The Fantastic Body

What Makes You Tick & How You Get Sick

Explore the wonderful and weird world of your own body without ever leaving your home! A comprehensive guide to the body meets hilarious kid humor in this gorgeous full color book filled with more than 1,000 diagrams and fun facts!

Written by a pediatrician, this is the ultimate kids' reference guide to the human body! Jam-packed with fun facts, cool diagrams, and gross stories galore, this go-to guide will captivate curious readers for hours on end. Kids can also take their learning beyond reading the book, with DIY projects that demonstrate different body functions and tips for making their regular checkups less scary. 

Through humor, science, and engaging illustrations, this fun and comprehensive anatomy book is the perfect gift for kids wanting to know more about the mysterious stuff going on inside their bodies.
Dr. Howard Bennett is a practicing pediatrician in Washington, DC, and the writer of a popular kids’ column for the Washington Post. With more than 30 years of experience treating kids, he has all the answers—and plenty of yuck-filled stories to share! View titles by Howard Bennett
"...Remarkably comprehensive...Well-organized and systematic in its approach, this is an especially desirable work. A thorough, accurate, and attractive effort that's useful for quick reference as well as for a deeper examination of the topic."
Kirkus Reviews

"Captivates readers with an engaging look at the inside and outside workings of the human body....A fresh perspective on health and wellness and a useful resource or browsing selection for nonfiction collections."
School Library Journal

"An entertaining, informative and sometimes gross read for kids, teens and even adults....it includes clear, color pictures and diagrams to make explanations of various bodily functions easily understood, and it even contains some fun do-it-yourself-at-home science experiments."
Current Newspapers

"What is different about this book is that it uses humor and what children enjoy – gross tales – to explain bodily functions in a way that kids will find engaging.
Parentcircle.com

“Jam-packed with gross stories, cool diagrams,and fun facts, this book also includes do-it-yourself projects that demonstrate different body functions."
—Learning Magazine

"Uses humor, bright illustrations and fun stories about animals to get kids interested in everything from why their earspop to the purpose of saliva.”—Bethesda Magazine 

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Explore the wonderful and weird world of your own body without ever leaving your home! A comprehensive guide to the body meets hilarious kid humor in this gorgeous full color book filled with more than 1,000 diagrams and fun facts!

Written by a pediatrician, this is the ultimate kids' reference guide to the human body! Jam-packed with fun facts, cool diagrams, and gross stories galore, this go-to guide will captivate curious readers for hours on end. Kids can also take their learning beyond reading the book, with DIY projects that demonstrate different body functions and tips for making their regular checkups less scary. 

Through humor, science, and engaging illustrations, this fun and comprehensive anatomy book is the perfect gift for kids wanting to know more about the mysterious stuff going on inside their bodies.

Author

Dr. Howard Bennett is a practicing pediatrician in Washington, DC, and the writer of a popular kids’ column for the Washington Post. With more than 30 years of experience treating kids, he has all the answers—and plenty of yuck-filled stories to share! View titles by Howard Bennett

Praise

"...Remarkably comprehensive...Well-organized and systematic in its approach, this is an especially desirable work. A thorough, accurate, and attractive effort that's useful for quick reference as well as for a deeper examination of the topic."
Kirkus Reviews

"Captivates readers with an engaging look at the inside and outside workings of the human body....A fresh perspective on health and wellness and a useful resource or browsing selection for nonfiction collections."
School Library Journal

"An entertaining, informative and sometimes gross read for kids, teens and even adults....it includes clear, color pictures and diagrams to make explanations of various bodily functions easily understood, and it even contains some fun do-it-yourself-at-home science experiments."
Current Newspapers

"What is different about this book is that it uses humor and what children enjoy – gross tales – to explain bodily functions in a way that kids will find engaging.
Parentcircle.com

“Jam-packed with gross stories, cool diagrams,and fun facts, this book also includes do-it-yourself projects that demonstrate different body functions."
—Learning Magazine

"Uses humor, bright illustrations and fun stories about animals to get kids interested in everything from why their earspop to the purpose of saliva.”—Bethesda Magazine 

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