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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 612.11 EAN: 9780060091101 ISBN: 006009110X Label: HarperCollins Manufacturer: HarperCollins Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 32 Publication Date: May 01, 2004 Publisher: HarperCollins Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Release Date: May 04, 2004 Studio: HarperCollins Editorial Review: Product Description: You've seen your own blood, when you have a cut or a scrape. You can see the veins in your wrist, and you've seen the scab that forms as a cut heals. But do you know what blood does for you? Without blood, you couldn't play, or grow, or learn. That's because just about every part of your body needs blood, from your muscles to your bones to your brain. How does your body use blood? Read and find out! Average Rating:
 Rating: - kids love itMy 6 and 3 year olds both love this book and ask me to read it over and over and over again. We have several books from this series and love them all, but this is the one that they get out the most and ask me to read to them. Its not really tailored for a 3 year old, but mine is absolutely fascinated with it! Its got some funny/cute pictures. For example, my kids think its hilarious that in his bathroom medicine cabinet, he has 'Fangpaste' Rating: - A great intro to hematology- for the early elementary crowd!As a college physiology professor and parent of two young children, I am very impressed with this book. It makes advanced physiological concepts readily accessible even to very young children. It covers some of the same concepts that I teach my college freshmen- platelet plugs, fibrin clot formation and retraction, the role of red blood cells in carrying oxygen, the role of white blood cells in fighting infection. I suspect that even some adults might learn something useful and interesting from this ... Read More Rating: - EDUCATIONAL AND INFORMATIVEI bought this book for my second grade nephew and I think that it is very educational and informative. It states interesting facts about blood, and how important it is to the body. I think that the illustrations are colorful and cute. I love these Read and Find Out Science books for second and third graders. Appropriate for them at a level where they could understand about science. Contains lots of vital information. |
