, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1891389513
• ISBN-13: 978-1891389511
• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #278,007 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!, March 12, 2008

By	Jeffrey Backstrand (Newark, NJ United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is very interesting... and fun! It as funny poems; that make it easy to understand germs. The pictures are AMAZING! I brought the book into school. People were so into it, that it was hard to take it home! Germ Stories was read over, and over, and over again by my classmates! I think the age group should be from 4 years old, to ten. I really recommend it!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Book!, December 28, 2008

By	Kiirekass (Maple Valley, WA United States) - See all my reviews

A wonderful picture book written by a Nobel Prize-winning scientist with stories that rhyme about all the most famous and infamous germs. My 3 year old received this as a present and the whimsical drawings of germs pulled her right in. Even my almost 2 year old loves this book. The germs are actually cute! You can imagine the fun we all had as the kids point out various pictures and the adults get to say, "That's salmonella!" and "Look, helicobacter pylori look like little slugs!" The fun continues with the kids trying out the scientific names for the cute "bugs" the see in the book. Washing hands and why we get ear infections take on new meaning. This book has been extremely educational and fun for the whole family. It's appropriate for kids of all ages- adults included!