Chicken pox begins with coldlike symptoms, but after a couple of days its characteristic rash emerges. Thanks to the advent of a vaccine, this illness is not as common as it once was—although many people still catch chicken pox. This book explains chicken pox from an elementary-level science perspective, including its cause, prevention and treatment, and tips on how to relieve the ailment’s telltale itchiness.

A funny, charming, and realistic look at a common childhood illness. A Pox Fact at the bottom of every spread adds a nonfiction bonus: simple, solid information about cause, contagion, and cure. For the sick room or anytime, an engaging, sympathetic picture book. Full color.

Peppy rhymes present the humorous side to a common ailment

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It's finally summer and Amber Brown is going to London to visit her aunt Pam and then to Paris to visit with her father. She is one excited kid before she goes. And one itchy kid when she arrives. Mosquito bites, she thinks. Chicken pox, she finds out. Is her vacation completely ruined? And now that she can't go to Paris, how will she be able to convince her dad to move back home?