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Human Body Theater by Maris Wicks

Human Body Theater

A Non-fiction Revue

Maris Wicks

First Second · Print & ebook · October 6, 2015

Welcome to the Human Body Theater, where your master of ceremonies is going to lead you through a theatrical revue of each and every biological system of the human body!

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Who it’s for
A theatrical comics tour makes the body’s biological systems both goofy and intensely informative.
Themes
Human biology, The body's systems, Science education
Genres
Comics Science & Nature, Human Body, Biology & Life Science

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About this book

Welcome to the Human Body Theater, where your master of ceremonies is going to lead you through a theatrical revue of each and every biological system of the human body! Starting out as a skeleton, the MC puts on a new layer of her costume (her body) with each "act." By turns goofy and intensely informative, the Human Body Theater is always accessible and always entertaining. Maris Wicks is a biology nerd, and by the time you've read this book, you will be too!

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Harnessing her passion for science (and her background as a science educator for elementary and middle-school students), she has created a comics-format introduction to the human body that will make an expert of any reader -- young or old!

Science Takes the Stage

A theatrical comics tour makes the body’s biological systems both goofy and intensely informative.

Come here for

  • A biology introduction with the flair of a revue
  • Science that keeps its explanations accessible

Expect

  • A comics-format look at each biological system
  • Goofy moments alongside serious information

Where it sits

Human Body89%
Comics Science & Nature67%
Biology & Life Science57%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Human Body
  • Comics Science & Nature
Authors
Maris Wicks
Publisher
First Second
Published
October 6, 2015
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Human biology · The body's systems · Science education
Reading lane
Human Body