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Human body theater : a nonfiction revue / Maris Wicks.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : First Second, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: First editionDescription: 233 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • still image
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1626722773
  • 9781626722774
  • 9781596439290
  • 1596439297
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Introduction -- Act one. The skeletal system -- Act two. The muscular system -- Act three. The respiratory system -- Act four. The cardiovascular system -- Act five. The digestive system -- Act six. The excretory system -- Intermission -- Act seven. The endocrine system -- Act eight. The reproductive system -- Act nine. The immune system -- Act ten. The nervous system -- Act eleven. Smell, taste, hearing, sight, and touch -- Glossary -- Bibliography and recommended reading.
Summary: "Welcome to the Human Body Theater, where your master of ceremonies is going to lead you through a theatrical revue of each and every biological system of the human body! Starting out as a skeleton, the MC puts on a new layer of her costume (her body) with each "act." By turns goofy and intensely informative, the Human Body Theater is always accessible and always entertaining." -- Amazon.com.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Graphic Novel 612 W637 Available 33111008136315
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Graphic Novel 612 W637 Available 33111008092906
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Welcome to the Human Body Theater , where your master of ceremonies is going to lead you through a theatrical revue of each and every biological system of the human body! Starting out as a skeleton, the MC puts on a new layer of her costume (her body) with each "act." By turns goofy and intensely informative, the Human Body Theater is always accessible and always entertaining.
Maris Wicks is a biology nerd, and by the time you've read this book, you will be too! Harnessing her passion for science (and her background as a science educator for elementary and middle-school students), she has created a comics-format introduction to the human body that will make an expert of any reader -- young or old!

"Welcome to the Human Body Theater, where your master of ceremonies is going to lead you through a theatrical revue of each and every biological system of the human body! Starting out as a skeleton, the MC puts on a new layer of her costume (her body) with each "act." By turns goofy and intensely informative, the Human Body Theater is always accessible and always entertaining." -- Amazon.com.

Subtitle from cover.

"The all-singing, all-dancing anatomy extravaganza!"--Front cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Act one. The skeletal system -- Act two. The muscular system -- Act three. The respiratory system -- Act four. The cardiovascular system -- Act five. The digestive system -- Act six. The excretory system -- Intermission -- Act seven. The endocrine system -- Act eight. The reproductive system -- Act nine. The immune system -- Act ten. The nervous system -- Act eleven. Smell, taste, hearing, sight, and touch -- Glossary -- Bibliography and recommended reading.

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