Pocket Genius: Human Body: Facts at Your Fingertips

by D.K. Publishing, Richard Walker

Destined to be toted in school backpacks everywhere, DK's new encyclopedia series for young readers contains on-the-spot information in children's favorite subject areas. Kids love facts: they want to know about the biggest, fastest, tallest, and oldest everything. Full of instant information, these books feature a fresh and striking design that is sure to appeal to the middle-grade audience. These single-subject guides offer a unique catalog-style presentation, which clearly lays out individual subcategories with concise and punchy text covering all of the essential information on whatever topic is at hand.

Arranged into chapters on bones and joints, blood and heart, lungs and breathing, digestion and waste, brain, nerves and senses, and the life cycle, "Pocket Genius: Human Body" is a look at the body from head to toe, from the outer skin to the tiniest cells.

Genres: Nonfiction

160 pages, Hardcover

First published May 20, 2013

About the author

Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.

Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.

Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Ashley Steele · Rating 5 out of 5]

This small anatomy filled book about the human body gives children a educational look on how our body works and its functions. The pictures are colorful, the definitions are not lengthy so this keeps the child's attention span intrigued and learning constantly though out the book.I really enjoyed this book and learned some extra facts about our bodies.

[Melanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am really enjoying this series of pocket books. This one is all about the human body. It goes through all the systems in the body like skeletal, nervous, lymphatic system, as well as organs and other processes of the body.

Great for kids, beginners, or a quick overview of a subject.

[Cecile · Rating 3 out of 5]

I abandoned this because it contends that a fetus is not a baby until six days old.

[Carlos Manalo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very helpful to know more the composure of your human body. The illustrations are clear and the technical words are understandable.