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An imaginative and whimsical way of introducing children to various functions of the body while emphasizing good health. A lactic acid microbe, Micki, travels down Maggie's Throat Street when she takes a drink of milk. While visiting Tonsil Park and meeting the Pneumo Twins the microbes are detected by Watch Dog Cough and as he barks they are sent flying through the air landing on Jamie's ball. Now Jamie is the recipient and upon licking his fingers the microbes travel past his White Teeth Hills and find long chains of the streptococcus family in his Throat Street. In like manner Micki and other microbes travel from one child to another via apples, popsicles, pencils and spoons. Subsequent visits through the body introduces Lung House, Nose Cave, Tear Duct Waterfall, Windpipe Lane, etc. The White Corpuscle Policemen enter the story to destroy bad microbes and prevent infection in Blood River. Seventy three beautiful illustrations enhance the 88 page book. It has a sewn, hardbound laminated cover. Order from: MoDel Publishers, Box 645, Byron, CA 94514 or Baker Taylor; Select Books, Evanston, IL; Monroe Press, Sepulveda, CA.Guymon, Maurine B. is the author of 'Adventures of Micki Microbe' with ISBN 9780961865009 and ISBN 0961865008.
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