The Cat in the Hat's Learning Library: Inside Your Outside: All About the Human Body (Cat in the Hat's Lrning Libry)

Features

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 48 pages
• Published by: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Edition: 1st Edition August 26, 2003
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0375811001
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0375811005
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.6 x 0.3 inches
• Weighs: 7 ounces

From School Library Journal
PreSchool-K--This installment in the series appears at first glance to be a useful overview of the human body. However, while the text flows in a pleasant Seuss-like way and the colorful artwork will please fans of The Cat in the Hat, some of the information is just plain wrong. For example, the statement that there are "soft bones in your nose" is incorrect; the nose is actually made up of cartilage. In another section, the text asserts that "in our stomachs there's food we ate three days ago." Food generally passes through the stomach in a matter of hours; it may take days to eliminate from the body, but the stomach empties relatively quickly. The heart is described as the biggest muscle in the body, but the gluteus maximus is actually the largest. For a better treatment of the subject for beginning readers, try Shelley Rotner and Stephen Calcagnino's The Body Book (Orchard, 2000) or Barbara Seuling's From Head to Toe (Holiday, 2002).--Christine A. Moesch, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, NY
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Product Review
Young children will love Inside Your Outside! a good choice for teachers looking to integrate reading and science. -- National Science Teachers Association Recommends

Reader Reviews
I purchased three books from this series. My 7 year old Granddaughter loves them, and I am relearning things that I have forgotten. She entertains both her Dad and myself with all the facts she's learning. I am going to purchase all of the rest of the series. Really great books.