Oh Yuck! the Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty by Joy Masoff

Oh Yuck! the Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty by Joy Masoff

Kids love stuff that's gross. From the liquids, solids, and gases--especially the gases --or their own bodies to the creepy, crawly, slimy, slithery, fetid, and feculent phenomena in the world at large, kids with a curious bent just can't get enough. Oh, Yuck The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty brings together, in one book, all the good things about some of the baddest things on Earth.

Exhaustively researched and impeccably scientific, yet written with a lively lack of earnestness, Oh, Yuck is an ants to zits encyclopedic compendium covering people, animals, insects, plants, foods, and more. Here are vampire bats, which sip blood and pee at the same time so that they'll always be light enough to fly away; and slime eels, wreathed in mucus and eating fellow fish from the inside out. Oh, Yuck explains why vomit smells; where dandruff comes from; what pus is all about; and why maggots adore rotting meant. Other features include gross recipes, putrid projects, 10 foods that make you airborne, and more.

With hundreds of cartoon illustrations and real-life photographs, Oh, Yuck is the complete guide to the irresistible--at least to an 8-to-12 year old--underbelly of life.

Joy Masoff, a mother of two, realized her fascination with the feculent when she became scoutmaster to a den of burping Cub Scouts, and then discovered that her Brownie unit had the same fascination. She lives in Waccabac, New York, with her family.

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ISBN 13	9780613621502
ISBN 10	0613621506
Title	Oh Yuck! the Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty
Author	Joy Masoff
Condition	Unavailable
Publisher	Econo-Clad Books, Div. of American Cos., Inc.
Year published	2000-01-02
Number of pages	212
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.