Great beginners reference book to anatomy and activities related to exercise, health, and nutrition. Edible cell models?! Yes, please! Creative ideas allow for exploration into biological systems and challenge kids to generate various ways of demonstrating learning. This book would make a great addition to a homeschool, classroom, or school library packed with facts, crafty ideas, and tips on lab safety. Activities that pose potential risks are flagged with reminders to get help from an adult. Send kids exploring the world of STEAM with this text. Start at the basics from the cell, through tissues, and organs. Then, tour all the major organ systems of the human body. Colorful illustrations add to the text and make it easier to access. Ideal for kids ages 8-13. The basics of the reproductive system and genetics are touched on. Index at the end makes for easy location of activities, systems, organs, etc. An all-around basic, solid science resource.

This book is a great starting point for kids to learn more about their bodies and their functionalities. It starts with the basic unit, the cell, continues organized in chapters dedicated to systems/functions: nervous, musculoskeletal, sensory, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, excretory, reproductive, this last one concentrating on hormones and DNA.
Aside from the standard info, presented in a friendly manner, it has lots of fun and/or weird facts, helpful tips, and super interesting experiments relevant to each of the chapters. A bit more visuals would be useful, I think, especially for the experiments.

How Does My Body Work? is a very thorough book for kids age 9-12 that teaches kids about how almost every part of the body functions. There are weird facts for each section that will keep the kids interested. It is more text-heavy than I expected so it may skew to an older age range than it is targeted toward, but there were plenty of clear infographics to accompany the text and make it more digestible for kids. Well-indexed and comprehensive, the only thing I would add would be a more robust bibliography for further reading of vetted sources.

I love the idea and the style of writing is so capturing. I think it is a good door for kids to enter the world of biology.

This is full of interesting facts about the human body. Kids will the graphics and facts and tidbits included in this book. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to kids and adults. This is a great book for teachers to include in their classroom library.

Normally I'm skeptical of a book where the author lists a bunch of initials after their name. You usually see that on idiot diet books! In this case, though, I can see why she did it and it makes sense. Written by a medical doctor, this book, a STEAM tie-in aimed at middle-graders, really gets down and dirty with the deets, and with a whole bunch of fun experiments kids can do which will help illustrate the lessons learned, and just plain be fun!

The book covers all of the body's major systems, chapter-by-chapter, starting with the body's building blocks - cells, and followed by the nervous system, musculoskeletal system, circulatory system, respiratory system, digestive system, excretory system, and the endocrine and reproductive systems.

It goes into some, but not exhaustive detail: enough to give the interested reader a solid grounding without being tedious. It makes sense, is well-written, nicely-illustrated, and has a host of fun projects. I commend it as a worthy read.

As a healthcare professional, and self-professed nerd, with young kids, I loved this book! I love how the body is explained and taught in a way that is meaningful to their age and developmental stage. The photographs add depth and detail that is really helpful as kids want to “see” things. The experiments are truly easy to create and do at home and are enjoyable throughout the learning process. I love the small boxes scattered throughout that are loaded with helpful tips and information. This is an excellent book for classrooms, libraries and home shelves. 
I received a complimentary copy from the publisher via NetGalley and all opinions expressed are my own, freely given.

We recently got a puzzle about the human body which sparked a lot of interest and discussion. This book is the perfect companion to continue learning about the human body in a hands on way.

The book was different than I had hoped from the description. I was hoping for a lot more visuals to explain the concepts and support the experiment work. Half of the visuals seemed decorative rather than informative. Many of the text blocks were too long and could have used more text features of visuals. It did not seem very kid engaging to me.

I have to admit, I’m struggling to get through this. I had high expectations but overall am rather disappointed. It has bright spots like the ‘Whoa weird information’ and some experiments look attractive. Others seem clunky (dentrite) and would benefit from additional images to demonstrate what they are aiming for. I’m trying to place an age range on this as the language used I find inconsistent in terms of level (age level). I think that the book has excellent potential, but it still needs some work getting it to where the author and publisher want it. 
I’ll keep at it and evaluate if indeed it would appeal to our customers or if we give it a miss.

I really wanted to love this book as a teacher who works at a STEAM school, but a lot of the activitiies in here just reminded me of crafts. I don't think there was much STEAM in them. As a book about the human body, it has fun activiities, but I was hoping for more with the STEAM component.

This is a great read and i would recommend you read this! This was a really fun read which I read so so quickly, super interesting and informative. My little one loved it! 

I was kindly gifted an e-book in return a honest review.