Your Insides

by Joanna Cole

Transparent pages allow children to explore the inside of a human body, while detailed, easy-to-read information provides facts as well as answers to commonly asked question about human anatomy, systems, and how they work. Reprint.

Genres: Science, Childrens, Nonfiction

40 pages, Paperback

First published November 4, 1992

About the author

Joanna Cole, who also wrote under the pseudonym B. J. Barnet, was an author of children’s books who teaches science.

She is most famous as the author of The Magic School Bus series of children's books. Joanna Cole wrote over 250 books ranging from her first book Cockroach to her famous series Magic School Bus.

Cole was born in Newark, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby East Orange. She loved science as a child, and had a teacher she says was a little like Ms. Frizzle. She attended the University of Massachusetts and Indiana University before graduating from the City College of New York with a B.A. in psychology. After some graduate education courses, she spent a year as a librarian in a Brooklyn elementary school. Cole subsequently became a letters correspondent at Newsweek, and then a senior editor for Doubleday Books for Young Readers.

Reviews

[Jenny · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was looking for a book about our bodies that was not too simple or too complex for my pre-schooler. I wasn't sure if this one hit either of those categories, but I knew he would like the see-through pages. The first time I read it to him I got a luke-warm reaction. Surprisingly, he wanted to read it again the next day, and the next, and the next. The see-through pages aren't the one's he goes for! He likes all the other stuff and I am happy we found this gem. (There are no fewer questions about what's inside of me. Of course, I still have to answer questions--it doesn't cover the reproductive system.

[Jane G Meyer · Rating 4 out of 5]

We've been through a lot of human body books this last year. My five-year-old is extremely fascinated by how our bodies are like machines... Anyway, I found this picture book to have just the right amount of information. Though they don't talk about the villi in the small intestines, and leave out many other minute details that he might know and like, they do give all sorts of good stuff about your lungs, and heart, and brain, etc.... Plus, the illustrations are fun.

The hardback copy that I have has four translucent pages that show your insides. Pretty cool...

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome for my science enthusiast 5 year old!