The Bones Book/Book and Skeleton - Softcover

Stephen Cumbaa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0600576582 ISBN 13: 9780600576587

Publisher: Workman Pub Co, 1992

Synopsis

THE BONES BOOK AND SKELETON is the extraordinary bestseller with over 1.75 million copies in print and a portfolio of accolades from reviewers: “A terrific tool to help kids learn about their bodies.”—The Los Angeles Times · “As science lessons go, this is probably the cleverest around.”—New York Magazine · “Will tickle the curiosity bone with skeletal facts and activities on the role bones play in the body.”—Better Homes and Gardens Guide to Children’s Products · “Make no bones about it—this item is a great way to show youngsters how the body works.”—The Atlanta Journal · “A delightful package.”—The New York Daily News. Now, this educational classic has been updated with additional content and repackaged to give it a fresh, bold, contemporary look and form that makes it much easier to shelve and display. The 12-inch, 24-piece skeleton is realistically designed with moving joints, and can be displayed in its clear plastic bell jar. The book is packed with projects, experiments, and facts about all the systems of the human body. The focus, of course, is on the bones—what they are made of, how they grow, how they work. New is an expanded section on paleontology and fossil remains incorporating the latest news from the field, including the newly discovered hobbit-sized humans from the last Ice Age. This is a great gift for every kid, one that truly brings science to life.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Enormously popular with young naturalists, the innovative HAND IN HAND WITH NATURE activity books combine field guides with field materials to make science come alive. The information is lively, the activities engaging, the learning serious-and the packaging irresistible. And you just can't beat getting your hands on a bug, or looking at a bird beak to beak. The numbers bear in out, too-the series has over 5.3 million copies in print. Also in the series: NEADERTHAL BOOK & SKELETON, combining kids' love for bones with their curiosity about prehistoric life; THE BONES & SKELETON GAMEBOOK, a large-sized collection of activities and games that allows kids to find out even more about the human body; THE POND BOOK & THE TADPOLE TANK, a full-color field guide to the inhabitants of our murky-water ecosystems; THE BIRD BOOK & THE BIRD FEEDER, both a field guide and an attraction for the field; THE BEACH BOOK & THE BEACH BUCKET, allowing kids to discover the enormous variety of saltwater fish and vegetation as well as providing tools to explore through the sand; the WILDFLOWER FIELD GUIDE AND PRESS FOR KIDS, enlivening and updating the tradition of plant collecting and preserving; THE BUG BOOK & THE BUG BOTTLE, the best-selling tool for catching, viewing and learning about creepy crawlies; and THE GARDEN BOOK & THE GREENHOUSE, a complete package for the young gardener.

From the Back Cover:

MAKE NO BONES ABOUT IT

Discover how the tiniest bones let you hear music, where a bite of apple goes once you swallow it, and why you shrink during the day and grow again at night.

This lively guide tells how bones grow, fit, fuse, and sometimes break. It explains how the bones make blood, and why we start with over 800 bones and end up with 206 when we finish growing. Plus all about the heart, our strongest muscle; the brain, which accounts for 2% of our weight but saps 20% of our energy; and the lungs whose several hundred million air sacs fill up and empty 15,000 times a day.

Filled with projects, THE BONES BOOK is also the aspiring anatomist's companion to the 25-piece custom-molded skeleton included in the package.

About this edition

• Publisher: Workman Pub Co
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0600576582
• ISBN 13: 9780600576587
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64