Oh,Yuck!: The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty

From School Library Journal
Gr 4-8-Beginning with a warning that "this book is downright disgusting," Masoff presents a delightful compendium of facts about things that are gross, putrid, and stomach turning. Covering more than 50 topics from A to Z, she reveals the truth about some unsavory mysteries of the human body, such as acne, body lint, eye gunk, farts, halitosis, snot, and vomit. Odious creatures such as cockroaches, lice, maggots, rats, and slugs are also discussed. Other subjects include "Cannibals," "Gross Grub," "Mucky Medicine," and "Toilets." Ranging from a couple of paragraphs to several pages, the entries offer a great deal of information in a hilarious tongue-in-cheek manner. The author also provides pronunciations and definitions, historical perspectives, and advice on how to deal with each of her revolting topics. Amusing cartoons and well-chosen, black-and-white photographs with humorous captions support the text. A section of "X-Periments" (e.g., build an exploding pimple, mix a batch of make-believe mucus) makes an appropriate conclusion to the book. Guaranteed to improve the quality of the lunchtime chatter of all but the most squeamish, this delightful volume will be enjoyed by fans of grossness everywhere.-Cynde Marcengill, Horry County Memorial Library, Surfside Beach, SCCopyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.


School Library Journal
"...this delightful volume will be enjoyed by fans of grossness everywhere."


Working Mother
"EWWW... For every kid who's ever wondered about burping, pus, slugs, vomit, and the like, we recommend Oh, Yuck!


Family Life New York, NY
"This book is chock full of educational entries covering subjects from insects to bodily secretions."


MetroKids
"Has a compendium of useful information for teenagers... sort of like Dr. Spock meets South Park."


Book Description
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.


Card catalog description
An alphabetical collection of articles about disgusting things, from acne, ants, and bacteria to worms, x-periments, and zits.


From the Back Cover
All the best stuff about some of the worst stuff on earth. From the liquids, solids, and gases – especially the gases!-of human body to the creepy, crawly, fetid, and foul phenomena of the world at large, Oh, Yuck! Is the all-encompassing compendium of gross. Skin eruptions. Naked mole rats. The Donner party and the hissing roach of Madagascar, maggot therapy, ear wax, the good news about pus, and why vomit smells. Plus Raunch recipes and vile x-periments-Exploding Zit, Scab, and more. It's everything you ever wanted to know about the yucky side of life. Featuring: The Vile - Vampire bats pee while sipping blood so that they'll always be light enough to fly away. The Unsavory - Canned caterpillars grace supermarkets in Mexico, tarantula egg omelets are popular in Brazilian rain forests, and grasshoppers-fried and served with a side of rice-are a delicacy in China and Japan. The Noxious - The mosquito has killed more animals and people than any other single species or weapon, marking it the most dangerous creature on earth. The Repulsive – Slime eels feast on Dead Sea creatures by slithering into their carcasses and gobbling everything but bones and skin. The Icky – To keep a mummy's head intact, the brains were scooped out through the nose with a tiny spoon.


About the Author
Joy Masoff fell into the world of the gross when she became scoutmaster of a den of burping Cub Scouts. Two years later she started a Brownies troop, which was equally slime-obsessed--proving that a fascination with the revolting is not gender-based. Ms. Masoff is also the author of Fire! and Emergency! for Scholastic. She lives with her family in Chappaqua, New York.


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Gr 4-8-Beginning with a warning that "this book is downright disgusting," Masoff presents a delightful compendium of facts about things that are gross, putrid, and stomach turning. Covering more than 50 topics from A to Z, she reveals the truth about some unsavory mysteries of the human body, such as acne, body lint, eye gunk, farts, halitosis, snot, and vomit. Odious creatures such as cockroaches, lice, maggots, rats, and slugs are also discussed. Other subjects include "Cannibals," "Gross Grub," "Mucky Medicine," and "Toilets." Ranging from a couple of paragraphs to several pages, the entries offer a great deal of information in a hilarious tongue-in-cheek manner. The author also provides pronunciations and definitions, historical perspectives, and advice on how to deal with each of her revolting topics. Amusing cartoons and well-chosen, black-and-white photographs with humorous captions support the text. A section of "X-Periments" (e.g., build an exploding pimple, mix a batch of make-believe mucus) makes an appropriate conclusion to the book. Guaranteed to improve the quality of the lunchtime chatter of all but the most squeamish, this delightful volume will be enjoyed by fans of grossness everywhere.-Cynde Marcengill, Horry County Memorial Library, Surfside Beach, SC Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information. Read all 6 "From The Critics" >


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