Bones: Skeletons and How They Work

Download or read book Bones: Skeletons and How They Work written by Steve Jenkins and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caldecott Honor winner Steve Jenkins presents a fascinating look at the bones of the human body as compared to the bones of animals, and shows them off!This book is far from skinny -- it's the definitive nonfiction title about human and animal bones, delivered with in-your-face accuracy and intrigue. In this visually driven volume, kids come face-to-face with some head-to-toe boney comparisons, many of them shown at actual size. Here you'll find the differences between a man's hand and that of a spider monkey; the great weight of an elephant's leg, paired with the feather-light femur of a stork; and rib-tickling info about snakes and sloths. How many bones are in the whole human body?