Jennifer Gardy

I loved the illustrations in this book of all the different germs. They look so mean! I love learning about epidemiology and I love science books for kids so this was a good one. I especially love the story of Barry Marshall who drank some bacteria in order to prove to the skeptical medical community that it could cause ulcers. Also I love bacteria names. Helicobacter pylori, Campylobacter jejuni, Clostridium botulinum, there's something about them that I like! I don't know why. Campylobacter is just fun to say.… (mehr)