Enjoy Your Cells (Enjoy Your Cells, 1) [Hardcover]

Balkwill / Rolph (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 0 and up | Series: Enjoy Your Cells

Enjoy Your Cells is a new series of four books on cell and molecular biology for children which reflects the major advances in cell, molecular and developmental biology in recent years. The titles include: Enjoy Your Cells Germ Zappers Have a Nice DNA! Gene Machines The series looks forward to the near future when complete sequences of bacterial, invertebrate, mouse and human genomes will be available. It has been 10 years since the first cell books by Balkwill and Rolph were published. Fran Balkwill, author, is Professor of Cancer Biology at St. Bart's Hospital and The London Queen Mary School of Medicine and Dentistry. Her work is primarily supported by the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. Together with Mic Rolph, she has written many science books for children. Mic Rolph, illustrator, is a former graphic designer for television. His work includes the illustrations for Cells Are Us, Cell Wars, DNA Is Here to Stay, Amazing Schemes Within Your Genes, Brainbox and Microbes, Bugs and Wonder Drugs.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 0 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; 1 edition (October 25, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879696125
• ISBN-13: 978-0879696122
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #667,457 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good biology intro for little ones, March 5, 2008

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Angela G. (Cedar Park, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Enjoy Your Cells (Enjoy Your Cells, 1) (Paperback)

I got this book for my 5-year old. It's a little advanced for her, but she loves it and it getting an intro into some biology concepts, including cell structure and fetal development. Also, it gives her an introduction to some biology words like DNA, protein, cytoplasm, and cell membrane. Includes four pages with diagrams of different types of cells (skin, hair, pigment, gland, muscle, nerve, bone, blood, etc). I also like how the author explains how cells are the same in people and animals, different in plants. Illustrations are very colorful and eyecatching.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantasic !!, January 12, 2008

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Saumendra Sarkar "Saumen" (Pittsburgh, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Enjoy Your Cells (Enjoy Your Cells, 1) (Paperback)

As a practicing molecular biologist, I loved this book. It generated a lot of enthusiasm in my daughter for biology. We bought the whole series and would highly recommend it for young kids.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very colorful and informative, July 3, 2010

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bioqueen202 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Enjoy Your Cells (Enjoy Your Cells, 1) (Paperback)

Does an excellent job of detailing specialized cells. This text goes through the entire process of sperm combining with egg producing a zygote and the development of an embryo. I read this book to my three year-old daughter, and she was amazed at the development--she even noticed that the 'baby' did not have ears! The images are very colorful that keep their attention.

This text also compares cells of different animals such as plant, dog, and cat. I also noticed that the concepts taught in this book correlate to the AAAS Atlas for appropriate concept development (they say age range up to 9). This is appropriate for my children to bridge the gap between elementary school and high school ( I teach high school biology).