"Grossology" is a term invented by American author/illustrator team Sylvia Branzei and Jack Keely to describe the "science of really gross things". This book explains the hows and whys of life's more disgusting facts - such as why our feet smell, why breaking wind is necessary and what useful function snot performs. Whether it is slimy, mushy, crusty, scaly or stinky, a grossologist finds out lots of disgusting things about people's bodies.

 

This book is part of a book series called Picture Puffin .

There are 112 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Jack Keely received his bachelor's degree in illustration at Rhode Island School of Design, and obtained his master's degree at Cranbrook Academy of Art. Sylvia Branzei is a teacher, writer and grossophile who lives in Northern California in a house with very little plumbing.