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Earthlings Inside and Out: A Space Alien Studies the Human Body
64 pp.
| Kids Can |
April, 1999 |
TradeISBN 1-55074-511-5$$12.95
|
PaperISBN 1-55074-513-1$$6.95
(3)
4-6
Illustrated by
Dusan Petricic.
When a traveler from the planet Memo veers off course and encounters a boy named Pete, a lighthearted study of human anatomy results. Anatomical definitions, descriptions, biological facts ("Earthlings lose 50 to 80 hairs a day"), and ideas for simple science projects are presented in the text, cartoon illustrations, and diagrams. Readers will be amused by the cultural misunderstandings between boy and alien. Ind.