lice

In rhyming text, head lice or "cooties" explain how they like to invade schools and live in children's hair and reveal how they can be stopped.

Katie, an ordinary third-grader who accidentally wished on a shooting star to be anyone but herself, turns into her best friend Jeremy and tries to reconcile the boys and girls in Class 3A after the boys decide all girls have cooties.

An introduction to head lice, discussing how they are born, what they look like, what they eat, how they grow, where they live, and how to get rid of them.

A horrified boy discovers he has head lice and tries some wild remedies to get rid of them.

Presents information, in simple text and photographs, on head lice, and includes descriptions of what they are, the symptons of having them, how they are spread, and how they can be treated. Includes photo glossary.

A little girl helps her mother get rid of lice.

Second graders and their teacher experience an outbreak of head lice.

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and life cycle of lice, and how to get rid of them.

Discusses how to get rid of a head hunter known as lice focusing on washing your hair with lice-killing shampoo, and comb your hair with a fine-tooth comb. Depicts the physical characteristics and behaviors of a louse and notes the grooming tactics of other animals to get rid of lice. Also describes the life cycle of a louse from an egg then through the nymph stage and then to grow in an adult in less than a week. Usually a lice lives for thirty five to forty days.

Provides a brief overview of lice, describing what they are, how the affect people and animals, and how to avoid getting lice.