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Understanding Our Head
Written by Lucy Beevor
Narrated by Various Narrators
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How do our eyes and ears work? What do our noses do? This book explores the anatomy of the human head. From hair and skin down to muscle and bone, find out how each part works, and how it is all controlled by our amazing brain.
Author
Lucy Beevor
Lucy Beevor is an experienced editor and children's author. She has worked on hundreds of titles during her career – ranging from sharks to superheroes and everything in between! – and is the author of several nonfiction books for leading children's publishers in both the United States and UK. She was longlisted for the UK School Library Association's Information Book Award 2019 and edited the winner of the People’s Book Prize 2012.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5That is very interesting! I enjoyed it. I hope there is a way to listen it again!