Hello, world! My body / Jill McDonald.
Record details
- ISBN: 1524766364
- ISBN: 9781524766368
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Doubleday, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018.
Content descriptions
General Note: | On board pages. Cover title. |
Target Audience Note: | AD480L Lexile Decoding demand: 63 (high) Semantic demand: 44 (medium) Syntactic demand: 83 (very high) Structure demand: 81 (very high) Lexile |
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Subject: | Anatomy > Juvenile fiction. Human body > Juvenile fiction. |
Genre: | Board books. Picture books. Instructional and educational works. |
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Available copies
- 7 of 9 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 0 of 0 copies available at Webb City Public.
- 0 of 0 copies available at Webb City Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 9 total copies.
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Kirkus Review
Hello, World! My Body
Kirkus Reviews
Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
An introduction to the body for the youngest readers.It's an endlessly fascinating topic, but here it is explained in wordy and needlessly exclamatory detail. On the opening spread three children play: One flies a kite, another plays hopscotch, and a third hangs upside down from a branch while the text explains that "your body can do so many things!" Basic facts about each body part are explained on subsequent spreadsmore or less. A spread devoted to the belly button gives no hint to its original purpose. A busy park scene with all the characters and summary text that emphasizes the importance of "Lots of sleep, good food, and plenty of exercise" ends this compendium. McDonald's attempts to be inclusive don't quite succeed. A brown-skinned boy playing wheelchair basketball is used to explain arm joints, and there are several other children of color in the book. But on the page about hearing, the brown-skinned tot's prominent ears and his placement in a tree make him look more like a monkey than a childan unfortunate association. Many spreads include a question that relates to the topic but could also prove distracting. An additional fact on each spread set in a smaller font is clearly for older children or grown-ups, not toddlers. More information than toddlers will sit still for; not enough for preschoolers who are outgrowing board books. (Board book. 2-4) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.