The Digestive and Urinary Systems

by Joseph Midthun, Samuel Hiti (Illustrator)

Learn about the digestive and urinary systems in this volume of Building Blocks of the Human Body.

Genres: Science, Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

Published January 10, 2017

Reviews

[donna backshall · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Digestive and Urinary Systems has a retro Schoolhouse Rock feel to it, despite being published as part of World Book's Building Blocks of Science series in 2014. As with the others in the series, it is not a particularly engaging book, and I feel like I've missed something important overall.

Are these screenshots from an animated series? That would explain a lot, but I can't find anything showing this is the case. Why have 1970's-styled crayon drawings in a relatively recent publication?

Overall the book was informative and interesting, better than others in the series. However, it is mostly too basic to provide enough information to give a child reader any useful knowledge.

I have so many questions.

[Ela M · Rating 3 out of 5]

I learned a few things with this information spelled out. But I didn’t like the illustrations; they looked unprofessional, quickly sketched, and weren’t aesthetically pleasing or cute. I wish the systems were described in perspective of the organs (since they have faces) instead of picture next to the scientific facts.