[tboroson]

Talia is asking lots of questions about what is inside of her, where her food goes, and so on. She also has a lot of questions about why we have to eat healthy food, when other people eat junk. I've tried answering those questions, but I think my answers are pretty abstract since she can't see pictures. My answers don't seem to make much sense to her, and I can understand why. Soooo, I'm looking for a good "What's inside my body" kind of book for her. Can anybody recommend one?

Thank you!

 

[NoHiddenFees]

There are lots, but I think this one is pretty cool: The Body Book. It's adaptable for younger children. There a companion volume that looks to be for slightly younger kids, but I've never seen it. Looks cool though.

 

[Piglet68]

We have an Usborne book called "What Happens to your Food". It is exactly what you are looking for. My DD is 4 and she loves it!

 

[marilynmama]

My kids (8 and 4 yrs) bot LOVE looking at my anatomy book from college, so that is what we use! Very detailed, not watered down.

 

[Drummer's Wife]

My kids really like "My first book of questions and answers: Human Body"

It is really great and easy to understand with clear, realistic pictures.

there are 31 subjects with a paragraph or two each like:

What's my skin for?
How many bones do I have?
Where does my food go?
What's blood for?
What makes me yawn?
What are nerves?
Where did I come from?
Why do I sleep?

ETC... great book for ages 2-10 or so IMO.

It's by Sue Nicholson, Parragon Publishing

 

[chalupamom]

I have a Usborne book that covers general anatomy and the major systems. I can't recall the title right now, but I'll get it and get back here.

 

[DharmaDisciple]

My dd who is 6 is fascinated with anything to do with the Human Body.

I saw some books by Usbourne- one is : 'See Inside Your Body' (A flap book) that looks fab!! They also do one called 'How Your Body Works'. They also have some pocket science books that are internet linked. I think Usbourne books are great for children and adults alike.

 

[tboroson]

Thank you for all the advice! I found The Body Book at the library today, and will order up a couple of the others. Talia's not home right now, but I can't wait to show her.

 

[chfriend]

We like Look Inside Your Body Poke and Learn. (I found it at the thrift store.) Here's the amazon link for a look: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/044...421654?ie=UTF8

 

[frogguruami]

We just got a really cool flip book from the bargain section of Barnes and Noble. It has clear pages and each one has a different body system on it and the overlap to make the whole body. Did that make sense???

Anyways, it is very cool and was only 5 or 6 dollars!

AM

 

[**guest**]

there are also several really neat animations on line on digestion. my dd was really enjoying them when she was 3.5. we haven't looked at them for a while, she is into other things now.

let me try to find them...

http://health.howstuffworks.com/adam-200142.htm

there was another one, on the same page with brain activity and skeleton assembly, which was really cool. you could take the digestive system / brain / skeleton apart, and then put it back together. *i* had fun! (dd too). i am not able to find it now, and i lost my favorites.

i think this link was posted here too, let me see if i can find it. OH!!! FOUND IT!
this one is great.

http://www.medtropolis.com/VBody.asp

 

[TEAK's Mom]

My four year old dd loves Dorling Kindersley's First Human Body Encyclopedia. The pictures are great and the information is in reasonably short paragraphs. I like that it uses a real vocabulary.

We have also had fun with a model book called Uncover the Human Body. It layers in a model page by page, which is pretty cool since it shows how everything is connected in three dimensions. However, as my dd noticed, there are a couple of mistakes. For example, they spell "pleural" "plural." Otherwise, it is useful.

 

[Lovenest]

I found this really neat puzzle that has the human body for lil boy or girl. It has 5 layers of puzzle. Its only $20 and looks like its a nice wood.

http://www.oompa.com/cgi-bin/categor...source=froogle