Body Battles

by Rita Golden Gelman

Book Overview

Rhyming text and humorous illustrations introduce young readers to the harmful substances that can invade the body, and the defensive weapons that can combat them. The Body Bulletin Board at the end... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590449737
• ISBN13: 9780590449731
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.5" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Best book of its kind

I am a retired physician and volunteer as a reading tutor at an elementary school. Coming across this cleverly written description of viruses and bacteria while working with a student I was entranced by the excellent, accurate and fun descriptions of these "bugs". I highly recommend it for 7-10 yr olds (or a precocious 5-6 y/o). It is a thin volume but don't let that fool you. It is packed with good information.

A terrific educatinal book for early readers.

An early reader (5-6) will find this a challenging bit of fun to read, outside of the usual "see spot run" fare. Later readers (7+) will find it a good introduction to the biology of the human immune system. As my six yearold who has read the book 50+ times, says, "this book is super-sensational, what-a-creational deadly dangerous stuff"