Mr. Mighty.
By: Story by M. Worden Kidder and Barbara A. Kidder. Illus. by Barbara A. Kidder.
Contributors: Kidder, Barbara A., joint author.
Publisher: T.S. Denison
Published: 1964
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Subjects: Muscles -- Juvenile literature.
Genres: Juvenile literature.
Description: Mr. Mighty is a 32-page hardcover book designed to familiarize students with the structure and function of different muscles in the body.  The 4-color, illustrated book explains the physical structure of the skeletal muscles, the voluntary and involuntary muscles, and the cardiac muscles.  The text also provides examples of how each muscle is used, muscle-building exercises, gymnastic stunts that require muscle control, isometric exercises with a rope and a list of related vocabulary terms.  The specified reading level spans the 3rd and 4th grades.  The specified interest and instructional levels include kindergarten through grade 6, although the material seems more appropriate for the primary grades.  RMF, 4-76