Why is Snot Green, Glenn Murphy

It’s rare to see both a funny yet factual science book, yet I witnessed this reading ‘Why is Snot Green’. ‘Why is Snot Green’, as the name suggests, is a question and answer book. It tackles general science; space, our planet, animals, the human body and the future, all named more amusingly than here.

                This book has many advantages, but the sense of humour makes it particularly attractive. Also, you can build on the voices; you can establish what kind of people they would be or what they would do. The questions are questions we would ask, and more complicated answers are aided with diagrams.

                But my friends didn’t seem to enjoy it so much – it wasn’t so much the style of writing as the lack of colour which made them back away from it; the other books were loaded with pictures and seemed to appeal more to the teens.

                Overall, I believe the writing in a book to be more important than the pictures displayed, rating ‘Why is Snot Green?’ high on my list of good books. And the lack of pictures was made up for by the injection of humour. What a great book. It definitely hits a 9/10