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64 pp.
| Maple Tree
| March, 2011
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TradeISBN 978-1-926818-07-8$22.95
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PaperISBN 978-1-926818-08-5$10.95
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4-6
Four chapters cover human senses, emotions, communication, and relationships. The frenetic double-page spreads are filled with facts (some scientific, others less so), computer-manipulated photos, optical illusions, and comic-style step-by-step descriptions of "Cool Study" experiments (e.g., "Love Those Diapers," "What's a Yawn Say?"). Despite the over-the-top format, there are some interesting tidbits to be gleaned. Ind.