Blurb

Get ready to discover just how gross our universe really is.

Learn the foulest facts about space, Earth, humans, animals and science that have been tested by real scientists, and even do your own gross experiments.

Meet your guide, Slimon, who loves all things rotten, revolting, despicable and downright disgusting.

Rate the facts yourself using the grossometer!

Did you know …

• There’s poo on the moon?
• You will drool enough in your lifetime to fill two swimming pools?
• Whales do 974 litres of pee into the ocean every day?
• There’s a wall covered in chewing gum that’s over 30 years old?
• There’s a robot designed to projectile vomit?

Full to the brim with the world’s filthiest facts and most putrid pictures, this book is sure to make you and your friends say: ‘Eww Gross!’

The CBCA judges say...

With such an enticing title and colourful cover, the promise of foul facts and putrid pictures would invite any child who loves ‘things that are grim, gross, odious, offensive and horrid’ to delve into the pages. The book is divided into five sections, with the contents page outlining the wide range of topics covered with a heavy emphasis on well researched science foul facts from around the world and outer space. Our guide, Slimon, makes the book highly interactive as he invites us to use the grossometer to rate the most disgusting facts and asks questions throughout and suggests activities and experiments. The text and brightly coloured digital illustrations work beautifully together. Loaded with filthy bite-sized facts making learning fun and interactive.

Teaching Notes for this book...

Pantera Press has generously made teaching notes available for this book on their website.

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