Lift-the-flap questions and answers about your body

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What are the names of the different teeth in your mouth?

How does your body fight colds?

Why do we get hiccups?
Scroll down and click on the video "Why do we get hiccups?"

What do blood cells do?
Follow a friendly blood cell and find out.

Why do we have belly buttons?
For answers to lots more questions about your body, click on the playlist.

How long are your ear and foot, and how tall are you?
Measure yourself, then compare your measurements with other animals.

What are the names of some bones inside your body?

How many muscles do you have and what do they do?

Why is there salt in your tears? What are the mumps?
Answers to more questions about your body.

Where is your heart?
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About this book

Lift-the-flap questions and answers
Lift-the-flap questions and answers about your body

This Lift-the-Flap book contains the answers to the many questions that curious children have about their bodies, including ‘How do I smell?’ ‘What makes me burp?’ ‘Why do I need to wash my hands?’ ‘Why is blood red?’ and many more.
This engaging book is filled with entertaining and informative illustrations to help to answer all kinds of body questions that young children ask, in a friendly and simple way.
Includes over 60 flaps to lift; sure to satisfy even the most inquisitive children!

“Sure to satisfy inquisitive minds.”
The Royal Society Young People's Book Prize 2014

See the other books in this series.

Katie Daynes

Katie Daynes has written oodles of books for Usborne, from lifting the flaps on germs and poo, through things to spot in the sea and at school, to the life stories of Nelson Mandela and Marie Antoinette. She wrote My First Chess Book after being taught by her son, Joe Birks, who became the British Under 9 Chess Champion in 2017. She now lives in Yorkshire with her architect husband, two inquisitive children and a hamster called Toffee. When she’s not writing books, Katie likes walking on the blustery moors, meeting friends for coffee and playing competitive board games.

Press Reviews

This bite-sized Q&A book with informative illustrations is sure to satisfy inquisitive minds, answering the kinds of questions young children have about their bodies in a fun lift-the-flap style.
The Royal Society Young People's Book Prize 2014

...children (who have a zillion and one questions) can look through the book, and really dig into their anatomy revealing all the wonderful (and sometimes quite gross) nuggets of knowledge about their physiology.
ReadItDaddy blog

Reader Reviews

Best Children's Book I've Purchased This Year!
My 6 year old son absolutely adores this book! He's read it cover to cover half a dozen times now - and he only received it yesterday. It is packed with info which is displayed in a child friendly, fun format. It is easily digested in bitesized facts and its humour is age appropriate. (He particularly enjoyed the "how is my food made into poo" fact!!) A wonderful purchase :)
Fiona Warren, 10th June 2015

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