What Happens to a Hamburger (Let's Read and Find Out) [Paperback]

Paul Showers (Author), Anne F. Rockwell (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1985 | Series: Let's Read and Find Out

What happens to a hamburger and all the other foods we eat? Digestion! In your mouth, your stomach, and your intestines, food is turned into bones and muscles and energy for your body to use. Carrots and peaches, eggs and pickles, all make you strong and healthy and help you grow.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Ages 5-8. One of the classics of the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series, What Happens to a Hamburger (1970, 1985) reappears with attractive new illustrations, enhanced in a few places with photos that show body parts such as the epiglottis and the stomach lining. From the silver diner featured on the jacket to the stylized plates of food and clear diagrams of the digestive system within, Miller's digital artwork has a jaunty, retro look. The diner's cheerful waiter serves as the narrator, explaining the process of digestion step-by-step. Carolyn Phelan
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About the Author

Paul Showers has written
many of the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out-Science series' most popular titles, among them Where Does the Garbage Go?, illustrated by Randy Chewning. Mr. Showers lives in Palo Alto, CA.

Wendy Watson has illustrated numerous classic picture books, including A, B, C, D, Tummy, Toes, Hands, Knees by B. J. Hennessey. Ms. Watson lives in Groton, VT.

Product Details

• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Trophy Pr; Revised edition (April 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0064450139
• ISBN-13: 978-0590189118
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 6.6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,297,094 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #30 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators, A-Z > ( R ) > Rockwell, Anne

More About the Author

Paul Showers wrote twenty books for the Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science series, including favorites such as What Happens to a Hamburger? and Where Does the Garbage Go? Mr. Showers worked on the Detroit Free Press, the New York Herald Tribune, and for thirty years, the Sunday New York Times.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy enough for my 3-year-old to understand!, February 28, 1999

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DBernier ([e-mail]) (Brunswick, Maine) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What Happens to a Hamburger (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science) (Turtleback)

I checked this book out from the library, and now I have to buy it because my son keeps asking for the "hamburger book". It has lots of pictures for the little ones to understand and both simple and complex wording for kids in different language learning stages. My son is so proud that he can say "epiglotis" and tell you what it is! This book certainly answers the question "where does poop come from?" in a child-friendly way.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Digestion from Start to Finish, May 24, 2006

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Laura J. Johnson (Montana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What Happens to a Hamburger? (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) (Paperback)

This book is about a diner cook who loves to eat healthy food and we find out what happens to that food in this well written and illustrated book by Paul Showers and Edward Miller. There are little experiments and up close photos of digestive organs which can delightfully gross out your child while one reads and learns about this important system of the body.

My 4 year old daughter wants to be a doctor when she grows up so I am always on the look out for books about the body. I love all of the "Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science" books and they have several very good books available regarding how the body works.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful book!, November 29, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: What Happens to a Hamburger? (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) (Paperback)

My 5-year-old son thinks it is good because it teaches how the food gets digested. My 8-year-old daughter thinks she learned a lot from the book. I personally enjoy reading it too!