Danger!
Don't let the encyclopedic structure, funky mixed-media designs, facts, stats, and stories lull you into a false
sense of security. Danger! is filled with peril, risk, and suspense. Open with extreme caution. You've been warned.
The parasite Wuchereria bancrofti is a roundworm that is injected into your blood by a mosquito. They then travel to the lymph vessels and grow to an enormous size, blocking the vessel and causing elephantiasis in the leg.Did that make you reel in disgust? Did it make you never want to go outside again, lest be infected by this parasite? Are you ready to gag or worse? Than maybe this book isn't for you. However, if this grabbed your interest for even a moment, or made you even a little bit
I could see this being a huge hit with boys aged 10-14. It includes facts, but its interesting enough that it doesnt feel like a textbook. To me, it felt rather jumpy. Like there would be a blurb about a bunch of different topics. I think thats intentional though, considering the target audience. My favourite features were the historical comics. They provided more background and were visual, yet informative. I feel like this book would lead to more reading overall, once an interesting topic was
This is the book for anybody that likes to live on the edge of danger. This is a book for those that like to explore all things dangerous. This book has facts regarding the spooky science, scary science, nature nasty and so much more. However, all these interesting facts are shown in a comic book style. With that being said, I decided to twin this book up with the graphic novel Lost Boy. Both these book have a darker side to them presented in comic book form. The main character, Nate, goes on an
Danger is a very interesting book about many dangerous places and things in the world. For example, in the Bermuda Triangle there is a place called the horse latitudes where sailors would find themselves stranded without any wind to move them along their course. They are named the horse latitudes because these sailors would throw their horses overboard here to save water. Besides the Bermuda Triangle, the desert can be a dangerous place. Sand moving at high speed, as in a sandstorm, has been
Another GREAT Fantastic book from DK
might go along with our danger/disaster book talk...
Laura Buller
Hardcover | Pages: 192 pages Rating: 4.36 | 33 Users | 12 Reviews
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ISBN: | 0756667399 (ISBN13: 9780756667399) |
Edition Language: | English |
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Warning! Open this book at your own risk. Inside, you'll encounter animals armed with sharp claws and killer jaws, deep-sea monsters, poisonous plants, and frogs falling from the sky, not to mention some of the world's most accident-prone humans. Explore the hottest and highest places on Earth, get lost in Antarctic wastes, and consider the end of the world and whether or not it's near. And just when you think you're done, you'll come face-to-face with the most dangerous mathematical formula in history.Don't let the encyclopedic structure, funky mixed-media designs, facts, stats, and stories lull you into a false
sense of security. Danger! is filled with peril, risk, and suspense. Open with extreme caution. You've been warned.
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Title | : | Danger! |
Author | : | Laura Buller |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | First Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 192 pages |
Published | : | September 20th 2010 by DK Children |
Categories | : | Nonfiction |
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Ratings: 4.36 From 33 Users | 12 ReviewsColumn Of Books Danger!
Best illustrated book ive ever read! Very similar with Do Not Open published by DK Publishing. Its so hard to find another book like thisThe parasite Wuchereria bancrofti is a roundworm that is injected into your blood by a mosquito. They then travel to the lymph vessels and grow to an enormous size, blocking the vessel and causing elephantiasis in the leg.Did that make you reel in disgust? Did it make you never want to go outside again, lest be infected by this parasite? Are you ready to gag or worse? Than maybe this book isn't for you. However, if this grabbed your interest for even a moment, or made you even a little bit
I could see this being a huge hit with boys aged 10-14. It includes facts, but its interesting enough that it doesnt feel like a textbook. To me, it felt rather jumpy. Like there would be a blurb about a bunch of different topics. I think thats intentional though, considering the target audience. My favourite features were the historical comics. They provided more background and were visual, yet informative. I feel like this book would lead to more reading overall, once an interesting topic was
This is the book for anybody that likes to live on the edge of danger. This is a book for those that like to explore all things dangerous. This book has facts regarding the spooky science, scary science, nature nasty and so much more. However, all these interesting facts are shown in a comic book style. With that being said, I decided to twin this book up with the graphic novel Lost Boy. Both these book have a darker side to them presented in comic book form. The main character, Nate, goes on an
Danger is a very interesting book about many dangerous places and things in the world. For example, in the Bermuda Triangle there is a place called the horse latitudes where sailors would find themselves stranded without any wind to move them along their course. They are named the horse latitudes because these sailors would throw their horses overboard here to save water. Besides the Bermuda Triangle, the desert can be a dangerous place. Sand moving at high speed, as in a sandstorm, has been
Another GREAT Fantastic book from DK
might go along with our danger/disaster book talk...
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