Everyone has one, but not everyone understands it: their body, that is! Listed below are some engaging books that will get readers excited. Filled with hands-on activities, great visuals and fun facts, learning about the body will be a treat!
Human Body Learning Lab: Take an Inside Tour of How Your Anatomy Works
by Dr. Betty Choi
Learn about the human body with awesome hands-on projects and activities. Shaping bones from salt dough? Creating a moving model of the eye? Setting up a model of the urinary system to see how pee is produced? Yes, please! With loads of colorful diagrams, fantastic fun facts, and easy exercises that kids can use to learn about their own bodies, this engaging book is the perfect addition to any kids library.
The Fantastic Body: What Makes You Tick and How You Get Sick
by Dr Howard Bennett
This fun anatomy book with fun facts, gross stories and DIY projects that demonstrate body functions, also has tips to make regular checkups less scary
Knowledge Encyclopedia Human Body! (DK Knowledge Encyclopedias)
An encyclopedia like no other. This book explores the human body, and each bodily system, in ways you’ve never considered. Along with CGI imagery and gorgeous graphics, this encyclopedia reveals the inner workings of our bodies in fantastic detail. Packed with cool facts, interesting illustrations and loads of diagrams – it’ll keep anyone curious happy for hours.
A Really Short Journey Through the Body
written by Bill Bryson, adapted by Emma Young, Illustrated by Daniel Long, Dawn Cooper, Jesus Sotes and Katie Ponder
Full of facts, history and humor, this illustrated book, adapted from Bill Bryson’s bestselling book The Body, will tell you everything about our body, from the brain to the heart and everything in between.
The Ultimate Kids’ Guide to Being Super Healthy: What You Need To Know About Nutrition, Exercise, Sleep, Hygiene, Stress, Screen Time, and More
by Dr. Nina L. Shapiro
Embark on a fact-filled journey through the human body. What happens when it gets fed? Exercised? Cleaned? Rested? Read it and find out. This in-depth book gives answers to those pressing questions between kids and parents about how to take care of yourself and why it is important.
The Brainiac’s Book of the Body and Brain
Written by Rosie Cooper, Illustrated by Harriet Russell
Let’s take a look at the human body from head to toe, as well as everything in between! This fun book is full of funky facts and awesome hands-on activities. Learn about optical illusions, keep a poop diary, and find out how and why we dream! Readers will discover more than they expected about the body and its brain in a zany, humor-filled way.
Spacecare: A Kid’s Guide to Surviving Space
by Jennifer Swanson
What can you eat in space? What happens if you get a stomach bug? How does microgravity affect the human body? This fascinating book takes a look at the day-to-day experiences of astronauts living aboard the ISS. With questions from kids and answers from actual astronauts, it will answer your questions on how being in space affects the human body.
It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, Gender and Sexual Health
by Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley
A book for young people who want answers to questions about their bodies, about growing up, and about new, unfamiliar feelings in their tween years.
Puberty is Gross but Also Really Awesome
Written by Gina Loveless, Illustrated by Lauri Johnston
Puberty can be smelly, hairy, sticky, confusing … but awesome! With a lot of jokes and facts, this book gives you the scoop about puberty – with the help of illustrations, scientific studies, research and tips from experts.
The Museum of Odd Body Leftovers: A Tour of Your Useless Parts, Flaws, and other Weird Bits
written by Rachel Poliquin, illustrated by Clayton Hanmer
A funny, wacky book, led by tour guides Wisdom Tooth and Disappearing Kidney, about our vestigial organs: our body parts that were essential to our ancestors but are no longer useful to us.
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I want these books! These are awesome finds for adults, too! There’s so much more knowledge about our bodies now. I believe a brush up course would be great! Awesome post!