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Body bones

"What would your body be like without bones? For one thing, it wouldn't stand upgright because, like the framework of a house, your skeleton supports your body. This book is filled with photographs of people and animals in action. The photographs are overlaid with diagrams of skeletons. Filled with...

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Main Authors: Rotner, Shelley (Author, Photographer), White, David A. (David Alan), 1973- (Author, Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Holiday House, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Bones > Juvenile nonfiction.
Skeleton > Juvenile nonfiction.
Anatomy, Comparative > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:"What would your body be like without bones? For one thing, it wouldn't stand upgright because, like the framework of a house, your skeleton supports your body. This book is filled with photographs of people and animals in action. The photographs are overlaid with diagrams of skeletons. Filled with facts about bone growth, the varieties of bones, and how bones work with other body systems, Body Bones offers a lively look at this essential body component."--Book jacket.
Physical Description:32 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Audience:Ages 6-10.
Grades 4 to 6.
ISBN:9780823431625 (hardcover)
0823431622 (hardcover)
Author Notes:Shelley Rotner is a writer, teacher, museum educator, and photographer. She helped write Body Bones and took all the photographs in it. She created Shades of People, written with Sheila M. Kelly, which is an ALA Notable Children's Book. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.

David A. White is an illustrator, cartoonist, toy creator and video game artist with a passion for giant robots. He made the illustrations of the inside parts of the body, overlaid them on the photographs, and helped write this book. His home is in Easthampton, Massachusetts.

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