The Bright Body Book
Published on 14. October 2021
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-1-5263-1660-8 (ISBN)
Description
Discover the human body in glorious technicolour!
With eye-grabbing diagrams and amazing facts, The Bright Body Book takes a vibrant look at the body's many systems: how they work and what role they each play in keeping us alive.
This colourful and fact-packed bumper book provides an accessible look at the human body through bright and bold graphics. With page-filling diagrams, a colour-blocking approach, and simple text and captions, The Bright Body Book presents the incredible scale and complexity of the human body in small, digestible chunks. As well as this, surprising statistics and close-up photos allow children ages 9+ to gain a deeper insight into the wonders of our bright and bold bodies.
This definitive resource is your one-stop shop and includes a look at the following areas of the body:
The brain and nervous system
The digestive system
The heart, lungs and blood
The reproductive system
The senses
The skeleton and muscles
With eye-grabbing diagrams and amazing facts, The Bright Body Book takes a vibrant look at the body's many systems: how they work and what role they each play in keeping us alive.
This colourful and fact-packed bumper book provides an accessible look at the human body through bright and bold graphics. With page-filling diagrams, a colour-blocking approach, and simple text and captions, The Bright Body Book presents the incredible scale and complexity of the human body in small, digestible chunks. As well as this, surprising statistics and close-up photos allow children ages 9+ to gain a deeper insight into the wonders of our bright and bold bodies.
This definitive resource is your one-stop shop and includes a look at the following areas of the body:
The brain and nervous system
The digestive system
The heart, lungs and blood
The reproductive system
The senses
The skeleton and muscles
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Children's Group
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 11 years
Dimensions
Height: 298 mm
Width: 321 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
854 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5263-1660-8 (9781526316608)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Izzi Howell is an award-winning author and editor of over fifty children's books. She lives in East Sussex and enjoys learning languages, cooking and travelling around Europe.
Her book Cats React to Science Facts was the winner of the Best Laugh Out Loud Book for 6-8 year-olds award at The Lollies and winner of The Royal Society Young People's Book Prize in 2020.
Sonya Newland has written and edited many books for children and young people, specialising in science, history and the natural world.
Her book Cats React to Science Facts was the winner of the Best Laugh Out Loud Book for 6-8 year-olds award at The Lollies and winner of The Royal Society Young People's Book Prize in 2020.
Sonya Newland has written and edited many books for children and young people, specialising in science, history and the natural world.
Content
1: Your bright body
2: The skeleton and muscles
3: The skeleton
4: Growing bones
5: Inside bones
6: The skull and ribs
7: The spine
8: Joints
9: Bone breaks and diseases
10: Tendons and ligaments
11: The muscular system
12: Types of muscle
13: Muscles and movement
14: Facial muscles
15: Sprains and strains
16: The heart, lungs and blood
17: Around the body
18: The airways
19: The lungs
20: Inhale/exhale
21: Gas exchange
22: Sneezing and coughing
23: Respiratory illnesses
24: The heart
25: A healthy heart
26: Blood
27: Blood vessels
28: Blood groups
29: The immune system
30: The brain and nervous system
31: The brain
32: Neurones
33: Nerves
34: The spinal cord and nerves
35: Receptors
36: Seeing and hearing
37: Effectors
38: The limbic system
39: Unconscious actions
40: Memory
41: Conditions
42: The senses
43: The five senses
44: Sight
45: Looking around
46: Hearing
47: Different sounds
48: Taste
49: Smell
50: Touch
51: Sensing pain
52: Position and balance
53: Reacting to senses
54: Internal senses
55: Problems with senses
56: The digestive system
57: Your digestive system
58: The mouth
59: The oesophagus
60: The stomach
61: Vomiting
62: The liver and pancreas
63: The small intestine
64: The large intestine
65: Faeces
66: The urinary system
67: Digestive issues
68: Types of food
69: Vitamins and minerals
70: The reproductive system
71: Reproduction
72: Female reproductive organs
73: Male reproductive organs
74: Hormones and reproduction
75: Female puberty
76: The menstrual cycle
77: Male puberty
78: Creating sperm
79: Sexual reproduction and inheritance
80: Fertilisation
81: Pregnancy
82: Multiple births
83: Infertility
2: The skeleton and muscles
3: The skeleton
4: Growing bones
5: Inside bones
6: The skull and ribs
7: The spine
8: Joints
9: Bone breaks and diseases
10: Tendons and ligaments
11: The muscular system
12: Types of muscle
13: Muscles and movement
14: Facial muscles
15: Sprains and strains
16: The heart, lungs and blood
17: Around the body
18: The airways
19: The lungs
20: Inhale/exhale
21: Gas exchange
22: Sneezing and coughing
23: Respiratory illnesses
24: The heart
25: A healthy heart
26: Blood
27: Blood vessels
28: Blood groups
29: The immune system
30: The brain and nervous system
31: The brain
32: Neurones
33: Nerves
34: The spinal cord and nerves
35: Receptors
36: Seeing and hearing
37: Effectors
38: The limbic system
39: Unconscious actions
40: Memory
41: Conditions
42: The senses
43: The five senses
44: Sight
45: Looking around
46: Hearing
47: Different sounds
48: Taste
49: Smell
50: Touch
51: Sensing pain
52: Position and balance
53: Reacting to senses
54: Internal senses
55: Problems with senses
56: The digestive system
57: Your digestive system
58: The mouth
59: The oesophagus
60: The stomach
61: Vomiting
62: The liver and pancreas
63: The small intestine
64: The large intestine
65: Faeces
66: The urinary system
67: Digestive issues
68: Types of food
69: Vitamins and minerals
70: The reproductive system
71: Reproduction
72: Female reproductive organs
73: Male reproductive organs
74: Hormones and reproduction
75: Female puberty
76: The menstrual cycle
77: Male puberty
78: Creating sperm
79: Sexual reproduction and inheritance
80: Fertilisation
81: Pregnancy
82: Multiple births
83: Infertility