Wow in the World: The How and Wow of the Human Body: From Your Tongue to Your Toes and All the Guts in Between by Guy Raz, Jack Teagle, Mindy Thomas
Published by Clarion Books on March 2, 2021
ISBN: 0358306639
Pages: 192
Genres: Non-Fiction
Format: Nonfiction
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WOW in the World:  The HOW and WOW of the Human Body

 

Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz have written a book, based on their children’s podcast, covering all parts of the human body aimed at elementary students.  It is filled with facts, humor, and the answers to the type of questions students wonder about: “Mindy Interviews Her Lungs”. “What is the Color of My Pee Telling me?”, and “The Scoop on Poop”, for example.  Poop gets an eight-page spread with the different types illustrated.  Farts get four pages.  The drawings are excellent and confer so much information.

One thing I did notice was that menstruation wasn’t mentioned.  The butt gets four pages and even describes animals that don’t have butts.  There is a Glossary, a bibliography, and QR codes to take readers to the podcast sections.  The Source Notes are extensive and impressive and there is an index.  This book should be in all elementary and public libraries and is recommended for Cream of the Crop.

 

Reviewed by Ellen Spring, Oceanside High School, Rockland