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How is my brain like a supercomputer? : and other questions about the human body  Cover Image Book Book

How is my brain like a supercomputer? : and other questions about the human body

Stewart, Melissa (author.). Bull, Peter, 1960- (illustrator.).

Summary: "Why do I have a belly button? What happens to the food I eat? Why am I different from everyone else on Earth? All children want to understand how their body works, and this lively illustrated book explains it all, from what DNA is to how their heart pumps blood"--

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  • ISBN: 1454906812 (paperback)
  • ISBN: 9781454906810 (paperback)
  • ISBN: 1454906804 (hardback)
  • ISBN: 9781454906803 (hardback)
  • Physical Description: pages cm.
    print
  • Publisher: Philadelphia : Sterling Children's Books, 2014.

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Formatted Contents Note: Why am I different from everyone else on Earth? -- How does my dna make me special? -- Where do my genes come from? -- How did I grow into a baby? -- Why do I have a belly button? -- Are all the cells in my body the same? -- What happens when cells work together? -- What is the biggest organ in my body? -- How is my brain like a supercomputer? -- How do my five senses help me understand the world? -- How many bones do I have? -- Why do bones break? -- How do my muscles help me move? -- Do Icontrol all my muscles? -- What happens to the food I eat? -- How much air do Ibreathe in every day? -- Why does my heart pump blood? -- How does my body protect me?
Target Audience Note:
6 & up.
K to grade 3.
Subject: Human physiology Miscellanea Juvenile literature
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Anatomy & Physiology
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Concepts / Body

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