My Bones

by Angela Royston

Why do we need sleep? How many bones are in your hands? Young children can find out the answers to these and many more mind-bending questions in this bumper guide to the human body. Bright, colourful layouts combine with clear, concise text to make complex ideas easy to grasp. Covers the brain, heart and lungs, digestive system, bones, health, exercise and hygiene.

Genres: Health

24 pages, Hardcover

First published January 7, 2008

About the author

Here is some brief information about myself.

I’m interested in science because it helps us to understand the world. I enjoy finding out about new things and then working out how to write about them in a way that is both clear (and accurate) but which also conveys my own excitement and interest. I particularly like writing books that are fun, and I have been lucky to have had so many chances to do so.

I was born in Yorkshire in England, but grew up in Stranraer, a small town in south-west Scotland. I graduated from Edinburgh University and then came down to London, where I have lived ever since. I enjoy reading novels, watching films, and walking in the countryside.

Reviews

[Karlie Rowan]

This book is an informational nonfiction book, meaning that it is intended to inform through the use of facts. It has a target audience of K-2. Hewitt does a great job of informing children about how their bones develop and where their bones are located in their body and what breaking a bone means. The use of many diagrams throughout the book helps to keep the age group it is intended for enticed throughout the entire book.

The book I felt would pair greatly with this one is called It's Broken! by Meg Greve. This book is a realistic fiction story, meaning it uses made-up characters but is a situation that could happen in real life. It's Broken! tells a tale of when a child was jumping on her bed and fell off and broke her arm. Pairing these books is very beneficial for children because it brings the information they learned about bones to a real life scenario that many of them will most likely be able to relate to on some level. This fiction book also has an intended audience of K-2, so students would be able to read and understand both texts.

[Madelyn Croft · Rating 4 out of 5]

My Bones is an informational text about the brain, heart and lungs, digestive system, bones, health exercise and hygiene. This book is all about bones! It talks about how everybody has bones and when we are fully grown we have 206 bones. I give this book 4 stars because it is a good resource for kids that want to learn more about bones. The text is large and bold. It is easy to follow and the pictures are very large and are very helpful for understanding the text.

[MotherofReaders · Rating 2 out of 5]

My four year old daughter loves the human body. I was looking for some books that separately covered each “system,” but I wasn’t crazy about these. The language felt odd and awkward to me and there was no further depth compared to some of the basic human body books we have read.

[Landon · Rating 5 out of 5]

3.9