Basher Science: Human Body: A Book with Guts! - Softcover

Simon Basher

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753430827 ISBN 13: 9780753430828

Publisher: Kingfisher, 2011

Synopsis

Discover the secrets of the human body, and learn about its complex organization and the amazing ways in which its parts interact and combine to keep us moving, thinking, breathing and growing. Human Body is a compelling guide to a community of characters who make up everything inside us.

About this title

About the Author

Artist and designer Basher has fun playing in the world of contemporary character design. Inspired by a love of simple line work and a rich colour palette, his characters fill the gap between edgy Manga and the cuteness of Hello Kitty! Dan Green wrote Basher's Physics, Biology, Astronomy and Rocks and Minerals. He studied Geology at Cambridge University.

Review

SimplyScience Blog (Books and easy science lessons)The appeal of this book is that it can be read straight through or read out of order, section by section. It is easy to follow and understand and presents information aimed at the middle grade kids who are being introduced to the body and its functions. This is a fun one and reveals the body processes in more like an action film than a science text. Library Media ConnectionThe uninhibited and humorous style will attract this age group and reluctant readers. Presented in first person, the text makes its points with jokes and wordplay, but it also provides lots of information. Some amazing statistics show up at the bottom of each page. . . . This book would make good supplemental material in science or health classes, especially for those students who think that science is boring. Recommended Tusconcitizen.comYoung readers ages ten and up can learn fascinating facts about the human body in this well crafted new book in the Basher popular science series. . . . Readers will come away with a better understanding of the fundamental components of their bodies. . . . [A] powerful little book. Infodad.comThe personification of body parts is right in line with Basher’s usual approach, and the implements they are given are cleverly reflective of their real functions, making the [book] both informative and fun to look at. . . .Dan Green’s text has the body bits narrating their own stories, which further humanizes them. . . . It is quite easy to imagine very young children becoming entranced by the Basher approach . . .  get ’em while they’re young and keep ’em interested as they get older. BooklistSupplemental science reading doesn't come much more fun.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kingfisher
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0753430827
• ISBN 13: 9780753430828
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128