
Up Close and Incredible: Human Body: Volume 1
An Interactive Adventure with a 3x Magnifying Glass
Isabel Thomas(Author)
Wide Eyed Editions (Publisher)
Published on 4. June 2024
Book
Hardback
48 pages
978-0-7112-8651-1 (ISBN)
Description
Grab your 3x magnifying glass and go on a gross-up journey through the ins and outs of anatomy with Up Close and Incredible: Human Body.
In this scientific search-and-find adventure, you'll join a team of tiny scientists, nurses and doctors as they explore a diverse range of bodies inside and out, from the tips of your toes to the snot in your nose. You'll learn along the way how every part of your body does its job to keep you happy and healthy.
But it's not all a biology lesson: look closely through the magnifying glass, and you'll find scared scientists fleeing from a tastebud-tingling chilli pepper, an ear-canal waterslide, and even a cinema inside an eyeball! Your trusty magnifying glass will reveal new gags again and again among the scrapes, mishaps and wacky experiments of the miniature scientists, where every tiny detail tells a story, and every story reveals more incredible facts about the human body.
The larger-than-life scenes you'll explore include the brain, heart, lungs, digestive system, kidneys and bladder, reproductive system, skeleton, nerves and muscles, as well as the sensory organs and skin. With 14 scenes and 10 things to spot on each one, plus extra detail hidden on every page, Up Close and Incredible: Human Body has literally hundreds of facts and jokes to discover. A map of the human body at the back puts everything into context, while a gallery of scientists celebrates the famous faces who discovered many of the facts in the book.
This thrilling scientific journey of a book will have you gasping and laughing as you discover new shocking and hilarious facts about the body you're in. The zany drawings are packed full of comedic details to spot, keeping your read fresh each time. So, what are you waiting for? Your magnified adventure into human anatomy awaits!
In this scientific search-and-find adventure, you'll join a team of tiny scientists, nurses and doctors as they explore a diverse range of bodies inside and out, from the tips of your toes to the snot in your nose. You'll learn along the way how every part of your body does its job to keep you happy and healthy.
But it's not all a biology lesson: look closely through the magnifying glass, and you'll find scared scientists fleeing from a tastebud-tingling chilli pepper, an ear-canal waterslide, and even a cinema inside an eyeball! Your trusty magnifying glass will reveal new gags again and again among the scrapes, mishaps and wacky experiments of the miniature scientists, where every tiny detail tells a story, and every story reveals more incredible facts about the human body.
The larger-than-life scenes you'll explore include the brain, heart, lungs, digestive system, kidneys and bladder, reproductive system, skeleton, nerves and muscles, as well as the sensory organs and skin. With 14 scenes and 10 things to spot on each one, plus extra detail hidden on every page, Up Close and Incredible: Human Body has literally hundreds of facts and jokes to discover. A map of the human body at the back puts everything into context, while a gallery of scientists celebrates the famous faces who discovered many of the facts in the book.
This thrilling scientific journey of a book will have you gasping and laughing as you discover new shocking and hilarious facts about the body you're in. The zany drawings are packed full of comedic details to spot, keeping your read fresh each time. So, what are you waiting for? Your magnified adventure into human anatomy awaits!
Reviews / Votes
"Intricate, humorous illustrations add up to a brilliant 6+ introduction to anatomy." * The Guardian *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing PLC
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From First Grade to Third Grade, Interest Age: From 6 to 8 years
Product notice
Trade binding
Illustrations
color illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 314 mm
Width: 262 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
703 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7112-8651-1 (9780711286511)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Isabel Thomas is a science writer and children's author. She has written more than 180 books about science and nature for young audiences, which have been translated into more than 20 languages. Isabel is a winner of the AAAS Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books 2020, and has been shortlisted for the Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis 2021, the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, the Association of Science Education Book of the Year, the English 4-11 Picture Book Awards and the Blue Peter Book Awards. Her critically-acclaimed picture book Moth: An Evolution Story, illustrated by Daniel Egneus, was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal and was named a book of the year by the Financial Times and Books for Keeps in the UK. Isabel lives near Cambridge, UK.
Damien Weighill was born in the north-east of England and now lives in London. He creates illustrations that are full of ideas (smart and silly) for a host of international clients, including The Times, Microsoft and the NSPCC. Damien is the illustrator of The Big Book of Football by MUNDIAL (Wide Eyed Editions, 2019).
Damien Weighill was born in the north-east of England and now lives in London. He creates illustrations that are full of ideas (smart and silly) for a host of international clients, including The Times, Microsoft and the NSPCC. Damien is the illustrator of The Big Book of Football by MUNDIAL (Wide Eyed Editions, 2019).
Content
YOUR BRILLIANT BODY: An introduction to the human body
SKIN-TIGHT ARMOUR: Scratching the surface
HEAR, HEAR: Here be ears!
OPEN WIDE: A mouthful of facts
WHAT'S THAT SMELL?: Get to know your nose
MIND THE BURP: Inside the digestive system
IN AND OUT: Your lungs and respiratory system
PUMP IT UP: The heart of the matter
FUNNY BONES: Your skeleton crew
MUSCLING IN: Make way for the muscles!
IN CONTROL: All about your brain
FEELING NERVOUS: How your nervous system works
WHAT A VIEW!: An inside look at your eyes
MAKING NEW HUMANS: Your reproductive system
WASTE DISPOSALY: our kidneys and bladder
GALLERY OF SCIENTISTS
ANSWERS
BODY SYSTEM MAP
GLOSSARY & FURTHER READING
SKIN-TIGHT ARMOUR: Scratching the surface
HEAR, HEAR: Here be ears!
OPEN WIDE: A mouthful of facts
WHAT'S THAT SMELL?: Get to know your nose
MIND THE BURP: Inside the digestive system
IN AND OUT: Your lungs and respiratory system
PUMP IT UP: The heart of the matter
FUNNY BONES: Your skeleton crew
MUSCLING IN: Make way for the muscles!
IN CONTROL: All about your brain
FEELING NERVOUS: How your nervous system works
WHAT A VIEW!: An inside look at your eyes
MAKING NEW HUMANS: Your reproductive system
WASTE DISPOSALY: our kidneys and bladder
GALLERY OF SCIENTISTS
ANSWERS
BODY SYSTEM MAP
GLOSSARY & FURTHER READING