Exploring the human body

Author: (USA) Cole / (USA) Degen Illustration / Xie Hui
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features:
- Recommended by the General Administration of Press and Publication in 2005 as one of the top 1,000 excellent books for youth.
- The Magic School Bus series has arrived in China!
- The most popular children's natural science book series in the United States.
- Awarded by the Boston Globe-Horn Book for the most valuable children's non-fiction books in the U.S.
- Winner of the Boston Globe Award.
- Selected as the best children's book by the "National Bookellers Association."
- Awarded the "Oddbook Award" for non-fiction by the American Educational Journal.
- Highly rated by The New York Times Book Review and Amazon readers with five-star reviews.
In children's minds, there are countless "whys." They are filled with curiosity about the unknown world and hope their parents can answer all their interesting questions. Especially regarding their own bodies, children are even more curious. Why do men and women look different? Can animals understand me? Why does my heart keep beating, and why doesn’t it get tired? These seemingly simple questions can’t be explained in just a few words. However, when you open this series, you’ll be delighted to find that many complex scientific problems become so simple. Through fun and engaging reading, children learn about human anatomy and understand the mysteries and wonders of the human body.
This is a children's book that introduces the internal structure of the human body. In the book, Ms. Frizzle and her students take the school’s magic school bus on an adventure. Due to an accidental mishap, the bus suddenly shrinks and lands on a package of cheese puffs, only to be swallowed by someone as food. From that moment on, the children embark on a journey through the digestive system of a giant human body.
This is an immersive and realistic experience. The children slide from the stomach into the small intestine, then through the capillaries of the intestinal villi, into the bloodstream, and begin to explore various organs and tissues of the body, such as the heart, lungs, brain, and muscles. The entire circulation path may not seem impressive to ordinary people, but anyone familiar with anatomy and physiology would find it both correct and fascinating.
In this book, dry names and concepts are transformed into tangible realities. Children not only learn the entire process of food digestion but also truly understand the internal structure of the human body and the functions of its organs, tissues, and cells.