Germ Stories

by Arthur Kornberg, Adam Alaniz (Illustrator)

"I told my three sons stories about germs more than fifty years ago as fanciful bedtime tales." So begins this charming collection of poems written by Nobel Prize-winning scientist Arthur Kornberg to help us learn about the germs that help and harm us. These rollicking, entertaining, and informative poems have been illustrated with witty and amusing watercolors and the book also contains electron micrographs and a glossary for the child who wants to go deeper into the world of microbiology.

Genres: Science

70 pages, Hardcover

First published November 10, 2007

About the author

Arthur Kornberg was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1959 for his discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)" together with Dr. Severo Ochoa of New York University. He was also awarded the Paul-Lewis Award in Enzyme Chemistry from the American Chemical Society in 1951, L.H.D. degree from Yeshiva University in 1962, as well as National Medal of Science in 1979. In 1991, Kornberg received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement[3] and the Gairdner Foundation Award in 1995.

His primary research interests were in biochemistry, especially enzyme chemistry, deoxyribonucleic acid synthesis (DNA replication) and studying the nucleic acids which control heredity in animals, plants, bacteria and viruses.

(Source: en.wikipedia.org)

Reviews

[Julia Smula · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderfully written poems and little stories about how bacteria influence our lives-in good and bad ways. Great to teach little children something about the tiny world of microbes. The illustrations and microscopical pictures are amazing and funny.

[Guadalupe Acosta flores · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hermoso libro para acercar a los niños a la ciencia y enseñarles que los microorganismos son mas que benéficos :)

[barbs · Rating 5 out of 5]

2024: my nephew is not 1yo anymore- more like 5 yo. I do have a new nephew that's 0yo, he might like it.

My one year old nephew loves it.

[bubbles (Albert) · Rating 5 out of 5]

The illustrations are amazing.