Battle with the Bugs: An Imaginative Journey Through the Immune System (Human Body Detectives) - Softcover

Heather Manley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 146356189X ISBN 13: 9781463561895

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011

Synopsis

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Human Body Detectives Merrin and Pearl are at it again. Their magical ability to jump into people’s bodies and explore their systems (digestive, circulatory, skeletal, nervous systems) combines science with their fun adventures to help kids understand how their anatomy, physiology, and how to nourish it well.

In Battle with the Bugs, Merrin and Pearl enter their cousin, Max's, immune system to find out why he was sick. They travel up Max's nose during their journey, ride on a white blood cell into battle against the bacteria that made Max ill. They use their nutrition knowledge to end Max's fever successfully. In the end, they not only learn about the different types of white blood cells and what they do to keep us healthy, but they also get a firsthand lesson on the functions of the immune system.

Battle with the Bugs is one of five stories featured in the Human Body Detectives series, along with, The Lucky Escape, A Heart Pumping Adventure, Osteoblasts to the Rescue, and Brainiacs

The Human Body Detectives series explores science with a twist—an accessible lesson about the human body presented in a fun, relatable way that kids will love. Each Human Body Detective book can stand alone or be read as part of the series.

A curriculum for teachers and homeschooling families is also available for each book on the Human Body Detectives website.

Recommended for ages 6 to 10

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Heather Manley received her medical degree from the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon, is a practicing physician dedicated to preventative healthcare for families. Dr. Heather Manley was inspired to write her award winning children's educational adventure series, Human Body Detectives, as she saw a need to teach children how their bodies work & what foods best fuel them. By creating the engaging & entertaining series, children are more apt to make healthier lifestyle decisions.

Follow Dr. Manley on her blog, twitter and facebook: humanbodydetectives.com, @drheathernd and facebook.com/HumanBodyDetectives

From the Back Cover

The Human Body Detectives stories teach kids how their bodies work and what foods best fuel them. They feature two young "Human Body Detectives," Merrin and Pearl, who magically enter different human body physiological systems to solve health mysteries. Through action packed engaging yet educational adventures, readers learn how the anatomy and physiology body systems work and which foods best fuel and feed each system. Ideal for ages 4 to 10.

There are four books in the Human Body Detectives series, The Lucky Escape, Battle with the Bugs, A Heart Pumping Adventure, Osteoblasts to the Rescue. All titles are available through Amazon.

From the Inside Flap

As parents, our sincerest hope for our children is that they will learn to make good choices in life, nourishing their bodies and minds with all the good things this world has to offer them. However, as a mother of two and creator of weelicious.com, I am all too aware that trying to get kids excited about food and what goes in their bodies is not an easy feat.

From the first time I encountered Human Body Detectives, I knew I had discovered something special and found a kindred spirit in Dr. Heather. Dr. Heather's Human Body Detectives series has great stories written with a heart and sense of humor that engages and educates kids by inspiring them to be healthy, eat well and, most of all, have fun doing it. In fact, "Fun" is the operative word. The good habits and healthy practices your kids will learn in Human Body Detectives are just the by products of the good time they will have reading it. This series, about the importance of kids respecting their own bodies, is one of the greatest gifts you can give your children and one that they will in turn be able to give themselves everyday they employ the lessons learned in the pages of Dr. Heather's books.

I wish learning was this fun when I was a kid!

Catherine McCord

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 146356189X
• ISBN 13: 9781463561895
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 38