Pocket Genius Human Body: Facts at Your Fingertips

by D.K. Publishing

Focusing on bones and joints, blood and the heart, lungs and breathing, the digestive system, brain, nerves, senses, and the life cycle, Pocket Genius: Human Body is a head-to-toe look at our body and how it works. With images and content appropriate for young readers, Pocket Genius: Human Body looks at this amazing machine from the outer skin to the tiniest cells and tackles tough questions like, What are reflexes? Why do we need food? and How does the heart beat?

Redesigned in paperback, DK's best-selling Pocket Genius series is now available in an engaging compact and economical format that is ideal for both browsing and quick reference for use in school and at home. Catalog entries packed with facts provide at-a-glance information, while locator icons offer immediately recognizable references to aid navigation and understanding, and fact files round off the book with fun facts such as record breakers and timelines. Each pocket-size encyclopedia is filled with facts on subjects ranging from animals to history, cars to dogs, and Earth to space and combines a child-friendly layout with engaging photography and bite-size chunks of text that will encourage and inform even the most reluctant readers.

Genres: Nonfiction

160 pages, Paperback

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.