Yikes Your Body Up Close [Hardcover]

Widdows & janulewicz (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up

The wonders of the human body--larger than life! Microphotographs of the human body show skin, teeth, blood, bones, eyes, the stomach, and more in magnificent detail. An engaging guessing game-like text and surprising photos--with 12 fold-out pages--take readers closer than they ever thought possible. Full color.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-6. Students will exclaim loudly in disgusted "Oooh's!" and "Icks!" when they realize that these hugely magnified microphotographs show what parts of their bodies look like close-up. While the focus is on how the body functions, mention is made of healthy habits such as flossing. Each double-page spread, with a foldout flap on the right page, depicts a full-color magnification of some part of the anatomy. The flap offers blocks of text in lively, conversational tones. Underneath the flaps readers discover more facts, along with other microphotographs of the same area of the body. Hair growing from the scalp, bone and blood cells, the tongue, and teeth after eating are among the close-ups included. Pictures and discussions of head lice, dust mites, and other creatures also appear. The text varies in size from extra-large print to very small-print captions, some of which may be a little difficult for younger readers. Another slight drawback is that neither a table of contents nor a glossary is included. However, as an introduction to health units, this book would certainly engage the interest of even the most reluctant learners.?Stephani Hutchinson, Pioneer Elementary School, Sunnyside, WA
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Kirkus Reviews

Just when readers thought they were in the pink, here comes a book that puts the human body under the microscope. Similar to Yuck! (1996), which examined household micromarvels, this entry in the Science Photo Library series shows parts of the body magnified thousands of times in kaleidoscopic glimpses of a hidden world. In a guessing game format that makes use of gate-fold pages, readers learn that spinning planets are really photos of the human eye, pink worms are new hair growths, and exploding purple cabbages are really tastebuds on the tip of the tongue. The alien landscapes of the human head, tongue, tooth, eye, skin, blood, bones, and internal organs are among the displays; neon-enhanced, textured- looking surfaces demand exploration in this fairly new way of examining the world on us and in us. It's a book that will promote good hygiene--readers will want to wash their hands after reading it. (Nonfiction. 5-10) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing; 1st edition (August 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689815204
• ISBN-13: 978-0689815201
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 10 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,499,461 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars YIKES indeed!, March 27, 2001

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W. K. Miller "kenmiller32" (NC, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yikes Your Body Up Close (Hardcover)

YIKES! is loaded with gross-out pictures.

Huge color up-close photographs of body parts, some tiny such as hair follicles, bones of the ear, etc. are intended to "gross out" the reader; background anatomical facts are given under a flap on each right page, facing and partly underlying the double-page closeup photo spreads.

Each color photograph is presented as a mystery, with clues on the opposite page, such as "Without them you would die" and "they travel around in more than ten pints of fluid" (red blood cells). The photography is amazing, and the mystery-style pattern of the book should be intriguing for youngsters also. The anatomy information is accurate, and could be useful to an advanced middle school reader or a high school reader, although the photographs will gross a certain appeal, regardless of the readers' ages. Some sentences are sloppy or a pathetic attempt at punnery: "The skeleton is an internal scaffold that keeps you in shape."

You know what you like: if you like these books of close-up photography of things, making them look gross or intimidating or monstrous, then this is book that has that. You'll like YIKES!

ken32