In Your Face: The Facts About Your Features

by Donna M. Jackson

- School Library Journal, starred review
- Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List, 2006 - 2007

Our faces are our social signatures -- key to our identity and how most others recognize us. With six billion people in this world, no two look exactly alike!

But just how much do we really know about our faces? Why are our features - eyes, nose, mouth, and ears -- arranged the way they are? And how do we use these features to make as many as 10,000 different facial expressions?

Laced with full-color photos, IN YOUR FACE offers a fresh tour of some familiar - but fascinating - territory.

48 pages, Hardcover

First published October 25, 2004

Reviews

[Jessica Barker · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is non-fiction and goes into detail about the many parts of your face/head. There is a lot of information about each feature, what its main purpose if for, and how it is used. There is talk of genetics and even science, along with technology that uses facial recognition, expressions and so much more. Most of the pictures are actual photographs of people or animals and their face or close-ups of a feature to show emotion or detail.

Curricular Connections:
I would use this book for younger grades when talking about anatomy and/or emotions.

[Rose]

611.92 Jac

[Debrarian]

Not a lot of info, but an interesting assortment of facts including “face blindness,” a rare brain disorder wherein people can’t remember/recognize faces, even of family.

[Oge · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good overview of facial features, facial expressions, face recognition, face blindness and other related aspects, targeted at young readers (9 and up).

[Lodoiska Rodriguez]

I would use this book in a 4th grade classroom to introduce genes and heredity. I would also have students talk about customs and significant features from their family.