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First Human Body Encyclopedia (DK First Reference) Hardcover – February 21, 2005

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An introduction to the inner workings of the human body brimming with fascinating facts and full-color photos and illustrations that make anatomy accessible and fun for children ages 8-12.

What's going on inside your insides? From the skeleton to muscles and blood flow and respiration, kids can discover how all parts of the human body fit and work together. Readers can answer quiz questions to make learning interactive and fun, and try out prompted activities to learn even more. This book also includes information on sleep, going to the doctor and dentist, and body language. A glossary at the back of the book highlights key words to enhance retention.

With First Human Body Encyclopedia, kids will become human body experts in no time.

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    0756609976
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    978-0756609979
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DK was founded in London in 1974 and is now the world's leading illustrated reference publisher and part of Penguin Random House, formed on July 1, 2013. DK publishes highly visual, photographic nonfiction for adults and children. DK produces content for consumers in over 87 countries and in 62 languages, with offices in Delhi, London, Melbourne, Munich, New York, and Toronto. DK's aim is to inform, enrich, and entertain readers of all ages, and everything DK publishes, whether print or digital, embodies the unique DK design approach. DK brings unrivalled clarity to a wide range of topics with a unique combination of words and pictures, put together to spectacular effect. We have a reputation for innovation in design for both print and digital products.   Our adult range spans travel, including the award-winning DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, history, science, nature, sport, gardening, cookery, and parenting. DK’s extensive children’s list showcases a fantastic store of information for children, toddlers, and babies. DK covers everything from animals and the human body, to homework help and craft activities, together with an impressive list of licensing titles, including the bestselling LEGO® books. DK acts as the parent company for Alpha Books, publisher of the Idiot's Guides series and Prima Games, video gaming publishers, as well as the award-winning travel publisher, Rough Guides.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ DK Children
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 21, 2005
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 128 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0756609976
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0756609979
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.7 pounds
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 4 - 8 years, from customers
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.88 x 0.56 x 11.19 inches
  • Part of series ‏ : ‎ DK First Reference
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 7
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ IG820L
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Customers find this encyclopedia wonderful for children ages 4 to 12, with vivid photos and models that are just right. The book provides a great deal of information to capture curiosity and learning, with easy-to-read descriptions that are not too technical or wordy. They appreciate that it covers more than just basic body systems, making it suitable for multiple reading levels.

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130 customers mention "Book for kids"130 positive0 negative

Customers find this encyclopedia wonderful for children ages 4 to 12, particularly as a read-aloud for 4-6 year olds.

"...a perfect balance of visuals and explanations, and many of the photographs feature young children which makes a book like this easy for young..." Read more

"...My daughter LOVES this book...." Read more

"...There are also sections about twins and multiple births, growing older, eating well and communicating...." Read more

"...open more in-depth conversations with the older kids and basic enough for the younger ones to start learning about the human body...." Read more

94 customers mention "Pictures"94 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the vivid photos and models in the encyclopedia, particularly noting the stunning images of developing fetuses.

"...Clear pictures. Well-written descriptions. With enough facts to satisfy young curiosities...." Read more

"...It had the perfect amount of information, images, and ratio of info to images!!..." Read more

"...There is a perfect balance of visuals and explanations, and many of the photographs feature young children which makes a book like this easy for..." Read more

"...a new life begins ..." It follows a drawing of a uterus, photos of babies in the womb, and moves on to other aspects of the human life cycle from..." Read more

91 customers mention "Information quality"91 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the encyclopedia's information quality, noting it provides a great deal of content that captures curiosity and learning, with just enough detail for curious minds.

"...Clear pictures. Well-written descriptions. With enough facts to satisfy young curiosities...." Read more

"...We made it thru, little by little, every page. It had the perfect amount of information, images, and ratio of info to images!!..." Read more

"...For younger children though, this makes an excellent primer on the human body, written in accessible language that will help young children..." Read more

"...The photographs are plenty, and they are full of notes and details. The various sections are written in "sound bite" style, which is nice...." Read more

87 customers mention "Ease of reading"84 positive3 negative

Customers find the encyclopedia easy to read, with simple language that's not too technical or wordy.

"...Clear pictures. Well-written descriptions. With enough facts to satisfy young curiosities...." Read more

"...though, this makes an excellent primer on the human body, written in accessible language that will help young children understand their body better." Read more

"...The various sections are written in "sound bite" style, which is nice...." Read more

"...Information broken into bite size pieces, well-illustrated and well-organized. Great book." Read more

18 customers mention "Information content"13 positive5 negative

Customers appreciate the encyclopedia's comprehensive coverage, noting it goes beyond basic body systems and is suitable for multiple reading levels. One customer specifically mentions the detailed information about reproductive processes, including egg fertilization.

"...sex or sexual activity, it does give a lot of info about the biological aspects of reproduction post-intercourse...." Read more

"...The pictures are perfect and I like that it covers more than just the basic body systems and goes into more depth with topics like genetics, the..." Read more

"...Each 2 page spread covers one topic...." Read more

"...Following along the lines of fallacies/inaccurate information, I've included pics of the $cience portions about vaccines which is expected in any..." Read more

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A must buy to enrich the mind of your child
Great addition from the DK as always, this book is 117 Pages of a mix of big bright picture with smaller pictures that are related to the main topic of the page, each topic needs two pages or more, one of the pages has a question on the end of and the answer is located at the end of the second page written upside down, the last ten pages have a quize which I find really cool to get a sense of what the child has understood. I love it and would recommend it.
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  • K. P.
    5.0 out of 5 stars All my kids love this book.
    Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2024
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    I actually checked out a bunch of child-friendly anatomy books from the library to see which fit our needs the best. I have an 8-year-old who is really interested in anatomy. This book was the "winner." :) Clear pictures. Well-written descriptions. With enough facts to satisfy young curiosities. My younger kids (6, 8, 10) really like this book - and I even catch my teens reading it through (the illustrations and clear descriptions really are great).
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  • ANA R.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great beginner anatomy book for little ones!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2023
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    My daughter was really interested in anatomy, and would ask about inside and outside, big (like organs or organ systems) or small (like pores, cells and such), and I ran out of things to tell her about, so I bought this book! We made it thru, little by little, every page. It had the perfect amount of information, images, and ratio of info to images!! She loved it and would go over some pages over and over, back and forth. I believe I got it when she was just 3 years old. If it is important to you, either way: it only has images of the fetus and has images of the uterus and the positioning in the female body, but nothing on the male physiology or external organs on the female. I bought a different anatomy book which is more detailed, as a good follow up to this one, which has the male and female anatomy more in detail.
    2 people found this helpful
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  • Z Hayes
    5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent reference for young children, ages 4-9
    Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2012
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    My almost eight-year-old daughter has become increasingly curious about what goes on in the human body, the various functions of organs, etc. and so I did some research. I started off at my local public library where there are numerous reference books on the human body. Obviously, the ones for adults are too densely packed with information and technical jargon, and even some of the so-called junior reference books seemed to be either too wordy or lacking sufficient visuals.

    Dorling Kindersley or DK has some of the best junior reference books on various topics and the DK First Human Encyclopedia does not disappoint. This is a 2005 edition (so perhaps an updated edition is due soon) and is very well-organized. There is a perfect balance of visuals and explanations, and many of the photographs feature young children which makes a book like this easy for young children to relate to.

    The book is organized into the following categories:
    Human Body
    Skeleton and bones
    Moving muscles
    Brain and senses
    Heart and blood
    Lungs and breathing
    Skin, nails, and hair
    Fighting disease
    Digestive system
    Urinary system
    Reproduction and growth
    Life cycle
    Staying healthy
    Communication
    Reference section - this contains among others, a Glossary and an Index (which I deem an absolute must in a reference work)

    I would recommend this for children ages 4-9 because children in the upper elementary grades and up would probably benefit with a more detailed book featuring human organs that are more detailed and have much more information describing the various functions (correlating with the science syllabus in those grade levels). For younger children though, this makes an excellent primer on the human body, written in accessible language that will help young children understand their body better.
    6 people found this helpful
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  • KimberlyM
    5.0 out of 5 stars Age-appropriate with plenty of pics and information
    Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2013
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    I bought this for my 5-year-old when he started asking me detailed questions about the digestive system and I couldn't answer them. As I said, he's only 5 so I wanted something that would give him both comprehensive but simply-stated information along with supportive photographs. This book turned out to be perfect for him.

    The photographs are plenty, and they are full of notes and details. The various sections are written in "sound bite" style, which is nice. When I read one, it's not so much information that it's overwhelming or hard for him to understand. Plus, this makes it easy to come to a stopping point in our reading without having trouble picking up where we left off.

    Some reviews commented about the reproduction section, saying that it didn't give enough information. While it doesn't go into details about sex or sexual activity, it does give a lot of info about the biological aspects of reproduction post-intercourse. The "Reproduction and Growth" section begins like this: "You need a mother and a father to make a baby. The mother's body does most of the work, but the father also has an important job -- his sperm joins with the mother's egg, and a new life begins ..." It follows a drawing of a uterus, photos of babies in the womb, and moves on to other aspects of the human life cycle from birth to growing older. If you're looking for something with more sex education in it, this isn't your book. But for me -- for the age my child is now -- this is plenty of information.

    My son loves this book. I would definitely recommend it as a young child's introduction to human anatomy and will probably try other books in DK's "first reference" series.
    10 people found this helpful
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  • Cristin M
    4.0 out of 5 stars A great starting point for curious kids
    Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2015
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    When my 4 year old starting grabbing my text books (I'm a nursing student) and asking me questions about the pictures in them, I knew it was time to get her her own "body book." I looked into a bunch of different ones from a variety of publishers and settled on this book after reading the great reviews.

    My daughter LOVES this book. The pictures are perfect and I like that it covers more than just the basic body systems and goes into more depth with topics like genetics, the life cycle, allergies etc. She is still a little bit young to completely understand all of the concepts but I think she will grow into it nicely.

    I agree with previous reviews that the lack of discussion about the penis and vagina in the reproductive chapter is a little bit odd. I can definitely see how it would confuse an older child with a genuine interest in how babies are made from start to finish, but they make separate books strictly for "the talk" and I don't think this one was written with that intent. Overall I highly recommend this book to anyone with a "little scientist" in the house.
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  • Bedfordshire reader
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very good for younger readers
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 29, 2013
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    This does a great job of not dumbing-down for bright young readers, without having the language be too hard. My son loves it, as it's "real science" and he doesn't feel talked-down-to, but he can read it himself. (He's just about a free reader).
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  • trefusis
    5.0 out of 5 stars great book for inquisitive minds
    Reviewed in Canada on March 20, 2013
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    This is a well written and illustrated book for children and adults. It has great images and highlights all sorts of interesting facts about the human body. I purchased this for my 6 year old granddaughter for Christmas and she loves it. I got it to go with the Squishy Human Body toy. My granddaughter keeps bringing up some of the interesting facts from the book like "Grandma do you know that I have way more bones in my body that you?" An excellent gift for a young person 4 and up.
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  • kumakuma
    5.0 out of 5 stars 楽しい本です
    Reviewed in Japan on November 7, 2006
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    子供たちのかわいらしい表情やしぐさをモデルにして　体の仕組みを平易な英語で説明しています。きれいな写真と図が多用されており　大人も楽しめると思います。

    体内の構造だけではなく　成長過程や健康維持についての内容もあり　読み応えがあります。

    「髪の毛は３〜４年かかって伸び抜け落ちる。新しい髪の毛は同じところから生えてくる。」「ある子供達は４歳で読むことを学び、ある子供達は５歳で読むことを学び、ある子供達は６歳で（！）」
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  • Expetat40
    5.0 out of 5 stars Super Bücher!!
    Reviewed in Germany on December 14, 2014
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    Mein Sohn nimmt seit 2 Jahren diese Bücher immer wieder in die Hand und liest darin! Man kann diese Reihe wirklich allen Eltern nur wärmstens empfehlen! Es ist eine super Wissenschaftsreihe Kindgerecht aufbereitet!! TOP und man kann es jeden Eltern nur empfehlen!!
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  • Leticia
    5.0 out of 5 stars Este livro é maravilhoso!
    Reviewed in Brazil on April 8, 2022
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    Este livro é maravilhoso, aborda o assunto de uma forma interessante e envolvente!
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    Reviewed in Brazil on April 8, 2022
    Este livro é maravilhoso, aborda o assunto de uma forma interessante e envolvente!
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