This fully illustrated treasury of ten rhyming five-minute stories is a playful introduction to the human body.
Great to read aloud and packed full of fun and humour, the stories help young readers aged 5+ to understand the inner workings of our body... explaining how we breathe, move - and poo!
Lively tales told in rhyming verse are followed up with non-fiction explainers which summarise the science behind each story.
A fantastic addition to this best-selling series, which saw amazing success with 5-Minute Nature Stories.
5-minute stories include:
· WHERE DID I BEGIN? From conception to baby
· THE HEARTBEAT BALLET: All about the heart and the blood
· YOUR LUNGS AND THE AIR: The respiratory system
· BRAINY YOU! The body's control centre
· SKIN HOLDS YOU IN: All about the skin
· HOLD-ME-UP: All about the skeleton and bones
· DO I MOVE? Marvellous muscles
· I SPY: See, hear, smell, taste, touch
· SNACK ATTACK: All about digestion
Accessible Biology in a 5 minute story format
· Each story introduces a key part of the human body, starring a sweet smiley body part, from an energetic heart to a bouncy poo!
· Each story ends with a non-fiction information page to explain more about what you've seen in each story
· Engaging illustrations throughout
Words of praise for 5 Minute Nature Stories:
"A gift to inform and delight the youngest nature lovers" ? Waterstones
This is Book 4 in the 5 Minute Stories Series. See all 5 Minute Stories books here.
Gabby Dawnay (Author)
Gabby is the wordy half of the author and illustrator team that created A Possum's Tail (nominated for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal) and London Calls . Gabby is also heavily involved with children's magazine OKIDO , and also writes for the CBeebies series 'Messy Goes to OKIDO' and
