Human Body

by Claude Delafosse, Pierre-Marie Valat, Gallimard Jeunesse

Book Overview

Find out what happens to the food we eat, explore X-rays of bones and teeth, and discover miracles with a microscope. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Spiral-bound
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439106818
• ISBN13: 9780439106818
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.3" x 7.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Hidden World, Human Body

This is clever little book that uses transparencies and a paper flashlight to add a little fun to an tremendously interesting topic: what the human body is all about. In this book you remove the paper flashlight from the back page and then slide it between the black pages and the transparencies to `illuminate' (actually just draw attention too) parts of the pictures. Topics include: The Diversity Of The Human Form How A Baby Grows In It's Mommy's Tummy Parts Of Digestion Bones Teeth The Five Senses Dreams And Sleep Smaller Parts Of The Body As One Might See Them Under A Microscope ...at the end there are pictures and the question: "Did you find these hidden pictures..." If you are interested in detail here's a little more about the topics: The diversity of the human form - actually this is only two pages that show different kids and you will probably have to point out to them that people come in all kinds of shapes and sizes. The text is: "Each human body is a wonderful world! Turn the page to find out how human life begins. How a baby grows in it's mommy's tummy - One page shows a mom and babe with the development of the mommy's belly and the relative size of the baby in silhouette. There is also a transparency that shows a baby at one, one-and-a- half, 3, and 5 months. Parts of digestion - An girl is shown in silhouette with a the 5 parts of digestion labeled beneath: chew, swallow, digest, absorb, and eliminate. A blue circle indicates where the food is in the process. The accompanying transparency depicts the parts of the body: such as esophagus, liver, pancreas, etc. The digestive processes, as well, is briefly discussed: teeth, saliva, etc. They do not mention stomach acid, but only say that in the stomach food is broken down even further. They then say that it passes into the small intestine where nutrients are absorbed. Then through the large intestine and out the rectum. Bones -- there is an xray type picture. They touch on the structural aspects of bones as well. Teeth -The transparency shows an `xray' type picture of a boy's skull with bones, nasal cavities and teeth showing. Sure to be of interest is the fact that baby teeth are `pushed out' by the adult teeth. Dreams and Sleep - a really useless transparency of no real merit accompanies text that reminds us that while we sleep, our brains stay active. Smaller parts of the body as one might see them under a microscope - these include what a slide with a skin bisection with a hair might look like. In addition: white blood cells; red blood cells, muscle, bone, brain; egg and sperm cells. Four Stars. This book is not comprehensive (and perhaps should not be for this age group) but it does have gaps which they could have easily been covered. Also, there is nothing graphic or yucky in this mom's opinion and although it is hardly comprehensive, it probably contains enough detail for the six and under crowd. **See Magic School Bus videos for a

Very good, but incomplete...

My 3 year old wanted to know how food gets to the stomach and beyond (of course). This book serves to explain how food is digested, how 1/2 of the skeleton looks (no feet, mom), and how a baby grows in the mother...but it misses muscles, circulatory system, nervous system and isn't very detailed when it does discuss the five senses. The main attraction of this book is the fascinating paper flash light that seems to illuminate the very good illustrations on transparencies. It is a winner - we just wish it covered more and answered more questions.

Fun and innovative!

The price is a little steep-- the book is child-sized, meaning it's about seven square inches big-- but boy does it make up for its size in presentation! The flip-transparencies are ingenious, as well as the method for viewing it. My 5 1/2 year old son couldn't put it down. Its language is clear but not dumbed-down. There may be a few vocabulary words that the younger readers will ask about. But honestly, this is a GREAT introduction to human anatomy for this age group-- by far the best one I've seen.