Incredible Body : Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections
Good grief! There are tiny workers crawling around in our bodies! Or at  least there are in Stephen Biesty's incredibly detailed anatomical  cross sections of everything from the circulatory system to the human  brain. The little people are there to show you how things work: the tiny  tunnelers represent blood, hormones, the immune system, nerves, muscles,  and organ "home teams." As they cavort around the exquisitely intricate  drawings, Richard Platt, a most charming companion, accompanies us on our  journey through the body's systems--into the ear, for example:Feeling our way  along a shiny bundle of nerve fibers, we squeezed through a small, circular  hole where the fibers branched. Should we take the left or right fork? We  flipped a coin and chose the left. It led to a narrow tunnel, like the  inside of a seashell.... Only one part of Steve's body looked like this:  the inner ear.One of the best body system cross sections is thehugecenterfold  exposing the inner workings of the digestive system from mouth to... end.  Then again, there's the fascinating-yet-disgusting rolled back tongue, the  awesome opened-up eye, and the sliced skeleton--12 big drawings in all.  Take a trip throughStephen Biesty's Incredible Bodyand have fun  while you learn. (Ages 9 to 12)