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"This book lets us peer into the world of microbes -- not as germs to be eradicated, but as invaluable parts of our lives -- allowing us to see how ubiquitous and vital microbes are: they sculpt our organs, defend us from disease, break down our food, educate our immune systems, guide our behavior, bombard our genomes with their genes, and grant us incredible abilities. While much of the prevailing discussion around the microbiome has focused on its...
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Series
Publisher
National Geographic Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
191 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
If you have a question, this new book series has the answer! Based on our wildly popular gift book, Why, this question-and-answer series takes expert-approved content our readers love and reimagines it in a snackable, pithy, and engaging format. The first book in the series features Q&As all about the human body.
11) Human body
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Series
Publisher
DK
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
72 pages : illustrations 28 cm
Description
Describes the parts and systems of the human body and discusses how they work.
14) The human body
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
64 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Description
Presents the intricacies of the various systems of the human body, including digestion, respiration, excretion, reproduction, and the skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems, along with the brain and heart.
Author
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
93 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Description
Reconstructs a human body from the skeleton out, using the most recent scientific information to detail the organs that are part of such bodily systems as respiration, circulation, digestion, excretion, and the heart and brain.
17) Parts
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
A five-year-old boy thinks his body is falling apart until he learns new teeth grow and hair and skin replace themselves.
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
272 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Description
This fun, smart guide answers kids' questions as it takes them on a journey through the human body and all its systems. The book is sprinkled throughout with plenty of health tips, top-10 lists, simple experiments, and weird-but-true wacky details. Full color.
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
viii, 341 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"The award-winning immunogenetics researcher and co-author of Immunotoxicity outlines a new biological paradigm about the origins of such non-communicable diseases as asthma, autism and cancer, arguing in favor of ancient-world dietary practices and protective measures against unsafe chemicals,"--NoveList.
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