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Up Close and Incredible: Human Body

An Interactive Adventure with a 3× Magnifying Glass
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Grab your3 magnifying glass and go on a gross-out journey through the ins and outs of anatomy with Up Close and Incredible: Human Body. In this scientific search-and-find adventure, you'll join a team of tiny scientists, nurses and doctors as they explore a diverse range of... Read More
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Up Close & Incredible: Human Body lets you explore what goes on inside your organs, bones, muscles and more, using the included 3 magnifying glass to spot hundreds of hidden and hilarious details.

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Grab your3 magnifying glass and go on a gross-out journey through the ins and outs of anatomy with Up Close and Incredible: Human Body. In this scientific search-and-find adventure, you'll join a team of tiny scientists, nurses and doctors as they explore a diverse range of bodies inside and out, from the tips of your toes to the snot in your nose. You'll learn along the way how every part of your body does its job to keep you happy and healthy. But its not all a biology lesson: look closely through the magnifying glass, and youll find scared scientists fleeing from a tastebud-tingling chilli pepper, an ear-canal waterslide, and even a cinema inside an eyeball! Your trusty magnifying glass will reveal new gags again and again among the scrapes, mishaps and wacky experiments of the miniature scientists, where every tiny detail tells a story, and every story reveals more incredible facts about the human body. The larger-than-life scenes youll explore include the brain, heart, lungs, digestive system, kidneys and bladder, reproductive system, skeleton, nerves and muscles, as well as the sensory organs and skin. With 14 scenes and 10 things to spot on each one, plus extra detail hidden on every page, Up Close and Incredible: Human Body has literally hundreds of facts and jokes to discover. A map of the human body at the back puts everything into context, while a gallery of scientists celebrates the famous faces who discovered many of the facts in the book. This thrilling scientific journey of a book will have you gasping and laughing as you discover new shocking and hilarious facts about the body you're in. The zany drawings are packed full of comedic details to spot, keeping your read fresh each time. So, what are you waiting for? Your magnified adventure into human anatomy awaits!

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780711286504

Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC

Format: Novelty book

Date Published: 20 June 2024

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wide Eyed Editions

Illustration: color illustrations

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Damien Weighill

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 265.0mm

Height: 310.0mm

Weight: 700g

Pages: 48

About the Author

Isabel Thomas is a science writer and children's author. She has written more than 180 books about science and nature for young audiences, which have been translated into more than 20 languages. Isabel is a winner of the AAAS Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books 2020, and has been shortlisted for the Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis 2021, the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, the Association of Science Education Book of the Year, the English 4-11 Picture Book Awards and the Blue Peter Book Awards. Her critically-acclaimed picture book Moth: An Evolution Story, illustrated by Daniel Egneus, was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal and was named a book of the year by the Financial Timesand Books for Keepsin the UK. Isabel lives near Cambridge, UK.Damien Weighill was born in the north-east of England and now lives in London. He creates illustrations that are full of ideas (smart and silly) for a host of international clients, including The Times, Microsoft and the NSPCC. Damien is the illustrator of The Big Book of Football by MUNDIAL (Wide Eyed Editions, 2019).

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