Scholastic Reader Level 1: Human Body

by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

Relaunch of the Scholastic Science Readers with brand new covers, photographs, and interior designs.

A very simple introduction to the major parts of the human body and how they work together to keep us alive. The importance of the brain is clearly discussed, and how our various senses send messages to the brain. Acting on these messages takes energy, which comes from food. The body also needs oxygen. Blood enables us to use both oxygen and the energy from our food. Awake or asleep, our bodies are amazing!

Genres: Bodies, Science, Nonfiction, Picture Books

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld is the award-winning author of more than sixty books for children, including DINOSAUR TRACKS, "a great choice for even the most discriminating dinophiles" (School Library Journal); DID DINOSAURS HAVE FEATHERS?, a Children's Book of the Month Club selection, described as "fascinating" by Kirkus Reviews; and DINOSAURS BIG AND SMALL, a 2003 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Best Book Award winner.

When she's not reading, researching, writing, or editing, Kathleen loves to spend her free time exploring, doing fieldwork, and preparing fossils for her local natural history museums.

Reviews

[Liz Lowe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informative book.

[KaitandMaddie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty basic info, but they were intrigued by some of the illustrations of the muscles etc.

[Nikki in Niagara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reason for Reading: Ds read aloud to me as his reader.

A basic introduction to the human body and anatomy, filled with fun facts and photographs. Even though labeled a Level 1, it is a little harder than most readers at this level with its use of specialized vocabulary. However when extra tricky words appear they are followed by phonetic pronunciation, ex. "oxygen (ok-suh-juhn)". The photographs contain a wide variety of racial groups, both male and female, and are eye-catching. A nice little book for its purposes. The 2000 edition I read is out of print and a reprint (with new cover) was published in 2010. I cannot vouch that it is still the same.

[Christina Davis · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this some parts of this book to a 2nd grader at King Elementary. It was way beyond his reading level, so I just scanned the text and read him facts that I thought he would find interesting. The book covered the major systems of the body, digestive tract, circulatory system, muscles, eyes, nose, mouth, brain, etc. Some pictures were a bit graphic, but they made him laugh. All in all, this book would be one to add to my collection. It was a great beginners guide for elementary and even middle school students.

[Rachel Dalton · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was surprised by how much information was presented about the human body and the bodily systems in a simple and short book. This gives students a great introduction to how the body works, including talking about messages being sent to and from the brain. The pictures are very informational and easy to view. This would be a great book to use in introducing students to informational texts.

[Regina Walker]

Informative early reader. My kids love learning about their bodies!

[Little Champs]

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