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Let's Talk About Germs

March 10, 2020 | marianne

Looking to start a conversation with your children about the importance of hygiene, hand washing, and preventing the spread of germs? Check out these Juvenile Fiction and Nonfiction selections below. Click on the titles for exact location and availability.

Juvenile Fiction

The Berenstain Bears come clean for school by Jan Berenstain
Germs are not for sharing = Los germenes no son para compartir by Elizabeth Verdick
Also available in: e-book
Sick Simon by illustrator Dan Krall
Scrubba dub, Carlos by Stuart J. Murphy
The trouble with germs by Jennifer Frantz
Wash, wash, wash! by Pamela Chanko
Wash your hands! by Margaret McNamara
You take a bath [kit] by David I. A. Mason

Juvenile Nonfiction

12 ways to prevent disease by Melissa Abramovitz
Back off, sneezy! : a kids' guide to staying well by Rachelle Kreisman
Do not lick this book* : *it's full of germs by Idan Ben-Barak
Germs : fact and fiction, friends and foes by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Infections, infestations, and diseases by Shirley Smith Duke
It's catching : the infectious world of germs and microbes by Jennifer Gardy
Keep it clean : time to wash up by Cecilia Minden
Keeping clean by Cath Senker
Keeping clean by Siân Smith