Oh, Yuck!: The Encyclopedia of Everything Nasty
All the best stuff about some of the worst stuff on earth.\ From the liquids, solids and gases—especially the gases!—of the 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 raunchy recipes and vile x-periments—Exploding Zit, Scab Surprise, and...
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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.Family Life New YorkThis book is chock full of educational entries covering subjects from insects to bodily secretions.
Introduction Warning: This Book Is Downright DisgustingviiiAcne: Look Out Below, Your Zit's About to Blow!1Ants: Some of These Creepy Crawlies Are No Picnic3Bacteria: The Good, the Bad, and the Stinky6Bats: It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's a Fuzzy Mammal?11Beetles: The Things That Go Crunch in the Night14Blood: How Something so Gross Can Be so Good18Body Lint: Would You Like Toe Jam with Your Toast?20Body Odor: I Sweat Therefore I Stink21Burping: A Belch Is Born24Cannibals: Let Them Eat...Fred?26Cockroaches: Or, How to Live for 135 Million Years on a Diet of Pure Garbage29Crocodilians: From King of the World to Swamp Thing33Dandruff: Snow for All Seasons35Earwax: Great Big Gobs of Brownish Gunk38Edible Bugs: Waiter, There's Some Soup in My Bug!42Eels: Slithery, Slimy Swarms of Fish46Eye Gunk: Mr. Sandman, Meet Mr. Mucus49Farts: A Burp from Below54Fleas: This Joint Is Jumping!57Flies Puking and Peeing: A Day in the Life of a Fly60Foul Feet: A Step in the Wrong Direction63Freaky Fish: Swim or Be Swallowed64Frightening Fashions: Outfits Wackier than Your Great-Aunt Ida's68Fungi: There's a Fungus Among Us!71Gross Grub: If You Think Broccoli Is Bad74Halitosis: Wake Up and Smell the Stench78Icky Insects: To Buzz or Not to Buzz82Jellyfish: Put on Your Pantyhose and Dive In!85Leeches: A Blood Buffet88Lice: Too Much Attention Can Go to Your Head91Lizards: Relax, Take Your Tail Off93Maggots: Decaying Dead Deer? Dinnertime!!96Miserable Meats: A Soda, Some Fries, and a Double Eyeball Burger with Cheese99Mites: Mighty Microscopic Munchers102Mosquitoes: A Midsummer Night's Scream103Mucky Medicine: This Will Only Hurt for a Second106Mummies: Are You My Mummy?110Naked Mole-Rats: Rough, Tough, and in the Buff113Parasites: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner115Pee: They Call Me Mellow Yellow117Poop: A Bum Deal121Pus: Green, Goopy, and Good for You Too!124Quicksand: I'm Sinking and I Can't Get Up!126Rats: Long-tailed, Sharp Toothed Disease Buses128Raunchy Recipes: Today's Specials: Totally Nasty131Scabs: A Crusty Coat of Armor134Scorpions: Mini-Monsters of the Night136Shrunken Heads: A Nightmare for Your Noggin139Sickening Seafood: This Chapter Is Not for the Faint of Tummy140Skin Eruptions: Rashes, Blisters, and Warts. Oh My!144Skunks: A Putrescent Perfume149Slugs: Confessions of a Naked Snail152Snakes: Do the Fang Tango155Snot: You May Think It's Candy, but It's Snot160Spiders: They're Not All Itsy-Bitsy!163Spitting: Welcome to Loogie Land167Tar Pits: Stuck in a Rut171Ticks: A Bunch of Suckers173Toilets: A Royal Flush175Vile Vegetation: Fearsome Flowers and Vindictive Vines180Viruses: Invasion of the Body Snatchers184Vomit: Bring Along a Barf Bag--This Is Gross!187Vultures: Chow Time at the Roadkill Cafe192Worms: Spaghetti That Squirms196X-Periments: Making Muck of Your Very Own198Bibliography203Photo Credits205Index207
\ Family Life New YorkThis book is chock full of educational entries covering subjects from insects to bodily secretions.\ \ \ \ \ MetroKidsHas a compendium of useful information for teenagers... sort of like Dr. Spock meets South Park.\ \ \ School Library Journal...this delightful volume will be enjoyed by fans of grossness everywhere.\ \ \ \ \ Working MotherEWWW... For every kid who's ever wondered about burping, pus, slugs, vomit, and the like, we recommend Oh, Yuck!\ \ \ \ \ School Library JournalGr 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.\ \ \ \ \ From The CriticsFrom the human body's gasses and liquids to creepy phenomena of the world, Oh, Yuck! covers all 'gross' subjects with equal insights, including raunchy recipes, vile experiments, and general gore. Not for the squeamish. Kid-oriented (pre-teen) but many an adult will qualify as reader.\ \
