The Horn Book Guide

SPORTS

Trumbauer, Lisa

The Body in Motion

32 pp. | Chelsea Clubhouse | January, 2003 | Library ISBN 0-7910-7419-6 $$13.95

(3) K-3 Science Links series. With color photos of athletes and active children, this brief, well-organized volume uses sports as a means to discuss the way muscles and joints work. For instance, basketball introduces the ball-and-socket joint in the shoulder; gymnastics relates to the spine. Diagrams show how the skeleton functions, while sidebars add sports-related notes and bold-faced words indicate vocabulary. Websites. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam