Little Explorers: My Amazing Body

As someone who works in science and enjoys anatomy, I had to get this book for my daughter. It does take longer to go through than some other lift a flap books because there are so many flaps but it does great at explaining body parts/systems and how they work in a way for little ones to understand.

My 2.5 year old daughter can’t get enough of this book. I don’t read it word for word most of the time, but since it’s the basic concepts paired with pictures that she is interested in, it’s ok. I purchased it because I read somewhere what learning about how the body processes food can help with potty training. While this doesn’t dwell much on the digestive system, it does have a lift-a-flap where you can peer into the intestine to see poop. Thrilling! There is no discussion of “private parts”, in-depth discussion of the 5 senses or detailed workings of different systems. It doesn’t cover everything — how could it? If you’re looking for a book that teaches about consent, private parts, or learning to love your body / body positivity for kids, this is NOT that kind of book. It’s an overview of facts about anatomy and the basics of how the body moves and grows. The illustrations are fun and colorful and, for the most part, clear in what they are trying to illustrate. The part about germs was a little too metaphorical; my kid doesn’t understand knights attacking a castle so using that as an illustration for germs making you sick isn’t going to mean much. It’s a pretty big illustration, too... like they just weren’t sure what else to draw or say about it. I do think my daughter just likes lifting the flaps, but she’s also VERY into memorizing all the parts of the body (apparently). This book has really sparked her imagination and curiosity. The first day we read it she said her skeleton was “creepy”. But now when we read it or talk about her bones she says stuff like that her “toddler skeleton is kinda cute!” Lol.

My 4 Year old son LOVES this book! It is very informative (for myself and him...hahaha)! The flaps are wonderful because they keep him engaged and asking additional questions! The analogies used in the book make it easy for my 4 year old to understand the concept and allow him to easily retain the information.

This book is exactly what I was looking for when wanting to teach my kid about their body more.

This is one of my 2.5 year olds favorite books. She is always asking for her "body book". I wasn't sure if she was too young for it because it is a bit wordy although the flaps do keep it more interesting for little ones. She LOVES it. She will open the flap and say "Read!" and wants me to read every word on the pages. She has learned so much about her body from this book and it's very G rated, even the part about the baby in the mommy's womb is very age appropriate for her. I appreciate it doesn't have any mention of genitalia, etc in it as that would not make me happy to talk about with her at this age.

This little book is chock-full of information. I can see my students really enjoying reading each page together, lifting the flaps and having conversations about what they are reading. This book will be great for our human body unit in 3rd grade. I wasn't sure if it would be too young for 3rd grade. But I ordered it anyway thinking if it doesn't work for 3rd it will work for K & 1st. I do have an issue with the book, which is my pet peeve. There is a typo on the page "How do I see and hear?" Behind the flap of the tongue "flavor" is spelled incorrectly. It is listed twice. Once correctly as "flavour" which is a common spelling outside the U.S. But it is also listed as "flavurs". I did a little research to make sure this wasn't just a word spelled in a way that was unfamiliar to me. I did not find that as a correct spelling, Al though I did discover Flavur is a restaurant in Canada. As a librarian, I have a hard time adding this book to the school library because of this oversight. In the world of digital media it is so very common to see typos in digital print. It really bothers me to see a misspelled word in a print book. The content is so informative and the pictures are great. They are cartoon-like but descriptive and not at all babyish, so I will keep it in the collection. But I will cringe every time I check it out to a student hoping that they don't notice the misspelled word.

Our 4 year old daughter loves this book. She has been very curious about the human body and this has been helpful in showing her what we have inside our bodies and how they work. We like how their are lift the flaps on every page.

This has been a favorite in our house for the ages of 3-5! I will be purchasing another copy this week to send to our niece for her 4th birthday. She visited this summer and wanted to read it several times a day! The only thing that I would change would be to have it address the reproductive system a little more realistically - however we can purchase another book for that ;)