Digestive System (A True Book: Your Amazing Body)

by Priyanka Lamichhane (Author)

Digestive System (A True Book: Your Amazing Body)
Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade

Discover the main systems of our amazing human body with this new series of books!

Digestion starts the minute you put food or a drink in your mouth. And by the time the process ends, your body has taken every bit of nutrition possible from your food. Did you know that the average person produces enough saliva in one year to fill a bathtub? Or that the small intestine is the longest part of the digestive system? Learn all this and more in Digestive System.

ABOUT THE SERIES:

The human body is a complex ⹀ and remarkable ⹀ machine. Digesting our food. Pumping our blood. Walking, running, and dancing. It takes our many body systems working together to keep us alive and living our lives to the fullest. This set of A True Books offers an in-depth look at our amazing bodies ⹀ one system at a time. Interesting information is presented in a fun, friendly way ⹀ and in the simplest terms possible ⹀ giving students a "behind-the-scenes" look at how their bodies work.

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School Library Journal

Gr 3-5--Have you ever wondered if you need gravity to digest food? The human body is full of fascinating parts that work together in a symphony of motion to make all of our processes work. Those systems are broken down across this series in delightful detail from the saliva on our teeth to the nerves in our toes. Each book follows a snappy fact box style with some interconnected narrative to move through the specified system. Myths are dispelled along the way, but there is a generally positive vibe as the focus is truly on what makes the body amazing. VERDICT Fans of "True Books" will love this new addition to the collection.

Copyright 2024 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
Priyanka Lamichhane
Priyanka Lamichhane spent 15 years with National Geographic Kids, where she led the reference publishing program and specialized in ideation, content development, editing, and project management. From encyclopedias to guidebooks and atlases to fact books, Priyanka has created hundreds of engaging titles on numerous topics for kids from preschool through middle grade.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781339021027
Lexile Measure
880
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
C. Press/F. Watts Trade
Publication date
February 06, 2024
Series
A True Book (Relaunch)
BISAC categories
JNF051030 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Anatomy & Physiology
Library of Congress categories
Digestive organs

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