It Takes Guts: How Your Body Turns Food Into Fuel (and Poop)
by Jennifer Dr Gardy (Author) Belle Wuthrich (Illustrator)
Everybody eats, and everybody poops. Pretty ordinary stuff, right?
But what happens in between is far from ordinary! That’s where your digestive system—also known as your gut—works its magic.
It Takes Guts is an excellent, science-based resource for classroom learning and home-schooling for kids age 9 to 13, with information about:
- The surprising role that food and digestion play in your mood and immune system.
- The amazing tools your body uses to break down food including acids, which do their thing without burning a hole in your stomach!
- The incredible truth that not all bacteria is bad! Billions of “helpful bacteria” belong in your gut.
- And so much more!
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Review quotes
"Readers who have wondered how their bodies turn food into fuel and feces need look no further. All the juicy details are in this book. A fascinating, sometimes funny read that goes well beyond the scatological."
—Kirkus Reviews
"Readers will come away from this lively anatomical odyssey marveling at the complex interplay of digestive organs, enzymes, and microbes ... [A] deliciously digestible disquisition."
—Booklist
"I wish my parents had read this book to me growing up. It would have made my time in medical school so much more productive, and made me a much better doctor after that. Should be mandatory reading in all schools."
—Dr. Alejandro Junger, author of Clean books and founder of the Clean Program
Dr. Jennifer Gardy is a scientist who has worked at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control and is now part of the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation Malaria team. She appears frequently on television programs such as CBC, The Nature of Things, the Discovery Channel, and Daily Planet. She lives in Chicago.
Belle Wuthrich is an illustrator and designer specializing in books for young readers. Based in Vancouver, Canada, Belle has contributed to more than a dozen books for kids, a number of which have won awards or been republished internationally.
JNF051030 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Anatomy & Physiology
JNF013110 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts | Body
