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Author
Series
Your hidden life volume 1
Publisher
MIT Kids Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This lively peek into the amazing world of microbes, replete with a kid-pleasing “ick” factor, is chock-full of facts, humor, and fun illustrations. Microbes are everywhere: outside, indoors, on your body, in your body. In fact, only about half of our bodies' cells are human cells—the rest are microbes. Whether helping people digest their food or using mind-control techniques to lure mice into the path of hungry cats (no, really), microbes...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Microbiologists Brett Finlay and Marie-Claire Arrieta explain how the trillions of microbes that live in and on our bodies influence childhood development; why an imbalance of those microbes can lead to obesity, diabetes, and asthma, among other chronic conditions; and what parents can do -- from conception on -- to positively affect their own behaviors and those of their children. They describe how natural childbirth, breastfeeding, and solid foods...
Author
Publisher
Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe how antibiotics were developed and what methods were used to fight infections and disease before antibiotics were available.
Author
Publisher
Doubleday Canada
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The microbes living on and inside us outnumber the cells in our bodies three to one. Many provide services on which our well-being, our moods, our very lives depend. They help to digest our food and operate the immune system. They trade information about potential mates when we kiss. They alert the brain to problems in different locations around the body. The balance of their populations in our gut is a crucial factor in our physical and mental health....
Author
Series
Data Set volume 8
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The DATA Set enters Dr. Bunsen's body in his newest invention, a vehicle that can shrink, to gather all the cold germs that are interfering with an important presentation he has scheduled.
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