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2005
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2005 Hackmatack

Children's Choice Book Award/Prix littéraire - le choix de jeunes

In the fifth Mysterious You book, Achoo! The Most Interesting Book You'll Ever Read About Germs, kids probe the secrets of illness and sniff out what germs are, why they sometimes make us sick, how our bodies battle them and how vaccines protect us against them. This unique series explores the mysteries of the human body using a mix of thoroughly researched factual information, amazing anecdotes and surprising try-it activities.

Born in Barrie, Ontario, Trudee Romanek is the author of Aha! The Most Interesting Book You'll Ever Read about Intelligence, Zzz... The Most Interesting Book You'll Ever Read about Sleep and The Technology Book for Girls and Other Advanced Beings.

Thematic Links

• Illness and disease
• Cleanliness
• Vaccination, history of diseases and cures
• Famous scientists
• Manners
• The human body

Suggested Activities

Check out the book for activites like:

• growing germs commonly found on your hands;
• sneezing into particles to approximate how far germs are propelled;
• testing the effectiveness of skin as a germ barrier;
• making fake mucus;
• simulating chills caused by fever;
• growing Penicillium mold.