Author(s): Walker Richard

General Non-Fiction

Build the Human Body provides a spectacular, interactive guide to how the human body works. It combines an accessible, fact-filled 32-page book with a slide-out box containing pre-cut pieces that represent different bones and organs. When assembled, these pieces make an anatomically accurate, large-scale model of the body, complete with organs. Each piece in the model is directly linked to a particular spread in the book, which explains the role of that piece within one of the key systems of the body. In this way, the book and the model work interactively to provide an enhanced learning experience. The finished model can be hung from the ceiling.

Building the model from head to toe, and slotting in the organs, gives you a unique, hands-on understanding of the basic engineering of the human body. The pre-cut pieces are clearly labelled to help you assemble the model. The pieces simply slot together without glue and have easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions.

Clear illustrations and accessible text explain the intricate activities of the body. You can discover how key organs such as the brain, heart, lungs, liver, kidneys and intestines work. Then, using the body finder, you can locate them on the model to reinforce your understanding of where they belong in the overall structure.