Why do some kids have freckles?

Author: Mickey Wonders Why (No Author Stated)

Publishing:  Disney Books by Mail

Number of Pages: Paperback—26 pages

Genre:  Nonfiction, Reference

Reading Level:  Ages 4-8

Summary: This book is about the human body and how it works for children.  There are a bunch of questions in it, which are then answered.  On every page there are a couple fun, interesting facts about the topic that is being presented on the page.  There is a variety of questions like: “How many bones do we have,” “What happens to the food we eat,” What happens when we breathe,” and “What does blood do?”  There are fun facts like: “The average person will much their way through 50 tons of food in a lifetime.  That’s the same weight as three elephants—yikes!”  A great book with lots of information about the body.  It would be a good reference book for children that have only specific questions about the body but it would also be a great book to just read straight though because it has so much good information.

My Reaction to the Book:  I thought that this was a very good book that had a lot of good information in it about our bodies—just a lot of fun facts. 

Potential Problems:  There are not really any problems in this book because it just gives information about the human body and how it works.  It does refer to how food travels through the body so maybe this would be a problem for some kids because it kind of refers to pooping, but I really doubt this would be a problem.

Recommendations:  I would recommend this book to kids because it is a good, clean book that helps you understand more about your body and how it works.  It is a good learning book for children.