A Really Short Journey Through the Body

<p>Bill Bryson was born in Des Moines Iowa and grew up there but has spent most of his adult life in Britain. He has worked for a number of newspapers including <i>The Times </i>and the <i>Independent.</i> His books on the English language include <i>Mother Tongue</i> and <i>Troublesome Words</i> both published by Penguin.<br><br>Bill Bryson is the author of several bestsellers including <i>The Lost Continent Neither Here Nor There Notes from a Small Island A Walk in the Woods Notes from a Big Country Down Under A Short History of Nearly Everything One Summer:</i> <i>America 1927</i> and his memoir <i>The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid</i>. His most recent bestseller is <i>The Road to Little Dribblin</i>g.</p> <p><i>We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no idea how it works and what goes on inside it.</i><br><br>Want to know why the skin is the biggest organ?<br><br>Why our brains can see into the future?<br><br>Or why your eyes are back to front?<br><br>Packed full of facts big numbers (such as the amount of microbes that make you) and small numbers (the size of those very tiny microbes) all in full-colour.<br><br>This non-fiction book packed with wonder from the globally bestselling Bill Bryson is a head-to-toe tour of the most amazing thing about you - YOUR BODY!</p> <p><i>We spend our whole lives in one body and yet most of us have practically no idea how it works and what goes on inside it.</i><br><br>Want to know why the skin is the biggest organ?<br><br>Why our brains can see into the future?<br><br>Or why your eyes are back to front?<br><br>Packed full of facts big numbers (such as the amount of microbes that make you) and small numbers (the size of those very tiny microbes) all in full-colour.<br><br>This non-fiction book packed with wonder from the globally bestselling Bill Bryson is a head-to-toe tour of the most amazing thing about you - YOUR BODY!</p> Offers children a series of fascinating scientific facts