Blog tour: The Brainiac's Book of the Body & Brain

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Welcome to the blog tour for The Brainiac's Book of the Body & Brain by Rosie Cooper, illustrated by Harriet Russell!

More about the book…

What makes your body work? Is it all in your mind? Sort of! Take a tour of the human body from head to toes and everything in between.

This latest instalment in the Brainiac’s series is an accessible, fun and inclusive introduction to the human body. Full of funky facts and astounding activities, readers will discover all there is to know about the body and the brilliant brain that makes it all work. Explore what happens to the food we eat, how medicines can fool us into making us feel better, as well as how and why we dream, and more!

Aimed at curious children who want to know how their body works and how their brain keeps it running, The Brainiac’s Book of the Body and Brain answers need-to-know and quirky questions about the bodies we live in.

More about the people behind the book…

Rosie Cooper is a London-based researcher, originally from New Zealand, with an MA in Geography.

She is a podcast maven with a love of the great outdoors, extreme weather and true-crime stories.

Harriet Russell is a London-based illustrator with an MA in Illustration.

She has written and illustrated five books for children and is the illustrator of the activity series This Book Thinks You’re a…, also published by Thames & Hudson.

My impressions…

Sadly, the book got lost on its way to me, so I haven’t been able to peruse it ahead of writing this post. Based on the graphics that were shared by the publishers – and that you can see here – I can safely say that it looks like something I would love to read both for myself and to my daughters. It looks fun and accessible, which is the best you could wish for when trying to engage youngsters and teach them something useful.  





Comments

  1. Anne26 March 2024 at 09:17

    Thanks for supporting the blog tour, so sorry that the book did not arrive x

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