A Germ's Journey (Follow It!) Paperback – Picture Book, January 31, 2011

Engaging illustrations for adults and kids, fun to read, and lands the basics of good hygiene in an enjoyable way.

Cute book, bought to do a little hand-washing education for preschool kids. It is engaging and fun, and has the main story and then small, more in depth information at the bottom of some pages. I did not read that part to the preschoolers, it was a little to advanced. But they enjoyed the story and learning about germs!

This book is awesome! I am doing a whole unit on health with my 1st graders, and one of the topics is, of course, hygiene. They loved it! They were thoroughly entertained, grossed out (which is good, in this case), and informed. The illustrations make this one of the coolest informational books I've ever seen for little kids. All of the kids were very engaged and fascinated. They begged me to read it to them again! So glad I bought this book.

I bought this for my 3 (going on 4) year old son to help provide a visual and concrete example of what germs are and how they work. He has asked me to read it to him multiple times and of all the germ books I bought, this one seems to have had the most impact. It does not focus a lot of how to prevent germs from spreading, but it does describe how easily they can be spread and how quickly they can travel. I have to admit I was a little disappointed in the fact that they don't spend time talking about germ prevention (covering your mouth, washing hands, etc.), but as one piece of the overall lesson I think that this book did its job. There are cartoon pictures of the germs which give them personality and make them seem like a very big problem. After reading this book (and a couple of others) he has definitely become more germ conscious. A good follow-up book may be The Berenstain Bears Come Clean for school which does talk quite a bit about washing hands and proper coughing methods.

I love this book is so easy for a child to understand in would not intimidate older child as being just for a younger child. The pictures are great, everything in the book is correct, and it teaches the children why it's so important to wash their hands. It's a great for a science book. I bought the first one I bought four more to give out to some other children I know.

Our three year old loves this book. Great story to help him remember why it important to cover his mouth when he sneezes or coughs. Also, helps him to understand why he has a cold and needs to wash his hands.

I purchased this book to compliment a unit on germs and the immune system. Because this book was written in such a fun way, my 4 year old son grabbed the concept of how germs spread very quickly. Although I have repeatedly asked him to cover his cough, this book gave him a visual reasoning of why. I recommend this book because it is very educational, but is written in a way that immediately connects with children. I'm happy to have this in our home library.

This one was great!. I read this to my elementary school and pre school kiddos, They really enjoyed it and it helped them understand the way germs are spread. highly recommended.