Poo! What IS That Smell?: Everything You Need to Know About the Five Senses

by Lorna Murphy, Glenn Murphy

Overview

Which animal has the biggest eyes? What's inside your ear-holes? Why do sweaty socks smell so stinky?

Glenn Murphy, author of Why is Snot Green?, answers these and a lot of other brilliant questions about the five senses in this funny and informative book.

Packed with doodles and information about all sorts of incredible smelly things, like why sprouts and ice cream taste so different. Poo! What IS That Smell? contains absolutely no boring bits!

Discover more funny science with Disgusting Science: A Revolting Look at What Makes Things Gross.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447247999
Publisher:	Pan Macmillan
Publication date:	08/15/2013
Series:	Science Sorted , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	7 - 9 Years

About the Author

Glenn Murphy received his masters in science communication from London's Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine. He wrote his first popular science book, Why is Snot Green?, while managing the Explainer team at the Science Museum in London. In 2007 he moved to the United States. He now lives and works in Raleigh, North Carolina, with his wife, Heather, and two unusually large and ill-tempered cats.

Lorna Murphy is Glenn's sister. She studied children's book illustration at Cambridge School of Art. She is obsessed with illustrated books and also writes. Originally from Kent, Lorna now lives in Suffolk with her partner and when not creating books in her studio, she works with children in local schools and public libraries. This provides lots of inspiration for her creative work and ensures her shelves are always full of fantastic books.

Lorna Murphy studied children's book illustration at Cambridge School of Art and is obsessed with illustrated books and also writes. She is the co-author of the book Poo! What IS That Smell?: Everything You Need to Know About the Five Senses with her brother, author Glenn Murphy. Originally from Kent, Lorna now lives in Suffolk with her partner and when not creating books in her studio, she works with children in local schools and public libraries. This provides lots of inspiration for her creative work and ensures her shelves are always full of fantastic books.
Glenn Murphy wrote his first book, Why is Snot Green?, while working at the Science Museum, London. Since then he has written around twenty popular-science titles aimed at kids and teens, including the bestselling How Loud Can You Burp? and Space: The Whole Whizz-Bang Story. His books are read by brainy children, parents and teachers worldwide, and have been translated into Dutch, German, Spanish, Turkish, Finnish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Indonesian. Which is kind of awesome. In 2007 he moved to the United States and began writing full-time, which explains why he now says things like 'kind of awesome'. These days he lives in sunny, leafy North Carolina with his wife Heather, his son Sean, and two unfeasibly large felines.

Editorial Reviews

A refreshing look at the five senses which actually contains a surprising amount of scientific information, presented in an appealing format and in a way which will help children to remember the facts.

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