I’ve been trying to catch up on my blog reading before I unplug myself in the middle of next week and just discovered that my online friend Kathy Ceceri recently reviewed David Macaulay’s new The Way We Work: Getting to Know the Amazing Human Body:
Kathy’s review at the Geekdad blog
Kathy’s related post on Human Anatomy Books Old and New at her blog Home Biology (“for homeschoolers and anyone else who wants to learn about life science without a lab!”). By the way, some of my family’s favorite old and new human anatomy books:
My Body by Patricia Carratello from Teacher Created Materials; Laura had great fun our first year, and the boys subsequently, making life-size body patterns complete with organs, photocopied and colored in from this reproducible book. We used it to go along with, among other titles, one also mentioned by Kathy — From Head to Toe by Barbara Seuling and Edward Miller
The Human Body: What It Is and How It Works (A DeLuxe Golden Book) by Mitchell Wilson, with illustrations by Cornelius De Witt (1959). Out of print but well worth tracking down. A large, profusely illustrated, hardbound volume, with the text and color illustrations based on Man in Structure and Function by Fritz Kahn. 140 pages, with a glossary and an index. (Another aside: more on Fritz Kahn here and here.)
The How and Why Wonder Book of The Human Body. Out of print; I grab any book in this series that I come across.
Dover’s Human Anatomy in Full Color book, “within reach of grade-school-age children” according to Dover
Dover’s Human Anatomy coloring book
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Kathy’s Home Chemistry blog
Kathy’s Crafts for Learning website
Kathy’s Family Online blog
Kathy, I owe you at least one email and I’ll try to get it out in the next few days!
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I have the first edition of The Human Body – What It Is and How It Works by Mitchell Wilson ,copywright 1959.
It is a great bokk in excellant condition. Good teaching tool….How much do you think it is worth?
Thanks, Kathi
Kathi, the easy answer of course is as much as someone is willing to pay!
I see at Amazon and Abebooks.com a “very good” copy (vs. “fine” — near new) is selling for under $5, as well as a copy I’d consider only “good” or “fair” for $59. So it’s a bit of a crap shoot….
My copy is “very good” and not from a library, and I paid all of a quarter for it at a garage sale. So for something we use for science lessons, I’m well pleased.