Bizarre, incredible and downright gross facts about human and animal bodies!

In Hair-raising Human Body Facts, you'll learn about some of the most incredible things going on inside you right now! Giggle and gasp as you read about and see some truly astonishing (and sometimes silly) parts of the human body, such as your super-cool cornea, which gets its oxygen from the air and has no blood at all flowing to it, or your secretly clever nostrils, which take turns breathing - that's some amazing teamwork!

The Body Bits series is written by the hilarious and knowledgeable Paul Mason, and illustrated by Dave Smith, whose laugh-out-loud and action-packed artwork can't be beaten. Reading and learning become a source of endless fun for even the most reluctant reader with Body Bits. Great for readers aged 7-9 years.

Don't forget the other books in the series:
Hair-raising Human Body Facts
Dead-awesome Dinosaur Body Facts
Eye-popping Plant Part Facts

Contents list for Hair-raising Human Body Facts:
Body bits / Hair-raising and nail-biting facts / Excellent eyeballs / The boggling brain / The truth about teeth / Brilliant bones / Breathtaking breathing / Bits about blood / Stupendous skin / Dynamic defences / Stomach-churning digestion / Amazing muscles / Unique you / Glossary / Finding out more / Index


Bizarre, incredible and dead-awesome facts about the natural world!

In Dead-awesome Dinosaur Body Facts, you'll learn about some of the most astonishing creatures that used to roam on Earth. From sails to feathers, armour to wrecking-ball tails - finding out about dinosaur body bits has never been more engaging or uproariously funny!

The Body Bits series is written by the hilarious and knowledgeable Paul Mason, and illustrated by Dave Smith, whose laugh-out-loud and action-packed artwork can't be beat. Reading and learning become a source of endless fun for even the most reluctant readers aged 7 plus with Body Bits.

Books in the series include:
Hair-raising Human Body Facts
Astounding Animal Body Facts
Dead-awesome Dinosaur Body Facts
Eye-popping Plant Part Facts

Contents list, Dead-awesome Dinosaur Body Facts:
Dinosaur domination / Teeth of terror / Clubs and horns / Hips and legs / Armour plates /
Pea brains / Dino-vision eyes / Wings and similar things / Skin and feathers / Sails and
spines / Dinosaur guts / Hooting and honking / The four freakiest dinosaurs? / Glossary /
Finding out more / Index


Bizarre, incredible and downright eye-popping facts about the natural world

In Eye-popping Plant Part Facts, you'll learn about some of the most astonishing things going on in the stems, blossoms, seeds, roots (and more!) of the plants all around us. Finding out about plant parts has never been more engaging or uproariously funny!

The Body Bits series is written by the hilarious and knowledgeable Paul Mason, and illustrated by Dave Smith, whose laugh-out-loud and action-packed artwork can't be beat. Reading and learning become a source of endless fun for even the most reluctant readers aged 7 plus with Body Bits.

Books in the series include:
Hair-raising Human Body Facts
Astounding Animal Body Facts
Dead-awesome Dinosaur Body Facts
Eye-popping Plant Part Facts

Contents list for Eye-popping Plant Part Facts:
The weird world of plant parts / Roots have ears / Surprising seeds / Plants in disguise /
Pitfalls and other traps / Poison producers / Spines and thorns / Snap! And you're lunch /
Hairy ends / Jailhouse plants / The world's stinkiest plants / Extreme survivors / Do you
speak plant? / Glossary / Finding out more / Index


Bizarre, incredible and downright gross facts about human and animal bodies!

In Astounding Animal Body Facts, you'll learn about some of the most unbelievable and intricate adaptations in the animal kingdom. Giggle and gasp as you read about and see some truly shocking animal bodies, such as the lungless ET salamander that breathes with its skin and looks like your favourite alien, or the pistol shrimp that can snap its huge claw shut at such great speed, it sends a wave through the water that stuns nearby fish - how's that for clever hunting?

The Body Bits series is written by the hilarious and knowledgeable Paul Mason, and illustrated by Dave Smith, whose laugh-out-loud and action-packed artwork can't be beaten. Reading and learning become a source of endless fun for even the most reluctant reader with Body Bits. Great for readers aged 7-9 years.

Don't forget the other books in the series:
Hair-raising Human Body Facts
Dead-awesome Dinosaur Body Facts
Eye-popping Plant Part Facts

Contents list for Astounding Animal Body Facts:
Astonishing animal adaptations / Toothy extremes / Excellent eyes / Super skin / Fearsome fangs and stingers / Fantastic feet/ Awesome ears / Shocking shapes / Wondrous things a bit like wings / Terrific tails / Ripping, snapping claws / Incredible noses / Armour and horns / Glossary / Finding out more / Index


Body Bits

by Paul Mason

Published 30 July 2022