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Human Body Detectives #2
Battle with the Bugs: An Imaginative Journey Through the Immune System
New Edition, new updates! Human Body Detectives Merrin and Pearl are at it again. Their magical ability to jump into people’s bodies and explore their systems (digestive, circulatory, skeletal, nervous systems) combines science with their fun adventures to help kids understand how their anatomy, physiology, and how to nourish it well. In Battle with the Bugs , Merrin and Pearl enter their cousin, Max's, immune system to find out why he was sick. They travel up Max's nose during their journey, ride on a white blood cell into battle against the bacteria that made Max ill. They use their nutrition knowledge to end Max's fever successfully. In the end, they not only learn about the different types of white blood cells and what they do to keep us healthy, but they also get a firsthand lesson on the functions of the immune system. Battle with the Bugs is one of five stories featured in the Human Body Detectives serie s, along with, The Lucky Escape, A Heart Pumping Adventure, Osteoblasts to the Rescue, and Brainiacs The Human Body Detectives series explores science with a twist—an accessible lesson about the human body presented in a fun, relatable way that kids will love. Each Human Body Detective book can stand alone or be read as part of the series.
A curriculum for teachers and homeschooling families is also available for each book on the Human Body Detectives website. Recommended for ages 6 to 10
A curriculum for teachers and homeschooling families is also available for each book on the Human Body Detectives website. Recommended for ages 6 to 10
38 pages, Paperback
First published July 21, 2011
About the author
Heather Manley
10 books16 followersDr. Heather Manley, ND, is a practicing physician who received her medical degree in 2001 from National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon. She is also the award-winning author of The Human Body Detectives book and curriculum series.
A contributing writer to Dandelion Moms, Organic Eats magazine, Parents Canada, and KIWI magazine, Dr. Heather was inspired to write The Human Body Detectives stories when she went on a search for books about healthy eating tips for parents and kids and couldn't find what she was looking for. She wanted to provide a fun and engaging resource that would teach kids about how their bodies work and what foods best feed them. And the HBDs were born.
The Human Body Detectives series won Moms' Choice Award and is also a Parent Tested, Parent Approved winner. Dr. Heather has been named to the Top 50 Mompreneurs Bloggers List on both Babble , VoiceBoks and blogtrepreneur
Dr. Heather lives and practices on the Big Island of Hawaii, where her focus is on preventative healthcare for families and providing a resource for families to learn more about preventative health care so that they can be confident and proactive in their everyday health. She lives with her husband and her two daughters, with whom she based her stories' characters, Merrin and Pearl.
Dr. Heather is currently at work writing another Human Body Detectives adventure, an imaginative journey through the brain and nervous system.
HBD series : The Lucky Escape * Battle with the Bugs * A Heart Pumping Adventure * Osteoblasts to the Rescue
The HBD turn -key curriculum can be purchased on the HBD website, Teachers Pay Teachers and Homeschool Buyers Co op.
Site: http://www.humanbodydetectives.com/blog/
Twitter: @drheathernd
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HumanBodyDet...
A contributing writer to Dandelion Moms, Organic Eats magazine, Parents Canada, and KIWI magazine, Dr. Heather was inspired to write The Human Body Detectives stories when she went on a search for books about healthy eating tips for parents and kids and couldn't find what she was looking for. She wanted to provide a fun and engaging resource that would teach kids about how their bodies work and what foods best feed them. And the HBDs were born.
The Human Body Detectives series won Moms' Choice Award and is also a Parent Tested, Parent Approved winner. Dr. Heather has been named to the Top 50 Mompreneurs Bloggers List on both Babble , VoiceBoks and blogtrepreneur
Dr. Heather lives and practices on the Big Island of Hawaii, where her focus is on preventative healthcare for families and providing a resource for families to learn more about preventative health care so that they can be confident and proactive in their everyday health. She lives with her husband and her two daughters, with whom she based her stories' characters, Merrin and Pearl.
Dr. Heather is currently at work writing another Human Body Detectives adventure, an imaginative journey through the brain and nervous system.
HBD series : The Lucky Escape * Battle with the Bugs * A Heart Pumping Adventure * Osteoblasts to the Rescue
The HBD turn -key curriculum can be purchased on the HBD website, Teachers Pay Teachers and Homeschool Buyers Co op.
Site: http://www.humanbodydetectives.com/blog/
Twitter: @drheathernd
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HumanBodyDet...
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July 4, 2012
Dr. Heather Manley does an amazing job of relaying very complicated human body functions and vocabulary in a way that is easy to understand in the book Battle With the Bugs. Battle With the Bugs follows Merrin and Pearl into their cousin, Max’s, nasal passage and ear as they discover how the body fights ear infections. The wording is easy for children to comprehend, even when the bigger scientific names are used. The addition of colorful pictures, descriptive wording, and a glossary allows for better understanding of the concepts presented of how the human body reacts during infections. There is also a short section on how to stay healthy and jokes relating to the topic. As a teacher, this would be a great teaching tool for elementary age students.
Isak’s review: (9 years old): Battle With Bugs is very easy to understand. I liked the information about the human body. This can teach kids how the human body can protect itself from dangers. I really liked the jokes at the end!
Isak’s review: (9 years old): Battle With Bugs is very easy to understand. I liked the information about the human body. This can teach kids how the human body can protect itself from dangers. I really liked the jokes at the end!
January 1, 2016
As with the first, I had my 8-year-old read this before I did. While she was reading, I overheard the following: "I knew they were in the nose! That’s disgusting!" "Eeewww! Mucus!"
Not surprisingly, she said the jokes were her favorite part.
Following the same format as the first book, Battle of the Bugs is a great book. The story is interesting and exciting, and no less informative. After the narrative, we have a section with more information on the immune system, interesting facts, part on eating colorful foods to help your immune system, the ever-popular jokes, and a glossary.
A couple of the jokes:
Why did the student eat his homework?
The teacher told him it was a piece of cake!
Why did the boy blush when he opened the fridge?
He saw the salad dressing!
Why did the germ cross the microscope?
To get to the other slide!
I think this might have been my daughter’s favorite, simply because of the gross factor. But I don’t know, because she did like the farts and such in the first book!
Not surprisingly, she said the jokes were her favorite part.
Following the same format as the first book, Battle of the Bugs is a great book. The story is interesting and exciting, and no less informative. After the narrative, we have a section with more information on the immune system, interesting facts, part on eating colorful foods to help your immune system, the ever-popular jokes, and a glossary.
A couple of the jokes:
Why did the student eat his homework?
The teacher told him it was a piece of cake!
Why did the boy blush when he opened the fridge?
He saw the salad dressing!
Why did the germ cross the microscope?
To get to the other slide!
I think this might have been my daughter’s favorite, simply because of the gross factor. But I don’t know, because she did like the farts and such in the first book!
July 5, 2012
Battle of the Bugs
Human Body Detectives Case File #2
By: Author Heather Manley
Dr. Heather Manley has done it once again!!! She has brilliantly taken us through another “human body detectives” adventure…..As in her first book “The Lucky Escape” Dr. Heather Manley has through exquisite detail and colorful illustration, taken willingly on an educationally excited journey with Pearl and Merrin once again…..this time with cousin Sam along for the sleuthing, sonrisa…
Manley continues to educate and amaze her young readers with adventurous lessons that will stay with them throughout their teenage years, and even on into adulthood….Just as in her first book “The Lucky Escape” the “Battle of The Bugs” is a definite must have Parents for your child’s Library!!!!
Reviewed By: De Ann “Native” Townes Jr., Author of “Peer Inside My Soul and See Me”
Human Body Detectives Case File #2
By: Author Heather Manley
Dr. Heather Manley has done it once again!!! She has brilliantly taken us through another “human body detectives” adventure…..As in her first book “The Lucky Escape” Dr. Heather Manley has through exquisite detail and colorful illustration, taken willingly on an educationally excited journey with Pearl and Merrin once again…..this time with cousin Sam along for the sleuthing, sonrisa…
Manley continues to educate and amaze her young readers with adventurous lessons that will stay with them throughout their teenage years, and even on into adulthood….Just as in her first book “The Lucky Escape” the “Battle of The Bugs” is a definite must have Parents for your child’s Library!!!!
Reviewed By: De Ann “Native” Townes Jr., Author of “Peer Inside My Soul and See Me”
July 8, 2015
This is a higher level book for slightly older readers. It has a lot of content about the immune system once Merrin and Pearl are inside Max’s body. I think this would bore younger readers and they wouldn’t get as much out of this book.
This is the perfect thing to accompany a unit on the body or immune system. It could also be used with guidance to teach young ones what happens inside your body when you get sick…and why eating sugar is an important thing not to do when this happens!
Other than the immune system language and brief explanations, the book’s language is friendly and the cousins work well together to help Max.
There is a plethora of information at the back of the book, including a diagram of the immune system, facts, jokes, a glossary and more.
This is the perfect thing to accompany a unit on the body or immune system. It could also be used with guidance to teach young ones what happens inside your body when you get sick…and why eating sugar is an important thing not to do when this happens!
Other than the immune system language and brief explanations, the book’s language is friendly and the cousins work well together to help Max.
There is a plethora of information at the back of the book, including a diagram of the immune system, facts, jokes, a glossary and more.
September 21, 2014
As a teacher, I see it more as a book to use with a lesson in class. I can't see a student going through this book and understanding it on their own.
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