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katykelly's review
5.0
Engaging and interactive biology lesson.
Kay brings his entertaining persona and humorous attitude towards the body to a younger audience, giving us Gray's Anatomy (a joke no child will understand) for children.
Narrating this audiobook himself, he is joined by Skeleton, by Heart, Lungs, etc, who 'help' him explain the workings of each organ and system of the body, with quizzes, 'True or Poo' (true or false), fun facts, and lots of 'Horrible History'-type detail that will have the kids laughing ('farticle' got my own personal funny bone shaking) and adults pretending they aren't.
A great run-through the whole body, including Puberty, Pregnancy and touching on Sex Education, Kay makes it as interesting as he can, giving great examples, comparisons and child-friendly language that show a deftness of touch with the target audience.
As an audiobook, it both worked and didn't work. It felt like a list at times, without a break between sections, as we listened in the car on journeys. The voices of the characters amused both my 9- and 3-year old, but I have no idea if we missed any useful diagrams and illustrations in a written version. And the vocabulary is a challenge to both spell and internalise when you only hear it and don't see it. So much ground covered and it passes by quite quickly through that interesting organ, the ear!
Kay himself is a good narrator though, and using actors to voice the organs did help keep it from becoming dry.
I've studied biology to A-Level and admit that I learned quite a few things from this. My 9-year-old was definitely engaged and taking it in, and the chapter on puberty was quite a relevant one that I'll be using as a springboard for more detailed discussion in the not-so-distant-anymore future.
A really comprehensive beginners' guide to the body for ages 8-12. Will catch interest and give some great facts to start off a querying mind on a vital path.
With thanks to Nudge Books for providing a sample Audible copy.
Kay brings his entertaining persona and humorous attitude towards the body to a younger audience, giving us Gray's Anatomy (a joke no child will understand) for children.
Narrating this audiobook himself, he is joined by Skeleton, by Heart, Lungs, etc, who 'help' him explain the workings of each organ and system of the body, with quizzes, 'True or Poo' (true or false), fun facts, and lots of 'Horrible History'-type detail that will have the kids laughing ('farticle' got my own personal funny bone shaking) and adults pretending they aren't.
A great run-through the whole body, including Puberty, Pregnancy and touching on Sex Education, Kay makes it as interesting as he can, giving great examples, comparisons and child-friendly language that show a deftness of touch with the target audience.
As an audiobook, it both worked and didn't work. It felt like a list at times, without a break between sections, as we listened in the car on journeys. The voices of the characters amused both my 9- and 3-year old, but I have no idea if we missed any useful diagrams and illustrations in a written version. And the vocabulary is a challenge to both spell and internalise when you only hear it and don't see it. So much ground covered and it passes by quite quickly through that interesting organ, the ear!
Kay himself is a good narrator though, and using actors to voice the organs did help keep it from becoming dry.
I've studied biology to A-Level and admit that I learned quite a few things from this. My 9-year-old was definitely engaged and taking it in, and the chapter on puberty was quite a relevant one that I'll be using as a springboard for more detailed discussion in the not-so-distant-anymore future.
A really comprehensive beginners' guide to the body for ages 8-12. Will catch interest and give some great facts to start off a querying mind on a vital path.
With thanks to Nudge Books for providing a sample Audible copy.
wintrovia's review
4.0
A fun, child-friendly look at the human body in all its disgusting glory. There's a really nice blend of humour and information that makes it easy to read but also packs in enough information to make it genuinely informative, even for an adult.
mehsi's review
5.0
Always wanted to know how you body works? Don’t mind some disgustingness? Or some horrible facts? Then be sure to read this fun and hilarious book.
I read another Adam Kay book last year I believe and liked his writing style, so I was eager to get this book. But there was another reason why I wanted it. I have been addicted to the Horrible Science (and other series such as the History and Geography ones) for years now and this one seemed to tell kids about bodies in the same way. With humour, fun illustrations and disgusting facts.
And after reading I can tell you it had the same vibe/feeling as that series. So be sure to check those Horrible Science series as well next to this fab book.
The book is split up in sections. We first learn ALL there is about your body which takes almost all of the book and then we get two more sections, reproduction and life + death. I have to say I was most invested in the Body parts than in the other two sections. I did read both sections, and I did have some giggles, but I don’t know, those two are never favourites of mine, also not in other books.
The first part is all about your body, as I said, and with that I mean every bit about your body. From the tips of your toes to your hair ends. Yep, Adam Kay will leave no shed of hair, no piece of skin left. There is plenty to find out about our body and also about Adam’s dog, Pippin. No Pippin, don’t eat that. ARgh.
I loved how the book was split up in sections and that we slowly find out more and more with each new chapter. I like how the chapters/sections were done, how each new chapter was a new part of the body.
There are also questions (with a story to go along with it, will Kay ever get his Q key?) and a section called true/poo.
He tells us all these fun facts with tons and tons of humour, puns, fourth wall breaking, and more. While I in general LOVED his humour and LAUGHED a lot. At times it did get a bit too much. Which is why it took me a bit longer to read this book. Yes, it was funny, yes, I enjoyed it a lot, but it was just too much at times. And sometimes he tells a fib first and then corrects himself which confused me at times.
There is also plenty of delightful, disgusting, horrible icky art. I loved the depictions of our body, I really cannot look at my organs in a normal way. Already couldn’t thanks to comics online, but this one gave me new interpretations of my organs and now I just see my lungs bouncing on the diaphragm, or my stomach binge eating all.
I read another Adam Kay book last year I believe and liked his writing style, so I was eager to get this book. But there was another reason why I wanted it. I have been addicted to the Horrible Science (and other series such as the History and Geography ones) for years now and this one seemed to tell kids about bodies in the same way. With humour, fun illustrations and disgusting facts.
And after reading I can tell you it had the same vibe/feeling as that series. So be sure to check those Horrible Science series as well next to this fab book.
The book is split up in sections. We first learn ALL there is about your body which takes almost all of the book and then we get two more sections, reproduction and life + death. I have to say I was most invested in the Body parts than in the other two sections. I did read both sections, and I did have some giggles, but I don’t know, those two are never favourites of mine, also not in other books.
The first part is all about your body, as I said, and with that I mean every bit about your body. From the tips of your toes to your hair ends. Yep, Adam Kay will leave no shed of hair, no piece of skin left. There is plenty to find out about our body and also about Adam’s dog, Pippin. No Pippin, don’t eat that. ARgh.
I loved how the book was split up in sections and that we slowly find out more and more with each new chapter. I like how the chapters/sections were done, how each new chapter was a new part of the body.
There are also questions (with a story to go along with it, will Kay ever get his Q key?) and a section called true/poo.
He tells us all these fun facts with tons and tons of humour, puns, fourth wall breaking, and more. While I in general LOVED his humour and LAUGHED a lot. At times it did get a bit too much. Which is why it took me a bit longer to read this book. Yes, it was funny, yes, I enjoyed it a lot, but it was just too much at times. And sometimes he tells a fib first and then corrects himself which confused me at times.
There is also plenty of delightful, disgusting, horrible icky art. I loved the depictions of our body, I really cannot look at my organs in a normal way. Already couldn’t thanks to comics online, but this one gave me new interpretations of my organs and now I just see my lungs bouncing on the diaphragm, or my stomach binge eating all.
frozenheartv's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.75
4.75 stars
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🧠 My thoughts
This book was such an informative and fun ride. As an adult reader, I still had many things to learn in this book. The book covered almost everything related to the human body as promised in the title. Since it’s a kid’s book, information was included selectively. It was very easy to read and it had so many good illustrations. The book was so funny without being pretentious that I laughed out loud sometimes.
I wish I could have read this book when I was young. Totally recommended!
👍 What I like
- A good amount of information
- Funny without being cringe
- Helpful and fun-to-read illustrations
👎 What I don't like
- I can’t really complain anything about this book
saaraa96's review
4.0
اگه مسئولیت کودکی با من بود، قطعا این کتاب رو هم میدادم بخونه. مباحث رو در حد مورد نیاز کودک خیلی ساده و خوب توضیح داده بود. جدای از محتوایی که داشت، مدل نوشتن متنش و نقاشی هاش هم خیلی خوب بودن.
یه سری رندوم فکت بامزه هم اون وسط داشت:
یه سری رندوم فکت بامزه هم اون وسط داشت:
Sea otters hold hands with each other while they sleep so they don’t float away.
Snakes actually hear with their jawbones. Their jaw picks up vibrations from the ground as they slither along your bedroom carpet.
Elephants don’t need their massive ears for hearing though – heat escapes from them, which helps them cool down in the hot sun. Asian elephants live in cooler climates than African elephants, so have smaller ears.
Polar bear liver contains so much vitamin A that even eating a small amount of it can cause you permanent damage.
SITTING CLOSE TO THE TV IS NOT BAD FOR YOUR EYES.
But it is annoying for anyone sitting behind you, so it can be dangerous for your health if they throw a cushion at your head to make you budge out of the way.
You blink for a month every year.
The word muscle comes from the Latin word musculus, which means ‘little mouse’. This is because the Romans thought that muscles looked like little mice crawling under the skin
Artery is the ancient Greek word for ‘contains air’, because hundreds of years ago doctors thought that arteries were full of gas.
If you took all the arteries and veins in your body and laid them out end to end, they would stretch around the world about three times.
djbobthegirl's review
funny
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Dementia, Death, Pregnancy, Ableism, Drug use, Eating disorder, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic
halluxinating's review
4.0
hilarious, didn't feel like an encyclopedia at all. as a med student it gave me insight on how to explain processes or conditions to patients in very simple terms.
vuokko's review against another edition
5.0
Jos joku haluaa hauskan kertauksen bilsaan, niin tässä on!!