I Wonder Why: My Tummy Rumbles and Other Questions About My Body answers children’s curious questions about how their bodies work. The book explains why stomachs growl, why we blink, why we sneeze, and many other everyday body functions. With clear explanations, colorful illustrations, and engaging facts, it introduces young readers to basic human biology in a simple and accessible way.
Think of your body as an amazing machine. This human machine needs a strong framework to hold up and protect its working parts. Your framework is made of bones and muscles. They work together to give you your shape and to help you move around. This book takes a fascinating look at your muscles and bones- your movers and sharpers.
Think of your body as an amazing machine. This human machine uses food as fuel. Your digestive system acts like a special food processor. It breaks down food, uses the goodness from it and gets rid of waste. This book takes you on a fascinating journey through the workings of the human digestive system.
Think of your body as an amazing machine. This human machine needs a power pack to keep it running. Your power pack is made up of your lungs, airways, heart and blood. Together they deliver life-giving supplies around your body and remove unwanted waste from every working part. This book takes a fascinating look at the human power pack. Amazing illustrations on every page show how each part …
The science and inventions that make us who we are . . . literally! Did you know the first blood transfusions were between people and lambs? Or that the first prosthetic hand with a hook was created so a French soldier could hold the reins of his horse in battle? Or that scientists recently grew a nose?
Meet Henry, an ordinary boy in an extraordinary house...There's a skeleton on the floor and a giant nose on the landing. Step inside Henry's House and join Henry, Jaggers the caretaker and a quirky cast of characters as they find out about the human body. Fact-packed, fun-packed, get packed ...and head for Henry's House.
In its 68 fully illustrated, 99.9% fact-free chapters, Andy Griffiths's and Terry Denton's What Body Part Is That? will explain everything you ever needed to know about your body without the boring technical jargon and scientific accuracy that normally clog up the pages of books of this type. Never again will you be stuck for an answer when somebody comes up to you, points at a part of your …