Anatomicum: Welcome to the Museum by Jennifer Z. Paxton, Katy Wiedemann
Published by Big Picture Press on September 10, 2020
ISBN: 1536215066
Pages: 112
Genres: Non-Fiction
Format: Chapter Book Nonfiction
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This large format book is the latest installment in the Welcome to the Museum nonfiction series. The book is broken into various bodily systems: musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, digestive, etc. Each section opens with some text introducing the bodily system with cursory details, though that level of information works for a book like this. As with previous installments in this series, it’s the illustrations that really bring this book to life. The ink and watercolor illustrations are simultaneously gorgeous, detailed, and informative. Capturing the human form in a beautiful and scientifically accurate manner is extremely difficult, and this illustrator (and tattoo artist) has accomplished it wonderfully. This is a great book for reluctant nonfiction readers or anyone who appreciates beautiful art combined with science. Recommended for readers 3rd grade and up though younger readers may enjoy the illustrations to help them learn about the inside of their bodies.

Reviewed by Jessie Trafton, Skidompha Library, Damariscotta, ME