Incredible Body : Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections [Hardcover]

Richard Platt (Author), Stephen Biesty (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up

From the brilliant artist Stephen Biesty-whose DK titles have sold more than 3 million copies worldwide-comes another Incredible book. This time the reader is taken on an extraordinary journey through Biesty's own body! Two intrepid miniaturized "body explorers" meet teams of "body people" along the way, who explain how every part works, from eye and brain to heart, muscles, and skin. Features a stunning, giant-gatefold exploded artwork and 13 double-page illustrations. Richard Platt's witty and stimulating text leads the reader through the fascinating world that lies within each one of us. Created by DK's phenomenally successful illustrator/writer team.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Good grief! There are tiny workers crawling around in our bodies! Or at least there are in Stephen Biesty's incredibly detailed anatomical cross sections of everything from the circulatory system to the human brain. The little people are there to show you how things work: the tiny tunnelers represent blood, hormones, the immune system, nerves, muscles, and organ "home teams." As they cavort around the exquisitely intricate drawings, Richard Platt, a most charming companion, accompanies us on our journey through the body's systems--into the ear, for example:

Feeling our way along a shiny bundle of nerve fibers, we squeezed through a small, circular hole where the fibers branched. Should we take the left or right fork? We flipped a coin and chose the left. It led to a narrow tunnel, like the inside of a seashell.... Only one part of Steve's body looked like this: the inner ear.

One of the best body system cross sections is the huge centerfold exposing the inner workings of the digestive system from mouth to... end. Then again, there's the fascinating-yet-disgusting rolled back tongue, the awesome opened-up eye, and the sliced skeleton--12 big drawings in all. Take a trip through Stephen Biesty's Incredible Body and have fun while you learn. (Ages 9 to 12)

From School Library Journal

Grade 4 Up-This oversized volume features larger-than-life-size illustrations of various organs and systems. With the help of miniature people divided into color-coded teams (muscle team, nerve team, hormone team, etc.), young readers are taken on a tour of the eye, brain, spinal cord, muscles, and, in a special four-page fold-out section, the mouth and gut. The information is presented in captions and text boxes. It's the pictures, however, that make the book-they're a combination of the "Magic School Bus," Gulliver's Travels, and the special effects of Terminator. The pen-and-ink and color drawings are nothing short of amazing. For example, the visual dissection of the ear shows nerve cells, eustachian tubes, and other structures that make up the seashell-like inner ear. Children will enjoy this title for the homework help as well as for the "Where's Waldo" aspect of watching the little green men fly and swim around various canals of the body.
Christine A. Moesch, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, NY
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: DK CHILDREN (September 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789434245
• ISBN-13: 978-0789434241
• Product Dimensions: 13.9 x 10.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #926,428 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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It's a great book for my daughter's collection who is studying to be a teacher.