| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
53 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Our amazing body language -- That's you all over: Skin -- On the face of it: Face it -- Your nose makes sense -- Open eyes -- Ear poem -- Lip service -- Tongue or any muscle this ugly has got to have good taste -- One tooth, two tooth, white tooth, looth tooth -- Parts that bend: Ode to my fingers -- Ode to my toes -- Thirteen ways of looking at your knees and elbows -- You cannot rankle the sturdy ankle -- Bone (or two) to pick with you: Bone chart -- boneless -- Bellybuttons and bottoms: Your navel is no mystery -- Sad tale or hey, who stole my seat? -- Circulation department: You can't beat your heart -- Shy silent rivers -- Blood hungry spleen - Breath of fresh air: Lungs -- Muscle matters: Your muscles keep you moving -- Control center: Your brain's the boss -- This poem has been brought to you by your five senses -- Story of ow! -- Ins and outs of eating: Spit -- Your stomach, the belly-brewing wonder -- Kidney trouble -- Moving the food along -- Consider the anus -- Body chemistry: Your hormones are exciting -- Producion department: boy parts -- Girl parts -- Cells that make us you and me -- Appendix -- Notes -- Further reading. |
| Summary |
More than three dozen poems describe individual parts of the body and what they do for us and for some parts, such as the face, the verses describe how we communicate nonverbally with other people. Ears have drums (but don't play them), knees wear caps (even in church), and a boneless boy turns into a human puddle in this book of wacky-and anatomically accurate-poems about our body parts. To the left of your stomach, a deep violet-red, a filter's at work filling blood cells with dread: The red blood cell graveyard! It's not Halloween. I'm talking about that blood basher, the spleen. Have you ever wondered just exactly what some of your body parts do? How many times a year your heart beats? How big your small intestines are? And, equally noteworthy, which of your muscles looks most like a slug? Certain to appeal to elementary-school children, this unique and humorous book uses poetry to explore the amazing workings of our bodies. With great verve and enthusiasm-and plenty of outrageous illustrations-Allan Wolf and Greg Clarke tickle the funny bone in these thirty-four poems while answering some of those deep anatomical questions. |
| Subject |
Human body -- Juvenile poetry.
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Body language -- Juvenile poetry.
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Children's poetry, American.
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Human body -- Poetry.
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Body language -- Poetry.
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American poetry.
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| Added Author |
Clarke, Greg, 1959- illustrator.
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| ISBN |
076361565X alkaline paper |
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9780763615659 alkaline paper |
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