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Why Is Snot Sticky?: Questions and Answers about Bizarre Bodies by Anne Rooney, William C. Potter

ljrinaldi's review

2.0

I'm vacillating between two and a half and three stars on this one.

Hear me out. The reason for such a low rating, and not being sure if it should get two or three stars is that this is just a bunch of factoids. We learn that we shed skin throughout our lives. We learn that snot is sticking so that it can get gunk out of your nose. we learn that you have your best hearing at age 10. We learn all these little bits of information, these factoids, and that is it. We don't learn anything more.

While it is fun to learn weird facts, such as fingernails grow faster when you are older and the thinnest skin you have is in your eyelid.

My problem is that is all you learn. I love books that teach, and this only teaches trivia. There is no more information than that. And there are a lot of books that do just that, that teach you about the snot in your nose, and what it is composed of, and things like that.

So, no, I can't recommend this as being anything other than a bunch of facts. And if that is what you want from a kid's book, then go for it.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.