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thebooklender's review against another edition
4.0
Illumanatomy is a non-fiction title that takes you inside the human body. Using the included “magic viewing lens”, images on pages go from brightly coloured abstract pictures to detailed anatomical sketches of different parts of the body. The magic lens lives in a little sleeve on the inside front cover of the book and is like a bookmark with three coloured windows. Each window reveals a different detail on the page: red -the skeleton, green - the muscles and blue - the organs. The book is divided into sections, each focusing on a different area of the body. Each section has three parts: Part Of The Body (an overview); X-Ray Room (a close up view of the skeleton, muscles and organs); the Anatomy Room (black and white anatomical sketches with more detailed information).
The book is stunning to look at and fun to explore. I did, however, have two issues with it. First, if the magic lens is lost or damaged, two thirds of the book becomes unusable (except as abstract art). If I were to stock this title in my school library, I would keep it behind my desk and sign it out on request for use in the library only.
The second issue is also to do with the magic lens - specifically the blue window. It is dark. Very dark. It is almost impossible to make out anything through the blue lens unless you’re standing right next to a bright light. Even then, I got a bit of a headache from squinting to make out the detail. It improved slightly when used with a torch, but it was a bit awkward trying to balance the book on my lap with the magic lens in one hand and a torch in the other.
Despite the issues, it is a spectacular, eye catching book and will be sure to grab the attention of students. It would be a great book to use with a biology class studying anatomy for a fun, novel and engaging way to look at the human body.
The book is stunning to look at and fun to explore. I did, however, have two issues with it. First, if the magic lens is lost or damaged, two thirds of the book becomes unusable (except as abstract art). If I were to stock this title in my school library, I would keep it behind my desk and sign it out on request for use in the library only.
The second issue is also to do with the magic lens - specifically the blue window. It is dark. Very dark. It is almost impossible to make out anything through the blue lens unless you’re standing right next to a bright light. Even then, I got a bit of a headache from squinting to make out the detail. It improved slightly when used with a torch, but it was a bit awkward trying to balance the book on my lap with the magic lens in one hand and a torch in the other.
Despite the issues, it is a spectacular, eye catching book and will be sure to grab the attention of students. It would be a great book to use with a biology class studying anatomy for a fun, novel and engaging way to look at the human body.
librarypatronus's review against another edition
5.0
We just adore this series and love dinosaurs, so this is sure to be my daughter's favorite one of all. We had a lot of fun using the lens to view different types of living things and locations (because this was an ARC we used one we had from a previous book and it worked perfectly on my Ipad). These are very engaging non-fiction, that I find her checking out on her own again and again, and there is plenty of information to come back to and absorb next time without being overly wordy and turning off young readers.
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