Incredible Things Your Body Can Do!

  Your body is amazing, learn all about what it can do! Young readers will love discovering incredible facts about their body. ALL BODIES ARE DIFFERENT! Your own body is unique and special to YOU. But all bodies have lots of the same parts. Did you know your body has over 200 bones and over 600 muscles? Put your hand on your chest - can you feel your heart beating? It does that around 6,000 times an hour, which is about 52 million times a year! That's just the start of what you will discover in this fantastic full-colour book from the UK's most loved GP. Topics include: Bones and the human skeleton Organs and senses Muscles  Heart, blood, veins and arteries The brain, personality, thinking and feeling Food and the digestive system What happens when you get sick and how to stay healthy  With clear and engaging illustrations, children will love looking inside the human body at all its amazing abilities. From pumping blood to the journey your food goes on, this is a fantastic first look at human anatomy. Written by Dr Emily MacDonagh, a practising NHS doctor. Mother of three and step-mother to two, Dr Emily lives with her husband Peter Andre and their children in Surrey. This is Dr Emily's fourth book for children.