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The museum of odd body leftovers : a tour of your useless parts, flaws, and other weird bits / Rachel Poliquin ; illustrations by Clayton Hanmer.
"A perfect STEM resource: This illustrated tour of our "leftover" body parts (like the appendix, or even goosebumps) introduces readers age 7-11 to the bizarre and fascinating science of evolution. Welcome to the weirdest museum you'll ever explore--the one inside your body. Did you know your amazing, incredible body is a walking, talking museum of evolution? In The Museum of Odd Body Leftovers, tour guides Wisdom Tooth and Disappearing Kidney lead readers through a wacky museum dedicated to vestigial structures: body parts that were essential to our ancestors but are no longer useful to us--even though they're still hanging around. From goosebumps and hiccups to exploding organs and monkey muscles, each room in the museum shows us that these parts have stories to tell us about our past. By the time we make it to the gift shop, we'll understand that evolution is not only messy and imperfect, but also ongoing. Our bodies are constantly changing along with the environment we live in--and there's so much that is still unknown, just waiting to be discovered. Engaging, hilarious, and a visual treat, The Museum of Odd Body Leftovers is a place you'll want to visit again and again."-- Provided by publisher.
Item details
- ISBN: 9781771647458
- ISBN: 1771647450
- Physical Description: 79 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 26 cm
- Publisher: Vancouver ; Greystone Kids/Greystone Books, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Contents / Notes
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 77) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Entrance hall -- Your family tree -- The dark side -- Wisdom teeth -- Goosebumps -- The great hall of hominins -- Monkey muscles -- Hodgepodge monkey feet -- Natural selection -- Survivor hairs -- Museum storage -- Stumpy stub -- The disappearing human tail -- Scurvy -- Wrinkly fingers -- Hero hiccups -- The magnificent diappearing kidney. |
| Additional Physical Form available Note: | Issued also in electronic format. |
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| Genre: | Picture books. Instructional and educational works. Juvenile works. Trivia and miscellanea. Trivia and miscellanea. Instructional and educational works. Picture books. |
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Summary:
"A perfect STEM resource: This illustrated tour of our "leftover" body parts (like the appendix, or even goosebumps) introduces readers age 7-11 to the bizarre and fascinating science of evolution. Welcome to the weirdest museum you'll ever explore--the one inside your body. Did you know your amazing, incredible body is a walking, talking museum of evolution? In The Museum of Odd Body Leftovers, tour guides Wisdom Tooth and Disappearing Kidney lead readers through a wacky museum dedicated to vestigial structures: body parts that were essential to our ancestors but are no longer useful to us--even though they're still hanging around. From goosebumps and hiccups to exploding organs and monkey muscles, each room in the museum shows us that these parts have stories to tell us about our past. By the time we make it to the gift shop, we'll understand that evolution is not only messy and imperfect, but also ongoing. Our bodies are constantly changing along with the environment we live in--and there's so much that is still unknown, just waiting to be discovered. Engaging, hilarious, and a visual treat, The Museum of Odd Body Leftovers is a place you'll want to visit again and again."--
