Human Body Works

Description:

Informative text on all of the body’s systems is combined with full-color photographs and captioned, easy-to-understand illustrations. FAQs answering typical questions to the topic of each spread are featured throughout each volume. Books and websites recommended for further reading are also listed at the back of every text.

Key features include:

• Many full color photos and diagrams.

• FAQ insets, which highlight an important facet of body structure and function.

• Guidelines at the end of each volume for the healthy maintenance of the body.

• A glossary and index in each volume.

• World Book meticulously researched this brand-new collection so users can be assured that the information is accurate and current.

• Key content words are boldfaced when they first appear in each text, and are defined in the glossary at the back of each book. This important feature helps users build their science vocabulary.

• Full-color images that enhance and enrich the text for all readers spread every page. Captions explain the images and offer additional information on the subject matter. Photographs of X-rays, micrographs, diagrams and charts are included.

• Clearly labeled diagrams illustrate how all the body’s systems work.

• Subheads in the text divide the content into clear and easily manageable units of information.

• FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) ask and answer common, yet interesting questions such as “Why do we yawn?” and “What does double-jointed mean?”

Titles include:

• The Skeletal System/The Muscular System

• The Circulatory System

• The Respiratory System

• The Digestive System/The Urinary System

• The Nervous System/The Senses/The Skin

• The Endocrine/The Reproductive System/Human Development

Awards & Reviews:

• This set would be a good addition to any library." -- Library Media Connection August 2007

• "...this set is a good introduction to the human body for younger readers." -- American Reference Books Annual, 2007

• "This set is highly recommended for libraries that service upper (primary) grade and secondary school students in school media centers or public libraries." -- Catholic Library World, June 2007