Your Insides

By Joanna Cole

Book Overview

Four pages of sturdy overlays show muscles, bones, heart, lungs, stomach, intestines, brain, and nerves, in this fact-filled children's anatomy book by the author of the wildly popular "Magic School Bus" series. "Illustrations and text vibrate as though from as single energy source. . . . With a playful approach. Meisel's jaunty, light-toned illustrations demonstrate a sensitivity to child life that enhances Cole's approach to body basics".--"Publishers Weekly".

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0698116755
• ISBN13: 9780698116757
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Puffin
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.2" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 2 to 6 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Just right for 5-year-olds

My granddaughter has been asking for an explanation of her insides. I bought Your Insides for her fifth birthday and read it to her that night. My granddaughter listened attentively and made comments about every page that demonstrated her comprehension. I have found it difficult to find non-fiction books that really communicate to and excite my granddaughter, but Your Insides did the job.

And the Overlays Really Are Sturdy

Like the books in her school bus series, YOUR INSIDES is neither too difficult nor over-simplified. It offers a wealth of information in the guise of smiling children, doing things children like to do. My sons, five- and seven-years old both love the simple, clear, and clever explanations, along with Paul Meisel`s lively illustrations flavored with an appropriate dash of whimsy. They entertain as well as educate. And let us not forget our faborite overlays; which, true to the claim on the back of the book, are truly sturdy, at least where it comes to two active brothers who sometimes have trouble sharing.

A Teacher Recommends

A comprehensive guide of the human body containing information about the skeleton, muscles,digestive, nervous, circulatory, and respiratory systems, Your Insides is an asset to any child's learning. As a second grade teacher, I found this book to do an exceptional job of informing children about the human body. The layering, transparent pages lend themselves to an in depth understanding of complexity of the human body in a simplistic manner appropriate for young children.