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Book Review of Burp Gurgle-urgle! - A Journey Through the Human Digestive System (Knowing Science: The Human Body)

Burp Gurgle-urgle! - A Journey Through the Human Digestive System (Knowing Science: The Human Body)
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Most children are very interested in what happens to their food, where it goes, and how their body uses it. This cute story of Polly eating her lunch simply explains what happens. The children follow her meal down the digestive tract from her first bite where food meets characters such as the vigilant sphincter muscles and rides the dangerous peristalisis waves in the colon.
A delightful book for young children that explains scientific facts about the human body through a fun story. I liked the way the concepts were so simply presented that a young child could understand them. A great introductory science book for children.
At the very end of the book is a section that explains many interesting facts about the human body.