Weymouth Writer Pens Kids' Science Book Series

From Jenn Dlugos:

WEYMOUTH, MA - Things That Make You Go Yuck! is a new nonfiction science and nature series that introduces kids to complex scientific topics in a fun and accessible way. It will ignite a passion for discovery and kick start their investigation of the natural world.

Nature doesn’t always play nice, and Things That Make You Go Yuck! showcases some of the worst offenders in the plant and animal kingdom. You’ll meet trespassing toads, insects in disguise, brood-borrowing cuckoos, and many more. It’s a rogue’s gallery of some of nature’s roughest, meanest species. Whether it's nature's slimiest organisms or the weirdest mutations, Things That Make You Go Yuck! celebrates survival of the fittest, grossest, craziest, and creepiest things in nature, proving once and for all that life in the wild is anything but ordinary.

Crooked Critters (ISBN: 9781618216090) showcases some of the meanest creatures in the plant and animal kingdoms.

Mystifying Mutants (ISBN: 9781618215642) highlights genetic mutants that creep, crawl, and slither among us.

Odd Couples (ISBN: 9781618215666) discusses nature’s strangest dating rituals, cooperative couples, and parasite pests.

Extreme Living (ISBN: 9781618215680) looks at organisms living in the weirdest ways, like miles deep under the ocean or floating in space.

Jenn Dlugos and Charlie Hatton are Boston-based science nerds who met through stand-up comedy. By day, Jenn writes science textbooks and Charlie slings data for a cancer research company. By night, they make comedy films and stay up way past their bedtime e-mailing pictures of weird animals to each other.

Image via Jenn Dlugos.