SOCIAL SCIENCES
Silverstein, Alvin , Silverstein, Virginia , Nunn, Laura Silverstein

Smog, Oil Spills, Sewage, and More: The Yucky Pollution Book

(4) 4-6 Yucky Science series. Illustrated by Gerald Kelley. After a "That's Yucky!" introduction, each chapter focuses on a different category of pollution ("Dirty Air," "Icky Water," "Our Gassy World," etc.). The text, while occasionally reductive, is both informative and humorous: "Would you believe that cow farts are actually adding to the warming of our planet?" Illustrations and photographs underscore the grossness. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.

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