Books
What is a Vertebrate?
Lots of wonderful illustrations about vertebrates makes this an excellent book for sharing with your class or your child. This book discusses vertebrates and lets you see inside their bodies to find out the bones behind their form.
The Skeleton Inside You (Let's-Read-and- Find-Out Science 2)
Learn all about your skeleton and how it moves. This book covers ligaments, joints, cartilage and more.
Skeleton (DK Eyewitness Books)
DK Eyewitness books are always a favorite. Filled with extraordinary pictures and facts to amaze and delight, Skeleton will bring you into the world of vertebrates and how they are alike and how they differ. From the toes of a horse to the growth of our teeth, there is something wonderful on every page.
The Bones Book and Skeleton
This hands-on book covers how bones work and grow, and also features experiments and projects for further learning. Included is a 12-inch skeleton realistically designed with moving joints.
Bones: Our Skeletal System
Learn all about the 206 bones of the human body, from how they grow and how they protect our organs to how exercise affects them.
Muscles: Our Muscular System
Also from Seymour Simon, this book describes how our nearly 700 muscles work.
Bones (Step Into Reading, Step 2)
For the beginning reader. A look at the skeleton inside our bodies and how it works with our muscles to help us do our everyday activities.
Watch Me Grow: Fun Ways to Learn About Cells, Bones, Muscles, and Joints
Experiments, games and activities to help you learn about your musculoskeletal system. A special section that enables kids to track their own growth over time is included.
My Bodyworks: Songs about Your Bones, Muscles, Heart and More!
This book includes a CD of music to read and sing along as you learn all about the parts of your body.
Bones: Skeletons and How They Work
This visually appealing volume by an acclaimed artist presents the bones of the human body, compares them to the bones of other species, and adds a touch of humor. Many of the illustrations are life size, and the way each bone fits together with others is clearly shown. Text is limited and supports the engaging graphics, but a More About Bones section at the end provides more information for curious readers.
The Skeleton Book: Get To Know Your Bones, Inside Out
Working down from the skull to the toes, this amazing book is the ultimate guide to the bones of the body. Computer-generated 3-D images will fascinate young learners as they explore the bones of the body in great detail. Also shown are comparisons to animal skeletons and modern prosthetics that can help people with missing limbs. A five-foot skeleton poster is included so that kids can study a life-size version of the human skeleton.