Painful Poison

Horrible Science

by Nick Arnold

Science with the squishy bits left in. "Painful Poison" will dish up a deadly dose. Are you brave enough to how to turn your brother or sister into a zombie slave? Why you are breathing in poison right now? What is the secret of the vomit goblet? If you think you can stomach the sick side of Science, then read on as we get wise to the wicked world of killer chemicals. Track down vile villains as a poison detective, meet snakes, spiders and other poison pets and discover the dreadful details of the "Gruesome Guide". With fantastic fact files, quirky quizzes and crazy cartoons, "Painful Poison" is reading to die for. Science has never been so horrible. It is the complete lowdown on this fascinating and diverse subject. "A Gruesome Guide to Poison" will cover everything from plants and creatures that use poison for attack and defence to poisons that are affecting our planet such as car pollution, radiation and the result of burning off fossil fuels. With lost lab notes, and terrible tales, like the Victorian arsenic murders and the story about the Arctic survivors who were poisoned by eating polar bear livers, this is perfect subject matter for "Horrible Science".

Genres: Nonfiction, Science, Childrens, Collections, Humor, Middle Grade

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Nick Arnold is the author of the award winning series, Horrible Science and Wild Lives. Arnold's first published works appeared as a result of a project he was working on at the University of North London, when he was trying to teach young children. A positive review was written about him, and he started to write the "Horrible Science" books. His books are illustrated by Tony De Saulles.

Reviews

[ilaria]

Con questo libro ho iniziato ad apprezzare la scienza e la chimica

[Daisy]

For sure the most interesting of the Horrible Histories/Science books I've read. I would recommend this if you want a quick book to learn more about different types of poisons, and I look forward to reading more of the Horrible Science books in future.

[Green Jazz Blues]

The Horrible Science series beats science lessons at school all hands down! They are hardly ever boring and are more likely to stay in your memory for a lifetime than all those other dull and unimaginative science text books you come across.
This book is no exception. Just the right amount of horrible info without actually giving you nightmares mixed with a bit of humour. Actually, in some instances, I was surprised there wasn't more info supplied, particularly on Mercury.
However, this is a delightful treatise on the subject of poison - a subject that is usually too horrible to discuss!

[Qamar]

We are impressed with your curiosity after reading "Horrible Science: Painful Poison" by Nick Arnold. This book helps us understand that some things in nature, though they may look harmless, can be dangerous. You learned about different types of poisons and how they affect us. It's a good reminder to always be cautious and ask for help when you're unsure about something. This lesson can help you make safe choices in life, showing that it's important to be aware and careful.

Love,
Mom and Dad

[Ryan Mingu]

I think it was funny and it told us about poisons and also a comic thing and had pizza with deadly things like red mushrooms. It also shows a dumb person that tries to kill himself by making poison go inside him.

[Indah Threez Lestari]

195 - 2019

[Sharon]

A nice children book about poisons. Either caused by fungi, chemicals, etc..and what they done to our body system. One of my favourites (the other one is Deadly Diseases)

[Antje]

3.5

[Primadonna]

I learn several things from this book. Full of interesting stuff.

[Cèilidh Williams]

Not gonna lie, only read this now so goodreads will stop shaming me for already being behind on my reading goal.
I feel like the magazine version had more information

[Matthew Fleming]

Really informative and suitably grim!

[Luke]

Probably the best of the series that I've read in a very long while!! 😀

[Eleanor To]

I loved learning about different poisons

[AshishB]

Funny and Full of humor.
I've never read such small piece of knowledge in funny, entertaining and engaging way. These books should be taught in schools.

[Little Miss Harper]

One of my favourite books my favourite chapter was painfully poisonous plants I would recommend this book to 9-14 cause it could give some younger kids nightmares

[Lex Cillian]

Forgot to log this. This book traumatised me as a child but now, it's just jolly good fun.

[Susan]

Read to my nine year old.

Phosphorus is NOT a metalloid. It's a nonmetal.

[Jeludow]

This book started off my love for poison/venom in nature.

[Imran]

Painful Poison, a book by: Nick Arnold. Painful Poison is an educational book about all sorts of poisons. This is a book about poisons, what poisons do to the human body, and stories of people who have been poisoned. First of all there are a couple fictional characters. Such as: Count Orlando Vomito or Donna Venoma, Count Vomito's personal assistant and MI Gustache. He is the character the poisons get tested on and see what happens to the human body after poison enters it. I found this book really exciting because the book asks you some questions and you have to answer them. They write the answers upside-down! That' what seperates this books from other books. My favorite character is Mi Gustache, he gets paid to allow scientist to give him small doseages of poison to see what happens to his body and run tests. At the end of course he is given an antidote and he doesn't die. This is one of my favorite books of all time. It's educational in a fun way! They use a very eye-catching font. When I was reading this book, I couldn't stop reading it. It's a page-turning book. They use jokes and very fun to read vocabulary. I would reccomend this book to anyone who likes science and is over the age of 7, because there are some sights and choices of words that a person under the age of 7, shouldn't read such as: Dying. But overall this is one of the best books I've read. I would give this book 5 out of 5 stars.

[Emily (Jaeyoung) Park]

This book is Painful Poison by Nick Arnold. This book tells you about dangerous poisons that might make people sick. Also it tells you about the history of using poisons. For example, long ago people used poisons to kill people. Also, there are poisonous plants and animals. I learned many things about poison. I liked this book because the writer made this book seemed funny. It was really interesting book.

[Mao Mao]

From this book I learned that a lot of elements can be poisonous. Beryllium is the deadliest metal. It tastes sweet, but only a microgram of the stuff can be deadly. There are even scientists who inject snake poison into their blood. One of the scientists injected green-manba poison and survived. Do you know how he did it? He weakened the poison ten times! The scientist was Dr. F. Eigenberger. But if you really got bitten by a green manba, you will spit blood and die.

[Nina]

With characters such as Count Vomito, Donna Venoma & Dr Grimgrave, it can't go wrong! :p

Poisonous gases, metals, metalloids, plants & animals, The hall of fame of scientists & the painful poison Quiz.

One of the better ones I've read in this series!

[Rainier]

I think this is really fun book. I feel rabies poison (HA HA HA) for the book. ….. I think of the … disease for you to guess … zoo… PHRIP!! Yikes ! I've forgotten to tell you… THIS BOOK IS ABOUT POISON!!! A warning: DO NOT READ THIS BOOK AT DINNERTIME!!!!!

[Lee Kai Sang]

i think this book was very funny and useful, because it had taught me many kind of chemicals and the use of different kind of chemical, and i hope to read more about this book series, and also hope that there will be more and more books with this series.

[Sis_p5ejoseph]

This is a non-fiction book about different kinds of poisons.Hmmm... , I wonder if I shuld try them on someone....

[Max Uchiha]

this book tells us all about poison

[Hannah]

A fun and entertaining read. A very enjoyable way to learn about this topic.

[Natalie]

HILARIOUS SERIES.Full of comical characters and stories that you can remember easily if you need help for your history test!

[Katerina Smith]

One of my favourite childhood books that kept my passion for science alive. I was a big fan of all of the books in the Horrible Science series along with the Horrible History books.

[Eugene]

A book with occasional jokes and laughs that teaches basic concepts of science.