Body Bones - Hardcover

Rotner, Shelley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0823431622 ISBN 13: 9780823431625

Publisher: Holiday House, 2014

Synopsis

In this fascinating introduction to skeletal systems, images show how different types of skeletons work. Full-color photographs of people and animals are overlaid with illustrations of bones to show these supporting frameworks. Kids will learn that bones come in all shapes and sizes to serve myriad functions and will be able to compare human skeletons to those of other vertebrates.

About this title

About the Author:

Shelley Rotner is a writer, teacher, museum educator, and photographer. She helped write Body Bones and took all the photographs in it. She created Shades of People, written with Sheila M. Kelly, which is an ALA Notable Children's Book. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.

David A. White is an illustrator, cartoonist, toy creator and video game artist with a passion for giant robots. He made the illustrations of the inside parts of the body, overlaid them on the photographs, and helped write this book. His home is in Easthampton, Massachusetts.

From School Library Journal:

K-Gr 2—A concise and appealing introduction to the internal framework of humans and various animals. Beginning with an explanation of the function and purpose of bones, the book continues with facts about bone growth, and the varieties of bones that are found in many different species. Students will especially enjoy the color illustrations of people and animals, featuring an overlay of their skeletons. Comparisons among human and other animal species' skeletons are fascinating. Those looking for more information about the anatomy and physiology of the human skeleton will benefit from such titles as Jody Sullivan Rake's The Human Skeleton (Capstone, 2009) and Louise Spilsbury's The Skeleton and Muscles (Heinemann, 2008).—Lauren M. Sinacore, George M. Davis Elementary School, New Rochelle, NY

About this edition

• Publisher: Holiday House
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0823431622
• ISBN 13: 9780823431625
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: White David A.