Human Body for Kids

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
Tyler Feder
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...
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...
All Bodies Are Good Bodies
Charlotte Barkla
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...
Professor Astro Cat's Human Body Odyssey
Dominic Walliman
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...
Atlas of the Human Body
Vanessa Jessop
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...
Ultimate Bodypedia: An Amazing Inside-Out Tour of the Human Body (National Geographic Kids)
Christina Wilsdon
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,...
Me and My Amazing Body
Joan Sweeney
Paper Book
Here's a lively, easy-to-read, easy-to-use introduction to anatomy by the author and illustrator of the popular Me on the Map and Me and My Place in Space. The young narrator begins with the body parts we can see -- skin, eyes, nose, etc. -- and then shows what amazing parts are hidden underneath...
Your Body is Awesome: Body Respect for Children
Sigrun Danielsdottir
Paper Book
*Silver medal winner in the 'Self-Esteem' category of the Moonbeam Children's Book Awards 2015* Bodies do all sorts of amazing things, like move around, grow bigger and heal themselves. Bodies also come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and we need to take care of them so that they...
Let's Talk About Body Boundaries, Consent and Respect: Teach children about body ownership, respect, feelings, choices and recognizing bullying behaviors
Jayneen Sanders
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...
Human Body!: Your Amazing Body as You've Never Seen It Before
Anna Claybourne
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...
Parts
Tedd Arnold
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:...
The Adventures of Your Brain
Dan Green
Paper Book
The human brain . . . entertainingly explained! Filled with flaps, pull-tabs, wheels, and pop-ups, this colorful interactive book introduces children to the wonders of our brain. How does the brain work? What does it do, and what do we understand about it? The Adventures...
Usborne Look Inside Your Body
Louie Stowell
Paper Book
This inspiring flap book will introduce young children to the wonders the human body. Just open the pages and see for youself!
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...
Why I Sneeze, Shiver, Hiccup, and Yawn
Melvin Berger
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...
Your Skin and Mine
Paul Showers
Paper Book
"Berlioz the person-composer-writer is the sensitive child of his century and a most passionate voice of his time." —The Opera Quarterly "Berlioz could hardly have been better served than by the translator of this English edition... It is an invaluable and long-overdue addition to...
Your Fantastic Elastic Brain
JoAnn Deak Ph.D.
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 ...
See Inside Your Body
Katie Daynes
Paper Book
Follow your food as it travels through your body. Take a deep breath and explore your lungs. Let your mind boggle at what your brain can do. This exciting book, packed with lively illustrations and fascinating flaps, is bursting to reveal your body's amazing secrets.
More Parts
Tedd Arnold
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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