Why Don't Haircuts Hurt?: Questions and Answers About the Human Body

by Melvin A. Berger, Gilda Berger, Karen Barnes (Illustrator)

Provides answers to a variety of questions about the human body including "Why do you blush?", "Why do you need two ears?", "How strong is hair?", and "What are goosebumps?"

Genres: Childrens, Science, Bodies, Nonfiction

48 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

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[Manar Salama]

This is an educational book for students to explain science in a fun way and explain phenomena about the human body such as blood pressure, why we have goosebumps, and why doesn't it hurt when we get our haircut. I liked this book a lot because it is targeted to third and fourth-grade levels and I feel as though around this time is when students get very curious about a lot of topics. This book has themes of science and natural wonders. I would involve this book in my classroom because students should also get accustomed to reading nonfiction and try to become well rounded especially when it comes to science.

[Melissa Namba]

A great book for the curious mind. There is a lot of material being covered and a lot of interesting tidbits. For example, I did not know you could stop a sneeze by pressing on the divit between your nose and mouth because the nerve that reacts with the sneeze is located right there. This may have been common knowledge in the past, which explains why in old cartoons the character would put their fingers there, but I feel like that kind of changed over time to covering the nostrils rather than pressing on the nerve. Anyway, I know my niece will enjoy this.

[Viviane Elbee]

This is a Question and Answer format book about the human body, with questions about body parts, how babies are formed, the senses, and important organs like the heart and the lungs and the brain. It’s a 48 page book for curious elementary students or older preschoolers.

[SaraKat]

I thought the illustrations good and the answers to the questions were good. Some of the questions were not questions I would think kids would ask and some sections got a little repetitive.

[Tyler]

DescriptionProvides answers to a variety of questions about the human body including "Why do you blush?", "Why do you need two ears?", "How strong is hair?", and "What are goosebumps?"

[MaKayla Tyree]

Very interesting book!

[Jinjuanzheng]

cross section of the skin

The skin has two layers; the skin about 20 square feet in an adult. if you could lay it out flat, the skin would be big enough to cover your whole bed. The top layers of the epidermis are dead cells. The epidermis is about as a sheet of paper. The far from skin inside have 50,000 tiny bits of dead skin cells fall off every minute. By the time you reach age 70, you'll have shed 40 pounds (18kg) of dead skin.

[Teri]

My scientist child loved this book. One of the better non-fiction human body books we checked out, in a question format.

[Sarah]

Question and Answer