Hear Your Heart (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 2

by Paul Showers

"New York Times" journalist Paul Showers and illustrator Holly Keller introduce readers to human anatomy and explain how the heart works, providing a clean and accessible look at the circulatory system. Full-color illustrations.

Genres: Science, Picture Books, Nonfiction, Childrens, Health, 2nd Grade, Juvenile

40 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1968

Reviews

[Roxanne · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a cute non fiction book about your heart. for ages 5-9. I like to keep track of favrite library books so I can get them again or puchase them for gifts.

[寿理 宮本 · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good educational book about the human heart (and other animals' hearts), illustrating both the heart itself (not shaped like the symbol ♥) and how the heart works to keep blood flowing through our bodies. It's written for younger readers and has both age-appropriate illustrations and dialogue to help explain facts about the heart, as well as several activities to show how the heart can beat faster (after exercise) or slower (at rest). About all I don't like is the page describing the difference in average heart rates for different ages: a man's vs. an eight-year-old's vs. a baby's. Why specifically a man's? Why not "an adult's"?

Recommended for aspiring doctors!

[SaraKat · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't like this one as much as others by Paul Showers. It was nice that the cast of characters was so diverse. The topic was a complicated one that is notoriously difficult for children to get and this medium isn't the best to teach the workings of the heart. I felt the diagrams lacked something and arrows would have helped in many of them.

[Kit · Rating 2 out of 5]

About listening to physical heartbeat.
That’s pretty much it. Seeing as it went down the path of listening for heartbeats themselves it could have made it in to a young children’s science project with instructions on how to make their own type of stethoscope and trying it out. Does that cardboard tube thing work? That’s it just the tube?

[Kayla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good information for our homeschool human body unit. Explained the circulatory system in a way they could understand. It mentions using toilet paper or paper towel rolls as stethoscopes, and they all rushed to the recycling bin to try it out. It worked great and captured their attention.

[Jess · Rating 3 out of 5]

October 2018 - a good basic introduction to the heart for preschool & up.

[Mason · Rating 4 out of 5]

Paul Showers "Hear Your Heart" is a great informative picture book for young elementary aged readers. The text is very simple and easy to process, yet the reader will learn about the basic anatomy of the heart. This would be a great read aloud or small group read for a classroom. Showers offers mini activities to help explain what he is trying to teach. One example of this is how to take check your pulse; then checking your pulse after a physical activity. This book is not boring, but presents information in an entertaining and soothing way. The repetition of what veins do and what arteries do would make it easy for young readers to remember the facts. He discusses the size of the heart, differences in kids and adults heart beats, and even talks about animals. Holly Keller does a fantastic job with the illustrations. The drawings are simple and colorful. Keller provides detail where necessary and uses great contrasting colors to draw the readers attention. The cover depicts two happy children using a stethoscope, and I think it would do a great job appealing to young readers. The diagrams of a heart within the story also do a great job in portraying the cardiac functions in a manner that young children would understand. Overall each illustration does a good job in complimenting the text on each page. The information is divided up in an easily understandable fashion with many opportunities for classroom discussion. This is an informational picture book that I would highly recommend to teachers and parents alike.

[Nigina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Today, i read book about a heart. I like this book and its interesting because it has more information about heart. if you read this book you can learn how to hear your heart. The heart is divides into two halves. Each half has several veins and one artery attached to it. Also, each half has a two little doors in it. These doors are called valves. If we stretch more then our heart beats more faster. We can check the how fast the heart beats. When you are sleep your heart is beats slowly. Our hearts are never gonna get tired when we slept or when we awake its keeps moving blood through the body.

[Katie Foster · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was a great introduction to learn about the heart and how it works. It begins by teaching you how to hear someone's heartbeat. Then it gets into the make and model of the heart. It talks about how it pumps blood and the jobs of the arteries and veins. Then at the end it teaches you how to see how many beats your heart beats per minute. At the very end of the book it has extra charts to further show you tricks to hear your heart and count your heartbeat. You could use this in either a science or a math lesson. It would be fun to graph how many beats per minute each person's heart has!

[Mondy Ciceron]

My opinion about this book is that is a great book. The book is about how does heart work. Night and day, whether you're as sleep or awake, your heart is always beating. Blood flow away from the heart by the tubes called arteries, blood flow in your heart in tubes called veins. Heart is a muscle divided into two halves each half has several veins and one arteries each half has two little door.When blood circulate to the smallest arteries it passed to the tiny veins, then carry the blood to the bigger and bigger veins, and back to the heart.

[Katrina Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Students: pre-k through 2nd grade

Concepts taught:
- heart formation ( 2 halves)
-heart performance
- heart importance -> moves/cirruclates blood
-heartbeat/ sound -> active equals faster
-artery/veins/ valves

* have students stay in place, run, walk, jump, lay down and feel their heartbeat
* bring in stethoscope/ or plastic cup --> have students pair up and listen to one another's heart

[Lauren Sharp]

Information 5
This book gives information about how the heart works and pumps blood. It highlights the parts of the heart that are important for blood circulation. It gives information about the speed of your heartbeat during different times. This book would be great in a health or science class.

[Brittany N · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is good for an intro lesson on the human body. It discusses the heart and how it works

[MTS Youth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Chapter 3) the Heart. Useful for primary grades only.

[Samantha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun, informative book to know the basics of what your heart does. Loving the illustrations.

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is about heart for 5 -9 years old. it is a good book to learn stuff about heart. This book will help 4 to 6 grade teacher in their classes.

[Elanor]

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