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Books for kids which explain what their bodies look like and the amazing things their bodies can do!
Updated September 30, 2022
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Bodies are cool
Feder, Tyler
Paper Book
This cheerful love-your-body picture book for preschoolers is an exuberant read-aloud with bright and friendly illustrations to pore over. From the acclaimed creator of Dancing at the Pity Party and Roaring Softly, this picture book is a pure celebration of all the...
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Human anatomy for kids : a junior scientist's guide to how we move, breathe, and grow
Wagner, Kristie
Paper Book
Learn what makes our bodies move with the Junior Scientists series for kids ages 6 to 9! Are you curious about what your body looks like under your skin? Do you wonder where your food goes after you eat it? Check out what's happening inside your body with this kid's anatomy book. You'll...
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All bodies are good bodies
Barkla, Charlotte
Paper Book
Bold and beautiful, loud and proud, All Bodies are Good Bodies is an uplifting book about different body features and types. Through playful rhyme, it promotes the development of body acceptance and celebrates inclusivity and individuality. I...
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Professor Astro Cat's human body odyssey
Walliman, Dominic, Dr.
Paper Book
The latest Professor Astro Cat adventure is perfect for curious young scientists who want to learn more about the ins and outs of the human body! Are our ears supposed to be a weird shape? Why do we sneeze? What is the point in having skin? The human body is one of the most...
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Atlas of the human body
Jessop, Vanessa
Paper Book
This large-format, beautifully presented book presents a journey through the human body both figuratively and literally. With exquisite, painstakingly detailed pencil illustrations by Kanitta Meechubot, the body is separated into layers on each page, and each layer is die-cut to show the...
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Ultimate body-pedia : an amazing inside-out tour of the human body
Wilsdon, Christina
Paper Book
This fun, smart guide to the human body answers kids' questions and engages them with amazing facts, photos, illustrations, and diagrams. The kid-friendly journey travels through the body and all its systems and is sprinkled throughout with plenty of health tips, top 10 lists, simple experiments,...
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Me and my amazing body
Sweeney, Joan
Paper Book
What exactly can your body do?A beloved bestseller that helps children understand anatomy, from their eyes to their toes, is back! Now refreshed with new art from Ed Miller. What is under your skin? Why do you have bones? What do your muscles do? Where does the food...
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Let's talk about body boundaries, consent & respect : a book to teach children about body ownership, respectful relationships, feelings and emotions, choices and recognizing bullying behaviors
Sanders, Jayneen
Paper Book
This book explores consent and respect with children especially in relation to body boundaries, both theirs and others. A child growing up knowing they have a right to their own personal space, gives that child ownership and choices as to what happens to them. These concepts are presented in a child...
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Human body!
Claybourne, Anna
Paper Book
Explore the human body as you've never known before with this ultimate kid's guide to what goes on under our skin. Forming part of a fantastic series of kid's educational books, this bold and brilliant kid's encyclopedia uses ground-breaking CGI imagery to reveal the human body...
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Parts
Arnold, Tedd
Paper Book
I just don't know what's going onOr why it has to beBut every day it's something worseWhat's happening to me?So begins this uproarious new story from the best-selling creator of No Jumping on the Bed!,Green Wilma, and other popular books. The young narrator has discovered a disturbing trend:...
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The magic school bus : inside the human body
Cole, Joanna
Paper Book
To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Scholastic is re-releasing the ten original Magic School Bus titles in paperback. With updated scientific information, the bestselling science series ever is back!Arnold has swallowed the Magic School Bus! Now, instead of seeing an exhibit of the human body at a...
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Why I sneeze, shiver, hiccup, and yawn
Berger, Melvin.
Paper Book
Read and find out about reflexes--including sneezing, shivering, hiccupping, and yawning--in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book. Have you ever wondered what makes you sneeze when you're in a dusty room Or shiver when you get out of the bathtub Or yawn when you're tired All...
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Your skin and mine
Showers, Paul.
Paper Book
Read and find out about skin in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book. From the top of your head to the soles of your feet, you are all wrapped up in skin. Your skin protects your body from germs and dirt. But it is also very sensitive and sometimes needs protection itself....
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Your fantastic elastic brain : stretch it, shape it
Deak, JoAnn M.
Paper Book
Learn how much your brain can grow! The perfect introduction to growth mindset, Your Fantastic Elastic Brain: Stretch It, Shape It is: A growth mindset book for kids A teacher must-have for classrooms The best resource for anyone to teach growth mindset ...
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More parts
Arnold, Tedd
Paper Book
People say the strangest things: Give me a hand . . . Hold your tongue . . . Scream your lungs out . . . What if a kid wants to keep all of his body parts in place? Well then, he'll need to take some creative-and side-splittingly funny-action. In this knee-slapper of a follow-up to the...
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