Gross and Ghastly: Human Body

Gross and Ghastly: Human Body is an alternative, fun factbook, which draws children in with its gruesome nature, but provides essential facts about the human body that every child should know.Did you know that there are about 600 hairs in a person's eyebrow? Or can you guess how much of your life will you spend on the toilet? Learn about all the gross things that the human body does, with this fantastically gruesome factbook!Focusing on everything truly terrible that happens to us, Gross and Ghastly: Human Body is a stomach churning journey that investigates how and why our bodies can be so disgusting. Travel from your head to your toes and discover a variety of funny facts, like why your farts smell and how bogies get in your nose!Packed full of facts, puzzles, and games, young readers are sure to find out something new and revolting about their bodies. Including delightfully disgusting illustrations, this is a must-have for every young budding scientist or 6-9 year old who loves a bit of toilet humour!

While there are a number of nonfiction human body books, not many of them include the gross and ghastly information that young kids love to learn about-see competitionSales of children's nonfiction titles has rapidly increased in 2020, with sales up 29.1% on 2019 (Publishers Weekly, 2020)From as young as preschool, children find bodily functions and bathroom humor funny. This develops and usually remains funny until children leave elementary school (Kids Health, 2015), meaning this book is perfect for a range of ages and should sell well due to the disgusting, hilarious topics coveredWritten and illustrated by an elementary school teacher with more than 17 years experience, and who is an expert in the core subjectsGross and Ghastly can cover any children's topic imaginablePotential to grow into a series that can span multiple age ranges, with other titles set to include: Animals, and HistoryFunny text, and beautiful illustration makes this educational book easy for adults and children to read together.Packed with interesting and funny facts about the human body.Includes a number of interactive activities, such as quizzes and puzzles.Written and illustrated by popular, upcoming author Kev Payne.