sanitation

Offers a comprehensive overview of the history and role of the society of diseases.

From landfills to recycling. Waste explores the basic science concepts behind the way we process garbage.

"This title explores the world-changing invention of the toilet and how it helped revolutionize sanitation and waste removal" --Amazon.

Simple text and photographs show children helping to stop the spread of germs by washing their hands, cleaning surfaces and more.

Dump! Learn how garbage trucks get the job done through narrative nonfiction, fun facts, infographics, a glossary, and more!.

The global COVID-19 pandemic feels unprecedented. But, the world has faced pandemics before: the black death, the flu, and antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis. The case studies of these occasions, alongside the COVID-19 pandemic, give readers perspective on how and why pandemics happen. The main content provides age-appropriate detail about how pandemics start, immunity, lockdowns, solutions, and more. This timely title combines history, science, and modern news information for young readers ready to learn and move on from the pandemic.

"Clara uses her magical feather to visit the pegasus princesses in the Winged Realm where she helps Princess Aqua clean up an ink spill in the merfairies' pool before the Merthday Splash celebration"-OCLC.

We can't see bacteria, but it is everywhere - in the air, in the ground, on our hands, even in our bodies. These microscopic single-celled organisms have inhabited earth far longer than humankind and live in almost all the habitats the planet provides. The study of bacteria provides fascinating insight into early history and has an endless depth of knowledge to be discovered.

Viruses are behind many types of illness, from mild colds to severe diseases like acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Even COVID-19 itself is mild for some and severe for others. Viruses have been found all over the Earth. Researchers estimate that they are ten times more common than bacteria. These tiny germs, that are not even a cell themselves, invade other organisms and are an unavoidable part of our lives.