Pop-up Facts: Human Body (Pop-up Facts)

by Emily Hawkins, Sue Harris, Andy Mansfield (Paper Engineer)

Get under the skin of the human body and discover the astonishing things going on inside you!

Genres: Science, Nonfiction

14 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Once a children’s book editor, Emily Hawkins is now a full-time author. Her work has been featured on the New York Times bestseller list (Oceanology, 2009) as well as winning the Children’s Travel Book of the Year Award (Atlas of Animal Adventures, 2016). Along with her background in children’s non-fiction Emily has a strong interest in myth, folklore and storytelling. In 2020 she wrote A Natural History of Fairies, which has been translated into twelve languages, selling more than 100,000 copies worldwide. Emily holds a first-class English degree from Nottingham University, and lives in Winchester, UK.

You can find her on Instagram @emilyhawkinsbooks.

Reviews

[Isobel · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent book to use to teach children about the human body.

[Jordan Davis · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book explores our human body with engaging pop-up pictures; pull tabs and interactive activities such as brainteasers. It discusses the body basics from organs to nails, how our body works so we can move, how our heart works, how we breathe, how our brain works and how our senses work. The information is presented very clearly and in a unique, fun, engaging way. Instead of just throwing information at students they are encouraged to pull-tabs, lift things up and turn things to see how our body works in detail.
I enjoyed this informational book greatly. It was engaging to me and I even learned new information. The book offers fascinating comparisons that students would love. For example when food goes down our esophagus there is a pull-tab to show how it travels. This book is a great tool to introduce the human body. There is no bibliography, index or glossary, which is the only downfall I found in this book. It does include consultants on the back, which provides a little credibility, but not that much.

[Sierra DiStefano · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book, because it is educational and not to mention fun. Every single page has pop-ups that really encourage the learning along. It carried very cool facts about the skeleton, heartbeat, lungs, and more. Finally, I wanted to mention that there were fun challenges in the book that I enjoyed. This book was definitely worth reading and I hope you'll read it too.