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Author:

Donovan, Sandra, 1967-

Title:

Does an apple a day keep the doctor away? : and other questions about your health and body / Sandy Donovan ; illustrations by Colin W. Thompson.

Publisher:

Lerner Publications,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

40 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Health--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Health--Miscellanea.

Other Authors:

Thompson, Colin W. ill.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 39) and index.

Contents:

Can you catch a cold if you go outside with wet hair? -- Do humans really use only 10 percent of their brains? -- Can you harm your eyes by reading in the dark? -- Can eating junk food give you acne? -- Do carrots improve your vision? -- Can eating chicken soup cure a cold? -- Should you really wait a half hour after eating before you swim? -- Is yawning contagious? -- When you drop food on the floor, is it safe to eat it if you pick it up in five seconds? -- Do we really need to drink eight glasses of water a day? -- Can you cure nighttime leg cramps by sleeping with a bar of soap? -- Does an apple a day keep the doctor away? -- Can listening to loud music cause hearing loss? -- Can you hurt your knuckles if you crack them too much? -- If you cross your eyes, will they stay that way? -- Can eating fish make you smarter? -- Does eating spinach give you big muscles?

Summary:

Presents a variety of common sayings about your health and body and explains which are fact and which are fable.

Series:

Is that a fact?

ISBN:

0822590840
9780822590842 : LIB

LCCN:

2009010223

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

RGPA371 -- Churdan Public Library (Churdan)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

HHPC765 -- Laurens Public Library (Laurens)

OGPC877 -- Lenox Public Library (Lenox)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

FPPC224 -- Murphy Helwig Library (Monona)

NVPB663 -- Riceville Public Library (Riceville)

DDPC173 -- Rockwell Public Library (Rockwell)