Inside Your Outside: All About the Human Body

The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library

by Tish Rabe, Aristides Ruiz (Illustrator)

Journey through the fascinating world of the body with everyone's favorite Cat in the Hat! The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library is a nonfiction picture book series that introduces beginning readers ages 5-8 to important basic concepts.

Join the Cat in the Hat, Sally and Dick for a ride through the human body where they visit the right and left sides of the brain, meet the Feletons from far off Fadin (when they stand in the sun you can see through their skin), scuba dive through the blood system, follow food and water through the digestive tract, and a whole lot more! Perfect for readers who are curious about the body and for any kid who loves learning and science.

Featuring beloved characters from Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat , the Learning Library are unjacketed hardcover picture books that explore a range of nonfiction topics about the world we live in and include an index, glossary, and suggestions for further reading.

Genres: Science, Childrens, Picture Books, Nonfiction, Kids, Poetry, Health

48 pages, Hardcover

First published August 26, 2003

About the author

Tish Rabe is the bestselling author of over 170 books for Sesame Street, Disney, Dr. Seuss, and many more. She is Founder and Content Creator of Tish Rabe Books, LLC, an independent publishing company that partners with nonprofits and businesses to create books that make a positive difference in the lives of children, parents, teachers, and caregivers worldwide.

"Sweet Dreams Ahead Time for Bed" is a gentle, rhyming storybook written in partnership with Pajama Program, a national nonprofit that promotes healthy sleep routines and gives pajamas and books to children facing adversity.

"Days Can Be Sunny for Bunnies and Money", helps children learn how to manage money. It was produced with Clarity 2 Prosperity, a business development company for financial advisors. To learn more, visit tishrabe.com.

Reviews

[Athena Shardbearer]

I love reading this book to my daughter. Now she wants a microscope for Christmas. I know I've done something right in raising her!

[Clare]

Love it! It's like a recap from Biology class that I snoozed through in Junior High. Dr Seuss made it much more interesting to learn than my teacher.

[Florence]

The pictures & text are great educational tools for children to learm more about what their bodies are like inside.

[Jodie | GeauxGetLit]

Great explanation for younger kids to learn!

[Jessi Kaitlin ☆]

Miss Lauren’s gift from the NICU for Read Across America 🥺🫶🏼

[Sarah]

A decent introduction to the human body for young children. Surprisingly, the rhymes flowed pretty well and would not be too bad to read aloud. The edition I read was published in 2003, and as some other reviewers have noted, some of the information in here has since been found to be incorrect. While I don't usually endorse giving inaccurate nonfiction books to kids, I think the format here would be appealing to preschoolers (who will hopefully learn better facts later in school).

[Cheryl]

Granted, I'm not the target audience, but I think of young me, and of my children when they were young, and I say this is skippable.

Not bad (though it does say we have five senses, which is wrong), but it's not worth buying imo. Lots of words, lots of busyness and I think most kids interested in the topic at that age know that stuff, or can find it in books that aren't cartoons (I prefer photographs and sketches for science).

I do like that the 'for further reading' is annotated.

[Sofia T]

Inside Your Outside by Tish Rabe is about how each part of your body takes place. The book explains how your body is moving and how it never stops going. The cat in the hat, Thing 1, and Thing 2 explain some really interesting facts about how each part of the body each do something. One of the facts tell you that the left side of the brain helps you read and remember, while the right side of the brain helps you paint, sing, and play music. Throughout the book you will learn facts that you may have not known about.

This book was an interesting book to read. I would recommend this book to a classmate because it was interesting to know what each part of the body does.

[SaraKat]

Classic Seuss rhymes that are super fun to read aloud. The parts of the body are discussed in light detail for young learners. There are a few scientific inaccuracies and outdated information included. The left brain/right brain information and the specific taste zones on the tongue have been shown to be inaccurate. It also says the heart is the largest muscle of the body and it is not. It also says that food stays in the stomach for 3 days. I enjoyed reading them aloud and the pictures are fun as well, so the inaccuracies shouldn't keep a small child from enjoying the book. But get more accurate books for them as they grow!

[Ramya]

Really good illustrations, rhymes, content for young’uns to get interested in their own bodies —> except too much focus on eyes/vision and red/white blood cells — would have liked more time for skin, liver, adrenal gland, thyroid gland, and pancreas to name a few.

[Che]

Covers soooo much (and in rhythm!) everything from white blood cells to urine is cover in a fun, yet mature manner. Suggest you share with the kid in your life.

[Kestrel Bling]

BRILLIANT!!

I loved this book! :-)

Really cool, great simple information. Great to teach children how their body works through rhyme! Recommended! I learnt something too.

[Kanaea King]

This is by far one of my favorite children's nonfiction books. The book takes you through the human body by way of the inside your outside machine. The children follow the cat in the hat through this machine as they learn the various parts of the human body. Not only is it educational it is actually fun to look at. When we think of a book about the human body we don't think of joints being displayed as a museum setting. We think traditional and boring. The way this book is formatted makes it easy for kids to gather facts about their bodies and how it works. The book is for elementary aged children. I would use this in a classroom setting. There are various activities that can be done surrounding this book. There is also a large amount of discussion that can be had. The book is full of a lot of information and that can be overwhelming for children. There is a lot to remember but if it is read more than once kids will slowly start picking up more and more information each time it is read to them. This book is a great basic way to introduce children to the human body. This is why I have chosen to give it a 5-star rating.

[Tori Carter]

Through rhyming text and colorful illustrations, the book takes children on a journey through the different systems of the body, including the skeletal system, muscular system, respiratory system, circulatory system, and more. The book also touches on topics such as digestion, the brain, and the senses. The book is narrated by the Cat in the Hat, who serves as a guide through the different systems of the body. Along the way, the Cat provides fun facts and interesting tidbits to keep children engaged and learning.

[Sophie Crane]

The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library is great for early readers. This particular book, with its relatively simple, rhyming verse and bright colourful illustrations is appealing and accessible to those just starting out on their reading adventures. It is interesting and informative, a little bit different from the Kipper, Biff and Chip books, which we have from school and use on a more regular basis.

[Sean Harding]

More Tish, more cat (with obligatory hat) and more learning as this we look at the human body in this series of books which continues to impress and despite its brief length and basic entry level staff (which is handy considering the target market) these books are quite good and helpful for learning.

[Carly Bontrager]

Informational
1st-3rd grade
I like the way this book presents the information to readers about your body, in a fun way, and keeping the Dr.Seuss style. I like that the book provides good information about the human body, but that it’s a little more basic, so that younger children can understand it. I think this would be a great book to get children to think about and learn about the human body.

[Kallie]

Nonfiction
Grades 2-3
LOVE this book! I wrote a short book about feelings for a class and it took forever because I chose to make it rhyme. This book is quite long and rhymes all the way through! You can learn a lot from this book about what is inside and outside your body. I think It is a great introduction book to any science or biology study.

[Tomie Miles]

I liked the content (the human body, written for young children to understand). What i didn’t like was that it was Dr Seuss characters. Could the author not have created her own characters? Is this a common type of book? I’m not sure, but I wasn’t crazy about that part.

[Roshell]

Nonfiction Picture Book
K-2nd
Series
I really enjoyed this book because it kind of makes me think of Dr. Suess's book. This book shows pictures of facts about what is going on in our bodies everything to bones, veins, heart, and brain.

[Chris]

Lots of inaccuracies. With so many Cat in the Hat books, better to skip this one, and get more up to date information elsewhere.

Also, who are the Feletons, and why do they have to stand in the sun to see throught their skin？Isn’t that what the Inside-Your-Outside Machine is for？

[Jeshua]

Genre: Informational
Grade: 2nd-4th
Covers many parts of the body in easy to understand rhyming language.

[Lisa Mockus]

Great book about the body for children that explains but doesn't scare

[Isla]

this book used to be my daddys book.

[Sadia Mansoor]

Basic parts of the body made easy for kids. Here, have a look at this Science book written by our favorite author, Dr. Seuss. (Y)
Check out this link.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pru4e...

[ADRIANA]

Great read!

My 9 y/o child enjoyed the book and learned a lot. I highly recommend it as a supplement to learning about the human body.

[Jenna Mills]

Great

[Paul Graham Terpstra]

Cool book.
You’ll learn so much about what is inside you! Very interesting face!
Great illustrations.

[Genessis]

A really fun book to teach about the human body. Teaches about the functions of some of your major organs, bones, and the five senses.

[Hamza Mostafa]

I liked the rhyming words and I learned some things about my body that I didn't know about it. I give it five stars.