Most of us eat, run, or sleep without thinking about it. But our bodies are masterful machines of intricate design that perform amazing feats daily.
The fifth book in Annick’s successful 50 Questions series guides readers through the details of how our bodies function, from the miracles of genetics, to immune cells shaped like sea monsters.
With her engaging, lucid style, Lloyd Kyi incorporates recent scientific research to explain our body’s complex workings. Kids will love finding the answers to questions such as:
-Do blood cells travel single file? (In our capillaries, blood cells have to squeeze through one at a time.)
-How is your spine like a racetrack? (Messages race down the nerves in your spinal cord faster than a NASCAR driver.)
-Is your brain like plastic? (Your brain’s ability to change is called “plasticity.”)
-Can your lungs take a hike? (Your lungs and blood vessels adapt to altitude changes.)
-Are there aliens inside you? (The invasion of microscopic living organisms started the moment you were born.)
You’ll discover how people avoided epidemics in ancient Pakistan and why your goldfish can see things you can’t. Hilarious illustrations will keep kids laughing as they learn.
Denya5A
ReplyDeleteMy rating for 50 body questions is 7/10. I liked the cool ways it talked about cells, and I really liked the pictures which helped me make a photo in my mind. I found that it mostly talked about the heart, the brain, the stomach, and the spine. I did find it a little gross at some times, which is why I'm rating it 7/10, but that might be just the fact that I was reading about the stomach while eating an orange. My favorite fact in the book was the one saying that some scientists think that the spine should be included as the brain!
Sydney 5A
ReplyDeleteI rate this book a 7 out of 10 because I leared alot about the body. Such as that a baby has aroud 278 bones and a full grown adult only has 206, and that your brain needs glucose so you can tell that to your parents. I also liked learning about how the cells travel throught your body to do multiple things for you. I did find this book was a little gross at times.
Raphaelle5A. rate this book 8 out of 10 because it was very understandable and interesting. This book had some cool experiments and facts. The questions are a bit strange but when I started reading it I understood. One fact that I liked and thought was cool was that your personality is controlled by your brain. This was a great book.
ReplyDeleteMatthew 5\6 C
ReplyDeleteI would give "50 body questions" 9\10". I've really enjoyed this series the past few years in silver birch and I'm glad they included another one this year. It was funny that William Beaumont used Alexis St. Martin (who had a hole in his stomach) to conduct experiments like putting food in Alexis' stomach and then took it out to examine. My favorite question was 32 because it said that every meal had to be flown to the International space station in a rocket for astronauts. That's a lot of rocket fuel in 1 year.
Julian5/6C
ReplyDeleteI give the book 6/10. It was a good book but also some parts were kind of dumb. For example are there aliens in your stomach, and is your spin like a race track. But after I read them it kind of made sense. It is a weird way to do that but it was probably for kids. But I learned aclot in a book that is only 55 pages.
Sam 5/6C
ReplyDeleteI give 50 Body Questions a 9/10because I learned a lot of things. I found that their way of organizing facts in "50 questions" was good because instead of just learning about one thing, you got to learn about lots of things. My favourite questions were number 14, 4, 41 and 37. 50 Body Questions is for anyone who wants to learn more about the body.