How Is My Brain Like a Supercomputer?: And Other Questions About The Human Body (Good Question!) - Softcover

Stewart, Melissa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1454906812 ISBN 13: 9781454906810

Publisher: Union Square Kids, 2014

Synopsis

Why do I have a belly button? What happens to the food I eat? Why am I different from everyone else on Earth? All children want to understand how their body works, and this lively illustrated book explains it all, from what DNA is to how their heart pumps blood. 

About this title

About the Author:

Melissa Stewart is an award-winning author of more than 100 science books for children. She serves on the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators' board of advisors and is a judge for the American Institute of Physics Children's Science Writing Award. She lives with her husband, Gerard, in Acton, MA. To learn more about Melissa, please visit her website: melissa-stewart.com.

Review:

“The Good Question! series continues to offer interesting facts in an appealing fashion. Working within a set format, the skilled authors organize questions and two- or three-paragraph answers in ways that introduce and cover each subject appropriately. On each spread, clearly captioned illustrations -- maps, drawings, close-up photographs, and realistic images -- face the text. The questions are those a child reader might ask. Beginning with the DNA instructions that make us each unique, How Is My Brain like a Supercomputer? goes from our protective skin to our muscular, circulatory, nervous, skeletal digestive, and respiratory systems. . . . Attractively presented, with up-to-date, accurate information, these science titles are a first choice.”

About this edition

• Publisher: Union Square Kids
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1454906812
• ISBN 13: 9781454906810
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Bull Peter