human body

"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 [this book]"--Provided by publisher.

"The blood that flows through your body constantly brings food and oxygen to your muscles, organs, and bones and carries away waste. And it is all powered by that magnificent muscle, your heart. Did you know that your heart beats about 100,000 times a day? Or that the blood in your body travels a total of 12,000 miles daily? That's more than four times the width of the United States from coast to coast! Learn all this and more in [this book]"--Provided by publisher.

"Our respiratory system is responsible for cleaning the air that we breathe, supplying our bodies with oxygen, and getting rid of carbon dioxide. Did you know that you breathe in and out about twenty-two thousand times a day? Or that your left lung is slightly smaller than your right? That leaves room in your chest for your heart! Learn all this and more in [this book]"--Provided by publisher.

"Did you know that doctors used to drink pee to diagnose a patient's illness? Or that your farts may smell the same as your family's? The human body is fascinating, but can certainly be disgusting. Whether it is your smelly feet, your stinky farts, or your slimy, green boogers, your body is capable of some pretty revolting stuff. Take a tour of your insides and outsides and discover more than 150 gross and ghastly facts about the human body in this funny but foul book."--.

This title looks at body world records and gives information related to the types of records broken and the people who have earned them. This hi-lo title is complete with vibrant photographs, simple text, a glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Fly! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO.

Explores different aspects of the human body using a question and answer format, discussing eating, skeletons, and more.

Describes all the gross stuff the human body produces every day and the microbes that live on a body.

"Everybody has a body. Whether you're short, tall, fat, thin, hairy, bald, whether you use a wheelchair or have a limb difference, we all rely on our bodies to take us through the world. From hiking a mountain to playing baseball to exploring an aquarium, [this book] . . . show[s] us all the different ways that bodies can look and the things they can do, with representation of all different types of bodies"--Provided by publisher.

An encyclopedia that offers facts about skin, hair and body functions alongside the questions that may affect us through puberty and beyond -- gender identity, beauty, consent, self-confidence, how other people react and relate to us, and how they make us feel. "Any body" gently acknowledges common feelings of ambivalence about our bodies. Through showing body diversity and positivity, it encourages acceptance of self and others.

Takes a loving look at knees from the vantage point of a mother's lap.