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Books in Horrible Science Handbooks series

  • Chemical Chaos and Blood Bones and Body Bits

    Nick Arnold

    Hardcover (Scholastic Hippo, Aug. 16, 1998)
    This excellent value two-books-in-one bumper edition of the award-winning Horrible Science series is billed as "Science with the Squishy Bits Left In". How horribly true! From tips on how to snatch the perfect body and what to do with it once you've snatched it, to the kind of horrible health warnings about exercise and the like that the coach potatoes of the world have been dreaming of, Bloody Bones and Body Bits paints a very clear picture of how the body really works. In Chemical Chaos, all manner of dodgy discoveries are investigated and chaotic chemists unmasked in an attempt to find out the sometimes dirty truth about science and scientists. Enormous fun, easy to read and illustrated with rib-tickling cartoons by Tony de Saulles, this Horrible Science twosome proves Nick Arnold¹s talent for combining the communication of illuminating facts with the most fun any would-be scientist will ever have.
  • Nasty Nature

    Nick Arnold, Tony De Saulles

    Paperback (Scholastic, Sept. 5, 1998)
    Kids can slither into the animal world to discover what kind of frog lives in the toilet, how vampire bats suck blood, which animal is the stupidest in the world, and many other fantastic facts that will leave readers howling for more.
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  • Ugly Bugs

    Nick Arnold

    Paperback (Scholastic Paperbacks, March 1, 1998)
    The insect world goes under the magnifying glass in a humorous look at science that answers such questions as which bugs hide behind the wallpaper? how do insects drink blood? and why do flies throw up on your tea? Original.
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  • Really Rotten Experiments

    Nick Arnold

    Paperback (Scholastic, April 1, 2011)
    Packed with loud, noisy, wet and soggy experiments that give kids an appetite for scientific discovery, this title lets them find out who invented pong-free underpants, which strange scientists ate tadpoles for tea and discover a revolting recipe for green slime.
  • Microscopic Monsters

    Nick Arnold, Tony De Saulles

    Paperback (Gardners Books, Aug. 31, 2004)
    "Microscopic Monsters" is full of facts about the tiny world of microbes - viruses, bacteria, amoebas, they're all here, as well as many other diminutive creepy-crawlies. Read the diary of a dust mite, get up close and personal with bacteria and find out what it takes to be a micro surgeon. This book is full of fantastic fact files, quizzes and cartoons.
  • Deadly Diseases

    Nick Arnold, Tony De Saulles

    Paperback (Scholastic, April 6, 2009)
    In "Microscopic Monsters" readers discover what makes our guts a brilliant home for bacteria, and children will love the gruesomely fact-packed "Deadly Diseases". With fantastic fact files and quirky quizzes, teacher tests and crazy cartoons, this terrible twosome has been revamped and is bubbling over with info! Science has never been so horrible!
  • Fatal Forces

    Nick Arnold

    Paperback (Gardners Books, Oct. 31, 1997)
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  • Disgusting Digestion

    Nick Arnold

    Paperback (Scholastic Inc., March 1, 1999)
    From the beginning to the end of the digestive process, readers embark on a light-hearted and comically illustrated exploration of everything from salivary glands to bladders and stomach ulcers. Original.
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  • Fatal Forces

    Nick Arnold

    Paperback (Scholastic Inc., March 1, 1999)
    This latest installment in the series biographies the scientists who discovered Smashing Speed, Gruesome Gravity, and Facts about Fiction, and provides tons of interesting facts about the powerful forces of nature. Original.
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  • Really Rotten Experiments

    Nick Arnold, Tony De Saulles

    Paperback (Gardners Books, Oct. 31, 2003)
    Ever wanted to experiment with the sick side of science? "Really Rotten Experiments" is packed with loud, noisy, wet and soggy experiments that are guaranteed to make your friends and teachers squirm! Are you itching to find out...who invented pong-free underpants? Which strange scientists ate tadpoles for tea? The revolting recipe for green slime? Plus learn to dance like a skunk, eat like a chimp and chat in cat language. With crazy cartoons, queasy quizzes and a terrible term at Rotten Road School, "Really Rotten Experiments" is simply oozing with info! This is a bumper volume of Horrible experiments to keep children entertained for hours. The topics covered will include: blood 'n' guts body experiments, nasty noise experiments, seriously stinky experiments, dangerous dinosaur experiments, scary space experiments and much, much more! Although the main 'meat' will be the experiments, each chapter will also include cartoon stories, snappy facts and quirky quizzes and will be written in a way that allows readers to read the book for fun as well as something they'd only look at to try the experiments.
  • The Awfully Big Quiz Book

    Nick Arnold

    Paperback (Scholastic, Dec. 12, 2003)
    Could YOU challenge a chemist or baffle a biologist? The Awfully Big Quiz Book is bursting with hundreds of quirky questions to puzzle your pals, freak out your family and torture your teacher. Find out the foul facts of science you really need to know. Who ate their own granny in a soup? Which dinosaurs had bad breath? Who used pickled onions as eyeballs? How do you go to the toilet in space? With eye-popping experiments, fearsome facts and all the awesome answers you'll ever need, this brilliant book is guaranteed to boggle your brain!
  • Frightful Flight

    Nick Arnold

    Paperback (Scholastic, Sept. 4, 2014)
    Frightful Flight