| Stickmen's Guide to Your Brilliant Brain Contributor(s): Farndon, John (Author), Dean, Venitia (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 151243213X ISBN-13: 9781512432138 Publisher: Hungry Tomato (R) OUR PRICE: $26.59 Product Type: Library Binding - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Biology |
| Dewey: 612.82 |
| LCCN: 2016046945 |
| Lexile Measure: 990 |
| Series: Stickmen's Guides to Your Awesome Body |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 7.2" W x 9" (0.50 lbs) 32 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Just think, every single thing you do is handled by an amazing computer inside your head--your brilliant brain And it's helped by your body's internet--your nervous system. Join the Stickmen to discover how spidery nerve cells send messages to the brain in seconds, how quick reflexes keep you safe, and how different parts of your brain are in charge of different thoughts and actions. Learn how all the parts of your body work together with the brain to help you to see, hear, smell, and make memories. Fun illustrations and fact-filled text reveal the mysteries of your brain and what it is that makes you so smart |
Contributor Bio(s): Farndon, John: - John Farndon is Royal Literary Fellow at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, UK, and the author of a huge number of books for adults and children on science, technology, and nature. Dean, Venitia: -Venitia Dean is a freelance illustrator who grew up in Brighton, UK. She has always loved drawing, ever since she could hold a pencil! As a teenager, she discovered a passion for figurative illustration, and then when she turned nineteen she was given a digital drawing tablet for her birthday and started transferring her work to the computer. She hasn't looked back since! As well as illustration, Venitia loves reading graphic novels and walking her dog, Peanut. |