| Description |
40 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm. |
| Series |
Is that a fact? |
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Is that a fact?
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 39) and index. |
| Contents |
Can you catch a cold if you go outside with wet hair? -- Do humans really use only 10 percent of their brains? -- Can you harm your eyes from reading in the dark? -- Can eating junk food give you acne? -- Do carrots improve your vision? -- Can eating chicken soup cure a cold? -- Should you really wait a half hour after eating before you swim? -- Is yawning contagious? -- When you drop food on the floor, is it safe to eat it -- If you pick it up in five seconds? -- Do we really need to drink eight glasses of water a day? -- Can you cure nighttime leg cramps by sleeping with a bar of soap? -- Does an apple a day keep the doctor away? -- Can heating food in plastic containers in a microwave cause cancer? -- Can listening to loud music cause hearing loss? -- Can you hurt your knuckles if you crack them too much? -- If you cross your eyes, will they stay that way? -- Can eating fish make you smarter? -- Does eating spinach give you big muscles? |
| Indexed In: |
School Library Journal, July 2010 |
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Horn Book, October 2010 |
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Library Media Connection, May 2010 |
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Science Books & Films (A.A.A.S.), July 2010 |
| Summary |
A series of questions and answers about health and the body that provides facts about various myths. |
| Audience |
5.5. |
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3-6 Follett Library Resources. |
| Study Program |
ACCELERATED READER RL 5.2 P 1.0 WEST |
| Subject |
Health -- Miscellanea.
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| Added Author |
Thompson, Colin W., illustrator.
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| ISBN |
0822590840 |
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