Books with author Jeff Szpirglas

Jake knew that a field trip to the cemetery would lead to bad things. Bad things like an angry class bully. Bad things like a mysterious tombstone. Bad things like a scratched eyeball.Most scratched eyeballs heal up in no time. They don't pop out of their sockets or float in the air or help you cheat on your math test. And they almost never go off in search of revenge.Now Jake's eyeball has a mind of its own. Jake needs to find out what it's after and why. Whatever it is, it's after something ancient. Something evil."Evil Eye is wonderfully creepy and creative. Don't blink." - David Lubar"Some kids have been waiting their entire lives for a book about a floating eyeball, even if they didn't know it. This is that book." - Kirkus Reviews

A hilarious and eye-opening new look at the world around us.Gross Universe is an eye-opening and sometimes stomach-turning journey of exploration into all of our own gross inner workings, and some of the more nauseating tales from nature and the world around us.The humor of MAD magazine meets good old hard scientific fact. Always entertaining, in fact downright hilarious, author Jeff Szpirglas takes a scientific look at the many things about our physical selves and the other animals and plants around us that often go unmentioned. From our gross microscopic friends to our skin, hair, sweat, and other malodorous excretions, plus mucus, mold, acne, pus (a Perfectly Understandable Secretion), explosions, fossilized vomit, gas, and myriad other delightful subjects, this is science that will be sure to capture the attention of a young reader.Szpirglas does not expose the sweeter side of life, but will keep young audiences enraptured, laughing, and learning. It may not always be pretty, but it’s definitely fascinating to uncover the scientific reasons for processes that happen to us and around us.

Jake knew that a field trip to the cemetery would lead to bad things. Bad things like an angry class bully. Bad things like a mysterious tombstone. Bad things like a scratched eyeball. Most scratched eyeballs heal up in no time. They don't pop out of their sockets or float in the air or help you cheat on your math test. And they almost never go off in search of revenge. Now Jake's eyeball has a mind of its own. Jake needs to find out what it's after and why. Whatever it is, it's after something ancient. Something evil. "Some kids have been waiting their entire lives for a book about a floating eyeball, even if they didn't know it. This is that book." - Kirkus Reviews

Jake knew that a field trip to the cemetery would lead to bad things. Bad things like an angry class bully. Bad things like a mysterious tombstone. Bad things like a scratched eyeball. Most scratched eyeballs heal up in no time. They don't pop out of their sockets or float in the air or help you cheat on your math test. And they almost never go off in search of revenge. Now Jake's eyeball has a mind of its own, and it's up to Jake to find out what it's after and why. Whatever it is, it's something ancient. Something evil.

An eye-opening, stomach-turning look at the world around us. Gross Universe reveals the science behind all the disgusting things that kids love to talk about. From mucus to vomit, from farts to phlegm, nothing is off limits. It's not always pretty, but it is fascinating. Find out why we need scabs, how saliva keeps our teeth clean, and why pus is a "Perfectly Understandable Secretion." With his wicked sense of humor, Szpirglas delves into the topics that kids find irresistibly revolting: Games you should never play, such as Komodo Dragon Spin-the-Bottle Fun activities, such as the Dandruff Landing Pad Scientist A and Scientist B, who help break down scientific facts for young readers Topics covered include: Sickening skin The hideous healing process Spectacular stenches Things that ooze Open up and say...Eugh! Foul fossils and putrid prehistory What a gas! Mad about mucus V is for vomit Gross Universe will keep young audiences laughing and learning as they uncover the science behind some of life's more odious occurrences.

Who knew that fear could be so much fun? With wacky humor and childlike curiosity, Jeff Szpirglas explores what people are afraid of and why, and what fear does to their bodies and brains. Fearsome facts keep readers on the edge of their seats as they take a deliciously spine-tingling trip through the unknown — and in the process, learn to confront their own phobias. From superstitions to ghosts to monsters, vampires, snakes, spiders, nightmares, thrill rides, and more, Fear This Book comes at fear from every frightening angle. Witty cartoon illustrations underscore the book’s lighthearted approach to a serious subject.

A hilarious and eye-opening new look at the world around us.Gross Universe is an eye-opening and sometimes stomach-turning journey of exploration into all of our own gross inner workings, and some of the more nauseating tales from nature and the world around us.The humor of MAD magazine meets good old hard scientific fact. Always entertaining, in fact downright hilarious, author Jeff Szpirglas takes a scientific look at the many things about our physical selves and the other animals and plants around us that often go unmentioned. From our gross microscopic friends to our skin, hair, sweat, and other malodorous excretions, plus mucus, mold, acne, pus (a Perfectly Understandable Secretion), explosions, fossilized vomit, gas, and myriad other delightful subjects, this is science that will be sure to capture the attention of a young reader.Szpirglas does not expose the sweeter side of life, but will keep young audiences enraptured, laughing, and learning. It may not always be pretty, but it’s definitely fascinating to uncover the scientific reasons for processes that happen to us and around us.

Who knew that fear could be so much fun? With wacky humor and childlike curiosity, Jeff Szpirglas explores what people are afraid of and why, and what fear does to their bodies and brains. Fearsome facts keep readers on the edge of their seats as they take a deliciously spine-tingling trip through the unknown — and in the process, learn to confront their own phobias. From superstitions to ghosts to monsters, vampires, snakes, spiders, nightmares, thrill rides, and more, Fear This Book comes at fear from every frightening angle. Witty cartoon illustrations underscore the book’s lighthearted approach to a serious subject.

An eye-opening, stomach-turning look at the world around us. Gross Universe reveals the science behind all the disgusting things that kids love to talk about. From mucus to vomit, from farts to phlegm, nothing is off limits. It's not always pretty, but it is fascinating. Find out why we need scabs, how saliva keeps our teeth clean, and why pus is a "Perfectly Understandable Secretion." With his wicked sense of humor, Szpirglas delves into the topics that kids find irresistibly revolting: Games you should never play, such as Komodo Dragon Spin-the-Bottle Fun activities, such as the Dandruff Landing Pad Scientist A and Scientist B, who help break down scientific facts for young readers Topics covered include: Sickening skin The hideous healing process Spectacular stenches Things that ooze Open up and say...Eugh! Foul fossils and putrid prehistory What a gas! Mad about mucus V is for vomit Gross Universe will keep young audiences laughing and learning as they uncover the science behind some of life's more odious occurrences.

30 dangerous paths. 30 minutes to escape. YOU choose the path to survive!Back with even more danger and daring, and a dash of fun, this fourth installment of the choose-your-own-path series features serious survival scenarios, Canadian style!You begin your quest for survival stranded in the Rockies with an injured guide. You quickly find out she's not who she appears to be. Is she a friend or foe? And what's with that secret compound in the dam? The danger escalates . . . the dam is sabotaged . . . what should you do? Choose wrongly and be beaten by mutant beavers, roiled by raging rapids, squashed by a sasquatch, razed by a rockslide or worse! Choose well — help the mutant animals, trust your instincts with the bomb, grab that extra paddle — and make it out of the woods alive.

"Horror you can sink your teeth into! Fast paced, darkly funny and jam packed with hair-raising suspense. This book bites (in a good way)." --Arthur Slade, Governor General's Award winning Author of The Hunchback Assignments TEN THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT SHELDON UNGER: 1. Girls do not like you. 2. Your best friend collects scabs. 3. Your annoying grandma hogs the TV. 4. You opened your grandma's old trunk. 5. You found a creepy old jar inside the trunk. 6. You opened the jar. 7. Deadly, living teeth escaped from it. 8. These teeth have killed before. 9. Only you can stop the teeth. 10. Your only protection is a fairy costume.