"This fully illustrated picture book explores the science behind basic health habits including hand washing, appropriate ways to cough and sneeze, how medicines work, and the importance of a healhty diet and exercise through diagrams, photos, and informative and engaging text."--Amazon.com.

A pre-teen reference presents a series of letters and testimonials by real girls that offer empowering counsel on topics ranging from skin care and first bras to menstruation and boyfriends.

Images of children getting exercise and eating healthful foods help show children what their bodies need to stay healthy. Simple text encourages children to make healthy decisions, including brushing after meals, washing hands regularly, and getting regular checkups at the dentist and the doctor.

"Explains in simple language the importance of keeping our bodies clean and wearing clean clothes."--

In My Body is Growing, Dagmar Geisler works to show preschool and early elementary readers that we're really not all that different, regardless of whether we're boys or girls. Though we may all seem similar on the outside, we are each our own person on the inside. At this age, our bodies and our minds are changing--we're growing up!

"Keeping clean is one component of a healthy lifestyle. In this book, engaging text pairs with striking photos to introduce readers to the importance of personal hygiene, including hand washing, bathing, brushing and flossing teeth, visiting dentists regularly, wearing clean clothes, and keeping personal spaces neat and clean. Readers will discover why hygiene is important as a way to prevent sickness caused from bacteria and germs and as a way people...

Describes why germs should not be spread.

Offers a look at the origins of football and the latest research on concussion and traumatic brain injuries in the sport.