Human Body

✍ Scribed by Dr. Bipasha Choudhury

• Publisher: DK Publishing
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 66
• Series: DK Findout!
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

From gooey gastric juices to our amazing brains, and everything in the human body in between, this book will give kids the knowledge they want about how our bodies work.

DK findout! Human Body introduces kids to the complex system that is our body, from head to toe. Nerves and organs, spines and skulls, plus all the gooey stuff that fascinates kids like digestion, waste and smelly business are discussed with text and images appropriate for kids 6 to 9 years old.

Series Overview: The DK findout! series helps kids ages 6-9 become experts on their favorite subjects--from dinosaurs to Ancient Rome to computer coding. Each book focuses on a specific topic and makes learning fun through amazing images, stimulating quizzes, and cutting-edge information kids are eager to know.

✦ Table of Contents

2 Contents
4 Inside out
6 Growth
8 The bare bones
10 The skull
12 The brain
14 Nervous system
16 Muscle power
18 Organs
20 Heart to heart
22 Breathe in
24 Blood
26 Immune squad
28 Healing
30 Digestion
32 Getting energy
34 Teeth
36 The body clock
38 Genes
40 Senses
42 Eyes
44 Hearing
46 Taste and smell
48 Emotions
50 Skin bacteria
52 Bacteria... or virus?
54 Exercise
56 Superhuman
58 Human body facts and figures
60 Glossary
62 Index
64 Acknowledgments

✦ Subjects

Juvenile Nonfiction, Concepts, Body, Science & Nature, Biology