Inside Your Outside: All About the Human Body (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library) [Hardcover]

Tish Rabe (Author), Aristides Ruiz (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up | Series: Cat in the Hat's Learning Library

The Cat in the Hat takes Sally and Dick for a ride through the human body where they visit the right and left sides of the brain, meet the Feletons from far off Fadin (when they stand in the sun you can see through their skin), scuba dive through the blood system, follow food and water through the digestive tract, and a whole lot more!

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-K--This installment in the series appears at first glance to be a useful overview of the human body. However, while the text flows in a pleasant Seuss-like way and the colorful artwork will please fans of The Cat in the Hat, some of the information is just plain wrong. For example, the statement that there are "soft bones in your nose" is incorrect; the nose is actually made up of cartilage. In another section, the text asserts that "in our stomachs there's food we ate three days ago." Food generally passes through the stomach in a matter of hours; it may take days to eliminate from the body, but the stomach empties relatively quickly. The heart is described as the biggest muscle in the body, but the gluteus maximus is actually the largest. For a better treatment of the subject for beginning readers, try Shelley Rotner and Stephen Calcagnino's The Body Book (Orchard, 2000) or Barbara Seuling's From Head to Toe (Holiday, 2002).--Christine A. Moesch, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, NY
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Review

Young children will love Inside Your Outside! ...a good choice for teachers looking to integrate reading and science. -- National Science Teachers Association Recommends

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers; 1 edition (August 26, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0375811001
• ISBN-13: 978-0375811005
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 0.4 x 9.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,751 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #19 in Books > Children's Books > Science, Nature & How It Works > Anatomy & Physiology

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Non-Fiction Read for the Younger Set, September 1, 2003

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Gregory J. Nelson (Plano, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Inside Your Outside: All About the Human Body (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library) (Hardcover)

I really enjoyed this book a lot. Like many other books in this series, Tish Rabe and Aristides Ruiz recycle the "Cat In The Hat" characters to teach a specific non-fiction topic. In this case, the subject at hand is the human body. They do a very nice job of covering all the main systems of the body, at a level appropriate for the target audience.

Ruiz' illustrations are spot-on replicas of what Seuss himself would have done. Rabe's narration is quite good, but just a tad below the master's work - granted, her hands are tied a bit by the subject matter.

In summary, I took off one star, since it doesn't quite read like a Seuss book, but the book is still highly recommended.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Learning Library is Fabulous, January 13, 2007

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This review is from: Inside Your Outside: All About the Human Body (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library) (Hardcover)

I purchased three books from this series. My 7 year old Granddaughter loves them, and I am relearning things that I have forgotten. She entertains both her Dad and myself with all the facts she's learning. I am going to purchase all of the rest of the series. Really great books.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Greatest Kids Book EVER!!!, April 6, 2009

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R. Merrick "R. Merrick" (VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Inside Your Outside: All About the Human Body (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library) (Hardcover)

This a great book! I got it for my niece for her 5th birthday and she is in LOVE with it! Very fun and easy way to learn the body. Great addition to her Dr. Seuss collection too!