by the Editors of Planet Dexter
Illustrated by Jack Keely
64 full color (!) pages
9 1/4 x 9 1/4
$12.99
ISBN 0-201-91442-5
Ages 8-14
The first thing you notice about this book will be the first thing you
notice about any person you meet: the hair.
That's right. We've put hair all over the front and back of this book,
an irresistible tribute to the wealth of little-known but vital hair
information the book contains. The Hairy Book answers all the "why?'s
about your body's most obvious feature. Including:
Why bald men aren't really bald
Why some dogs have blue hair, and some pigs have pink hair (honest!)
The scoop on werewolves and Medusa
What a scientist can tell about you from a single hair
Hair myths and legends
Outrageous styles from all eras (a hairy history lesson)
The Rapunzel mystery: how fast and how long does hair really grow?
The origin of hairy terms, from "big wig" to "hair squared"
Tons of alarming hair trivia.
"A US Court of Appeals ruled in 1993 that the existence of a beard on a
man does not affect his ability to deliver pizza."
Dynamite + Diamonds
A Recipe for Hair
50% carbon (the same stuff that diamonds are made from)
6% hydrogen (the same stuff that's used in rocket fuel)
17% nitrogen (the same stuff that's used to make dynamite)
5% sulfur (the same stuff that's in gunpowder)
20% oxygen (the same stuff you breathe)
Pretty in Pink One of these animals has naturally pink hair.
a) The javelina (a wild desert boar)
b) The African elephant
c) The Duroc pig
d) The common housefly
e) The alligator
ANSWER: c
HairFacts
If you're a redhead, you've got about 50,000 fewer hairs on your head
than a blonde does.
Scientists believe that dolphins and whales were once hairy animals.
Queen Elizabeth I included a gold-framed hairball among her crown
jewels.
Humans are almost the only animal that grows underarm hair.
Some people once believed that the hair of witches controlled the
weather.
Without hair in your nose and ears, you couldn't smell or hear.
