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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2009
Gr 3-5 The body's immune system has never looked like this before with plasma cells using sling shots to fire antibodies into viruses, platelets riding inner tubes down a stream of blood, and viruses multiplying in a "Germco" factory. Each title introduces five or six defense cells, disguised as superheroes protecting the body from adversarial viruses (unspecified in "Skinned Knee", rotavirus in "Stomachache", and rh...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
Vivid photomicrographs and humorous cartoons accompany lucid explanations of the human body's defenses. The second-person narration ("Don't you just hate to get a stomachache?") engages reader...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on April 1, 2009
The seventh book in the Body Battles series, Your Body Battles a Skinned Knee is a fresh approach to how the body protects against infection. Anthropomorphic platelets, skin cells, blood cells, macrophages, and nerve cells are comically portrayed as superheroes, swooping in at the appropriate time to help protect the body from being invaded by germs. The clever illustrations enhance the accompanying photomicrographs (photographs taken with an electron micros...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
