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Cobb, Vicki

Your Body Battles a Stomachache

32 pp. | Millbrook | March, 2009 | Library ISBN 978-0-8225-7166-7 $25.26
(3) K-3 Body Battles series. Illustrated by Andrew N. Harris. Photographs by Dennis Kunkel. Vivid photomicrographs and humorous cartoons accompany lucid explanations of the human body's defenses. The second-person narration ("Don't you just hate to get a stomachache?") engages readers learning about familiar maladies. Texts also include a few simple activities (e.g., using a flashlight and mirror to examine protective nose hairs, gumming a cracker until it tastes sweet). Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Body Battles titles: Your Body Battles a Cold, Your Body Battles a Skinned Knee, and Your Body Battles a Stomachache.
Reviewer: Gail Hedges

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