Eyewitness Visual Dictionary of the Skeleton
Grade 5-10?This picture dictionary has two parts: skeleton varieties (human, animal, fish, insect, and plant), and bone structure and function. The pages are uncluttered, featuring well-defined, labeled full-color photographs of skeletons of many organisms; smaller illustrations and diagrams; magnified drawings of cells; and brief explanations. The picture of the human skeleton folds out on both sides of the book, which may result in torn pages. Terms are not always defined the first time they appear; it may be necessary to use the comprehensive index to understand some references. Used with books such as Steve Parker's Skeleton (Knopf, 1988) or Nathan Aaseng's Vertebrates (Watts, 1993), Walker's book will provide readers with a lot of information on the topic.?Martha Gordon, formerly at South Salem Library, NYCopyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.