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  • You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Clean Water!

    Roger Canavan, David Salariya, David Antram

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Sept. 1, 2014)
    How would you cope in a world without water? Clean water is far, far more important than you might think! This title in the fantastic new You Wouldnt Want to Live Without series is bursting with surprising facts about this essential life source. As you learn about everything from how water keeps us healthy to the astounding ways in which it is used across the word, youll soon see why you really, really wouldnt want to live without it! Featuring comprehensive diagrams, a timteline, hilarious cartoon-style illustrations, and "You Can Do It!" panels on how to conduct your own water experiments. The well-organized text in this title allows readers to explore relationships between historic scientific events. Grade-appropriate contexts help readers determine the meaning of academic words and phrases while the vivid illustrations and text features help navigate the text and locate answers to questions.
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  • You Wouldn't Want To Live Without Soap!

    Alex Woolf, Mark Bergin

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Sept. 1, 2015)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Would you rather put your grubby clothes in the washing machine, or take them down to the river and beat the dirt out of them? You re lucky to have the choice! Soaps and detergents are among the great benefits of modern life. They help to keep us comfort
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  • You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Bacteria!

    Roger Canavan

    Paperback (Book House, Feb. 12, 2015)
    Though most of them are too small to be seen with the naked eye, bacteria are everywhere. They appeared on Earth more than 3 billion years before the first dinosaurs. Some bacteria cause deadly diseases, but many of them are helpful to us. They fertilise the soil by breaking down dead material, and they are an essential ingredient in many foods. Bacteria in our own bodies are a vital part of the digestive process.
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  • You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Antibiotics!

    Anne Rooney

    Paperback (Book House, Jan. 15, 2015)
    Many dangerous diseases are carried by bacteria - tiny organisms that can get into the body and multiply inside it. Antibiotics are medicines that kill bacteria. They can be used to cure many diseases that were deadly in the past. This book tells the story of how antibiotics were discovered, and how they have transformed the treatment of disease.
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  • You Wouldn't Want to Live Without the Internet!

    Anne Rooney, Mark Bergin

    Library Binding (Franklin Watts, Sept. 1, 2015)
    What if the Internet never came to be?The Internet has been with us for a surprisingly long time (Queen Elizabeth II sent her first email in 1976), and there are many people alive today who do not remember life without it. How did we communicate? Where did we go for information? This book follows the development of information technology from the invention of writing through the earliest computers (earlier than you think!) to the present day. It explains in simple terms how the Internet works, and how it differs from the World Wide Web. An important section at the end discusses how young readers can stay safe online.
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  • You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Immunisation!

    Anne Rooney

    Paperback (Book House, Feb. 12, 2015)
    Sticking sharp needles into small children doesn't sound like a nice thing to do - but sometimes you have to 'be cruel to be kind'. Since the 18th century, immunisation has saved millions of people from deadly diseases - and in future, as new techniques are invented, we might even be able to do away with that needle.
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  • You Wouldn't Want To Live Without Plastic!

    Ian Graham, David Antram

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Sept. 1, 2015)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. It can come in any color of the rainbow, be smooth and glossy, or dull and rough but how important is this seemingly indestructible material, and would you want to live without it? If you were to go around your room and start listing all the things made
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  • You Wouldn't Want To Live Without Vaccinations!

    Anne Rooney, David Antram

    Library Binding (Turtleback, )
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  • You Wouldn't Want To Live Without Insects!

    Anne Rooney, David Antram

    Library Binding (Turtleback, Feb. 1, 2015)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Each title in this new series takes readers on a historical journey, examining how people coped in the past and how they developed ingenious ways to make life safer and less unpleasant. Each book features full-color cartoon-style illustrations and hilarious speech bubbles to heighten interest, making the series attractive even to reluctant readers.
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  • You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Books!

    Professor Alex Woolf

    Paperback (Book House, Jan. 15, 2015)
    Imagine a world without books. You would have no information about the world outside, except what you could learn from travellers. You would know nothing about the past, except what storytellers could remember. The book is a truly amazing data storage device, yet most of us take it for granted. Find out how it has developed over the centuries, and how it is being reinvented for the future.
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  • You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Soap

    Professor Alex Woolf

    Paperback (Book House, Aug. 13, 2015)
    Many dangerous diseases are carried by bacteria - tiny organisms that can get into the body and multiply inside it. Bacteria breed in unhygienic environments, but soap can be used to keep our surroundings and bodies clean and healthy, keeping bacteria at bay. This book tells the story of how soap was invented, and its impact on our quality of life. You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Soap! is part of a brand-new science and technology strand within the internationally acclaimed You Wouldn't Want to Be series, created and designed by David Salariya.
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  • You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Bees!

    Professor Alex Woolf

    Paperback (Salariya Book Company Ltd, Aug. 18, 2016)
    What would happen if there were no bees in the world? It would be a disaster! Without bees, we would, of course, have no honey. But we'd also lose a lot of other foods and useful products like cotton produced by plants that bees pollinate. We would also lose the animals that eat these plants, and the animals that eat those animals! As far as important species are concerned, bees are at the top of the list - you really wouldn't want to live without them! You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Bees! is part of a brand-new science and technology strand within the internationally acclaimed You Wouldn't Want to Be series. The clear, engaging text and humorous illustrations bring the subject to life and stimulate young readers' curiosity about the world around them.
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