Your Body

by Gwynne Vevers and Sarah Pooley

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688028217
• ISBN13: 9780688028213
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books
• Length: 4 Pages
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Human physiology book for 5-12 year olds; positive attitudes

(Originally published as six separate books: Skin and Bone, Blood and Lungs, Feeding and Digestion, Muscles and Movement, Seeing Hearing and Tasting, Reproduction.) 140 pages, 19 x 24.5 cm; full color illustrations.I was attracted to this book because it demonstrates a positive attitude towards the body that is so frequently lacking in most books. This book is not afraid of using good illustrations in an appropriate way -- for example, it's not afraid of using an illustration of a naked person where useful (whereas most books avoid nudity except where they absolutely have to).The book is full of good text describing the body system in question, paralleled with funny cartoon drawings and jokes from the cartoon characters. Children will find this book easy to read and enjoyable, although I think sometimes the jokes are a bit oblique and may distract from what is trying to be explained (unless a parent is present to explain how the joke fits in to the topic being discussed).