Can You Get Warts from Touching Toads?: Ask Dr. Pete

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J. Messner, 1986 - Medical - 94 pages
Answers questions about rumors and curiosities relating to health, such as the folk belief that toads can cause warts.

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Contents

Does an apple a day keep the doctor away?
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Why does my stomach rumble during school assem bly?
2
When I was ill in bed Granny took all the flowers out of my room
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About the author (1986)

Award-winning illustrator and children's author, Quentin Blake was born in 1932. His first drawings were published in "Punch" when he was 16. He has illustrated almost 300 titles some in collaboration with famous writers such as Russell Hoban, John Yeoman and Roald Dahl. He is the creator of characters such as Mister Magnolia and Mrs. Armitage. His works have earned him numerous awards including the Whitbread Award, the Kate Greenaway Medal, the Emil/Kurt Maschler Award, the Bologna Ragazzi Prize, and in 2002 the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration. In 1999, he was selected as the First Children's Laureate.

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