The Spectacular Science of the Human Body is guaranteed to answer all those tricky science questions that children ask about their bodies - and that parents often struggle to answer - such as: What are the different parts of our brain, and what do they do? How do vaccines work? What is DNA, and how do we inherit it? And many, many more!

Includes index.

A living system -- The cell -- The skeleton -- Joints -- Muscles -- A protective barrier -- Body bugs -- The circulatory system -- The nervous system -- The brain -- Vision -- Hearing -- Other senses -- The digestive system -- Filtering the blood -- The respiratory system -- The endocrine system -- Healing the body -- Reproduction -- The code for life -- Growing up -- Bionic bodies.