Fall 2023

What Keeps Your Body Working?

Questions about Circulation, Blood, Germs, and More

From the Series The Inquisitive Kid's Guide to the Human Body

  • Interest Level: Grade 2 - Grade 4
  • Reading Level: Grade 3

How Does Your Heart Beat? is a fantastic introduction to the incredible ways that our body keeps us alive.

The respiratory, circulatory, and immune systems are explained through hilarious, colorful illustrations and an engaging question-and-answer format, designed to appeal to even the most reluctant readers. Packed with plenty of giggle-worthy gross bits, it’s a fun and accessible young guide to an important subject.

Stuff kids want to know, that need an answer…

  • How much blood is in your body?
  • What are germs, and are they all baddies?
  • What are boogers made of? Yuk!

Find the answers to these questions and much more! Kids will love the hilarious illustrations. With so many fun facts to uncover, science has never been more fun!

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Interest Level Grade 2 - Grade 4
Reading Level Grade 3
Genre Science
Category 5 Kinds of Nonfiction, 5KN: Browseable Nonfiction, 5KN: Traditional Nonfiction
Copyright 2023
Publisher Hungry Tomato Ltd.
Imprint Hungry Tomato
Language English
Number of Pages 24
Publication Date 2023-08-01
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF051030, JNF051050, JNF028000
Dewey 571
Dimensions 7 x 9
Guided Reading Level T
Features Author/Illustrator biography, Charts/Graphs/Diagrams, Glossary, and Table of contents

Author: John Farndon

John Farndon is a Royal Literary Fellow at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, UK, and the author of a huge number of books for adults and children on science, history, technology and nature, including such international best-sellers as Do Not Open and Do You Think You're Clever?

Illustrator: Alan Rowe

Alan Rowe has been working as a freelance Illustrator since 1985. His work is heavily influenced by 1950's and 60's cartoons.