Understanding Our Head

By Lucy Beevor

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: May 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781410993403

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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Brains, Body, Bones!: Understanding Our Head by Lucy Beevor

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover

Title Page

The Human Head

On the Surface

The Next Layer

The Brain: A Living Computer

Always Working

See Inside: The Head

Glossary

Read More

Index

Copyright

Back Cover

THE HUMAN HEAD

Look at your face in a mirror. What’s the first thing you see? Maybe it’s your eyes, nose, or skin. You might think of these features as separate parts. In fact, each of these parts makes up the human head, and they all work together. The mouth is part of the respiratory system because it helps you to breathe. It’s also part of the digestive system because it helps you to eat.

These systems are controlled by one amazing organ in your head: the brain. The brain is the most powerful and complex computer that exists. It is a living control room. It controls the work that all the other parts of your body do. Without it, you would