All About You: Books for younger readers on the physical and mental aspects of life ...

How many times have you been frightened and felt the hairs on the back of your neck stand up? Or been unable to hold back a laugh? Or flinched when an object whizzed by, too close for comfort? The thing is, you just can't help yourself – you’re only human.

With a relaxed, conversational approach, Girl in the Know is a straight-talking little manual packed with everything a girl should know about the many changes she can expect in puberty and how to make her way through it all as smoothly as possible.

This is a book about identity. Everyone remembers the life events that shaped their identity. I.D. collects 12 first-person accounts about life’s pivotal moments and offers each as an incisive graphic narrative. Illuminated by Peter Mitchell’s bold, gritty illustrations, these true stories tackle the universal experiences from childhood and adolescence that stay with us forever. Each anecdote and accompanying reflection reveals how individual identity can be shaped by common themes. By turns thoughtful, painful, funny and fierce, I.D. powerfully demonstrates that what defines us in youth doesn't have to confine us forever.

Your body sports more hair than a gorilla. About 600 different species of bacteria are living in your mouth. Your head is full of holes. Back when you were a two-month-old embryo, you had a tail. Face it – you are weird! All these wonderfully weird body features make us human. They also show that we’re part of an animal kingdom whose members share a lot more than the same planet. This book tackles those weird questions that everyone’s curious about but nobody seems able to answer. What does your appendix do? What exactly are goose bumps and why do we get them? Why can some people wiggle their ears? You Are Weird answers these questions plus many more, backing up answers with the latest scientific theories.

Young readers are introduced to the many changes children experience in their early years. The simple text takes readers on a journey from the day a child is born through the first six years of life. An interactive activity asks them how old they were when they reached their own growth milestones of first teeth, first steps, and first day of school.

Books in the Disgusting Body Facts series combine vivid photographs with lively illustrations to give you a glimpse into some of the grossest parts of the human body. Read Puke and Poo to learn about constipation, burping, puking, and other gross things.

Our skin is one of our most important layers. It shows everything. Dirt, stress, sunburns, wrinkles, dimples, shaving irritation, allergies and the horror of acne. It’s the one organ that lives on the outside of the body, and it takes the brunt of all of our actions. It’s there to protect us, and also, at times, to give us major headaches. Inside girls will learn: scientific facts about skin what their skin types are how to deal with zits, best shaving and makeup practices, how to give oneself a facial, and how to avoid cancer.

Caldecott Honor winner Steve Jenkins presents a fascinating look at the bones of the human body as compared to the bones of animals. This book is far from skinny – it’s the definitive non-fiction title about human and animal bones, delivered with in-your-face accuracy and intrigue. In this visually driven volume, kids come face-to-face with some head-to-toe boney comparisons, many of them shown at actual size. Here you’ll find the differences between a man’s hand and that of a spider monkey; the great weight of an elephant’s leg, paired with the feather-light femur of a stork; and rib-tickling info about snakes and sloths.

The ailments and conditions that afflict people today can be confusing, disturbing, and painful – both emotionally and physically. Acne series provides clear, careful explanations that offer readers and researchers’ insight into acne, what causes it, how people live with it, and the latest information about treatment and prevention.