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Organs! how they work, fall apart, and can be replaced (gasp!)

With bright pictures, astonishing facts, and incredible stories, Nancy Winslow Parker shows you just how amazing your insides are, and why it's so important to take care of them.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Parker, Nancy Winslow
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, c2009.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Organs (Anatomy) > Juvenile nonfiction. Human body > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:	With bright pictures, astonishing facts, and incredible stories, Nancy Winslow Parker shows you just how amazing your insides are, and why it's so important to take care of them.
Physical Description:	48 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 45) and index.
ISBN:	9780688151058 (trade bdg.) 0688151051 (trade bdg.) 9780688151065 (lib. bdg.) 068815106X (lib. bdg.)
Author Notes:	Illustrator and children's writer Nancy Winslow Parker was born in Maplewood, New Jersey, on October 18, 1930. She graduated from Mills College in California. She continued her art education at the Art Students League and the School of Visual Arts in New York. After a succession of varied jobs, she became art director for Appleton-Century-Crofts and, later, graphic designer for Holt, Rienhart and Winston. Her first book, The Man with the Take-Apart Head, was published in 1974. Other works include Willy Bear (1977) and My Mom Travels a Lot (1983), both winners of the Christopher Award. Winslow has won numerous other awards, including the American Library Association Notable Book, Honorable Mention by the New York Academy of Science's Children's Science Book Award, and the New York Times Best Illustrated list. (Bowker Author Biography)