"Bill Bryson, bestselling author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As compulsively readable as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner's manual for everybody. Bill Bryson once again proves himself to be an incomparable companion as he guides us through the human body--how it functions, its remarkable ability to heal itself, and (unfortunately)...

Photographs and simple text introduce different parts of the body, how they work, and how they are used.

Gooney Bird's Great Uncle Walter lends her second grade class a skeleton while they study human anatomy, and at the end of the month the students use Gooney Bird's charm bracelet to present all they have learned.

Can you stretch your thumb back to your arm? Is your pinkie straight or slightly bent? What determines the way your joints bend-or don't bend? Read this book to find out!

Text and colorful illustrations introduce the make up of the human body with cutaway drawings and explanations of the functions of the various body parts.

Illustrations and simple rhyming text show that while the body parts of various human and Muppet characters may look different, they have similar uses.