Skeleton

DK Eyewitness Books

by Steve Parker

Discover the story of human and animal skeletons--their evolution, structure, and function with DK Eyewitness Books: Skeleton. The skeleton is the framework of the body. It supports, moves, and protects, allowing us to walk, run, jump, and swim. Eyewitness: Skeleton brings its complexity and ingenuity of design vividly to life. Starting with the human skeleton, it explains how each set of bones functions. It examines in detail the construction of the skull, spine and rib cage, hands, arms, legs, and feet. Comparisons are drawn with the bones of birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, and mammals. See the 206 different bones in the human body, how your skull differs from a lion's or a chimp's, how teeth grow, and what the inside of a bone looks like. Learn how bones mend themselves when they break, why your hands and feet contain half the bones in your body, how many toes a horse has, and what has happened to the tail you once had. Discover which are the smallest bones in the human body, why some creatures wear their skeletons on the outside, what animal once owned the oldest bones ever found on Earth, and much, much more!

The most trusted nonfiction series on the market, Eyewitness Books provide an in-depth, comprehensive look at their subjects with a unique integration of words and pictures.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction, Reference, Childrens, Picture Books

72 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Steve Parker is a British science writer of children's and adult's books. He has written more than 300 titles and contributed to or edited another 150.

Born in Warrington, Lancashire, in 1952, Parker attended Strodes College, Egham and gained a BSc First Class Honours in Zoology at the University of Wales, Bangor. He worked as an exhibition scientist at the Natural History Museum, and as editor and managing editor at Dorling Kindersley Publishers, and commissioning editor at medical periodical GP, before becoming a freelance writer in the late 1980s. He is a Senior Scientific Fellow of the Zoological Society of London. Parker is based in Suffolk with his family.

Parker's writing career began with 10 early titles in Dorling Kindersley's multi-award-winning Eyewitness series, from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. He has since worked for more than a dozen children's book publishers and been shortlisted for, among others, the Rhone-Poulenc Science Book Prize, Times Educational Information Book of the Year, and Blue Peter Book Award.

Reviews

[Megan DeHart · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought this book held an amazing amount of information about skeletal systems for children. It's great at explaining why animals bones have adapted to suit their lifestyles. There are many relevant photos showing a wide variety of skeletons.

[Yilaine · Rating 5 out of 5]

I could never get enough of these as a kid. Now as an adult with an even keener interest in comparative anatomy, I still find myself spending ages poring over a book whose texts would normally be a quick half-hour read.

[Ad Astra · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love love love this book. It was my 2.5 year old daughter's favorite bedtime book for a while. We couldn't exactly "read" it but it had such cool content with lots of visuals. I taught her how to find some of her own bones too.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

My little boy is fascinated with skeletons. This book met all of his curiosity needs with its text and its illustrations.

[Catherine Pieri · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book to learn in great detail about bones and where they are in the human body.

[existential cat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clear photos, includes more than it seems it could. Helpful for simple reference.

[Leah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Is set up to walk you through the human skeleton and other animal skeletons. This book has a lot of information in it about skeletons. I like the way DK sets up there informational books with larger portions of text and then smaller more detailed information scattered throughout the pages.


Recommended age 7-13
Reading Level 4th-6th grade

[Little Timmy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I know these are made for younger readers but I enjoy them very much. Great pictures and layout make them a joy to read. I always learn something new from them. This volume had a reference to a lost chapter in the Bible, in the book of Daniel called "Susanna and the Elders". Highly recommended

[Meadow Frisbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was really good, explained all the bones in detail. And was not just human bones, but many animals as well.

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

detailed pictures and explaination of the phenominon of skeletal systems and their influence on the animals they are within

[Noor Wazwaz · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is great for kids to look at. I would have loved to have a book like this when I was younger. It shows different animal and human skulls and bones. Very interesting book to look at.

[Tiffany · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is great for the science class. You learn a lot a skeletons and bones.

[Clamflog · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfecto para aquellos niños que disfruten de los fosiles y animales, repleto de obras de arte y datos curiosos que lo vuelve entretenido en cada pagina.

[صفاء أنيس · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Ig-88 · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

"I like this because it has pictures of body parts and skulls."

[Geno · Rating 1 out of 5]

boringest book

[Jennifer B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very clear and informative overview of the skeletal system of not only human beings, but of all different types of animals, including exoskeletal ones. Jam packed with real photos and x-rays.