"Discover the extraordinary world of viruses, from their creation and transmission to vaccination. If we didn't know it before, we certainly know it now: viruses can be powerful--so powerful, in fact, that they can hold the world in their grip for months at a time. But what exactly is a virus? Where do they come from and what do they do to our bodies? How do they spread, and what can we do to protect ourselves? Author Marc ter Horst tackles these questions with playfulness and humor, while Wendy Panders's quirky and enlightening illustrations bring the text to life. Covering everything from COVID-19 and vaccines to diseases from the past, Snot, Sneezes, and Super-Spreaders is an accessible, engaging, and science-based guide to help young readers understand our current world."-- Provided by publisher.

Originally published in Dutch as Viruswereld: Over snot en superspreaders in 2021 by Uitgeverij J.H. Gottmer/H.J.W. Becht BV, Haarlem, Netherlands. Includes index.

Nasty to meet you: what viruses are and how they work -- Snot and super-spreaders: how viruses spread -- War inside your body: how viruses make you sick, and how you and your body react -- Virus stoppers: how to frustrate a virus -- A fascination with vaccination!: how vaccines protect us -- In search of the source: how virus outbreaks happen and what we can do about them.