Human Body Books for Kids

Here are some fantastic human body books for kids if you’re planning on teaching a healthy body unit study.

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Human Body Books for Kids

These books are recommended for K-2 learners. Several books are mentioned as lone books that are great for a human body unit, but most of these books are listed by book series.

You do not need to buy books in each book series. I would recommend looking them over and picking the series of books that would best fit your learners.

If you only purchased one book for your human body unit, First Human Body Encyclopedia would be the book I’d highly recommend. It’s filled with photos and realistic pictures. My kids has all been enthralled with this book.

Follow the journey of the Magic School Bus as it takes a trip inside the human body! If your kids are into the Magic School Bus like my kids are, they’ll also enjoy the DVD of this book.

Kids of all ages will enjoy the silly poetry of Tedd Arnold featuring the parts of the body! Whether you read Parts, More Parts, or Even More Parts, you’re sure to get some giggles and grins!

Blood and Guts by Linda Allison is mostly a book for 2nd grade and up. There are some pretty complicated experiments and activities to try. I did find some good info in the book, but have to say that there are some things the author and I just didn’t see eye-to-eye on.

The Vegetables We Eat and The Fruits We Eat, both by Gail Gibbons, are great books to teach about healthy eating and nutrition. You might also like the fiction picture book, Gregory the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat.

A Germ’s Journey by Thom Rooke, M.D. – Mostly for K-1, this book shows how germs travel in a fun way and the importance of washing hands.

Nonfiction Human Body Book Series

I’ll repeat what I said earlier in this book list: You do not need to get books in each book series. Pick the series that would best fit your learners.

Rookie Read-About Health eries – This is such a GREAT series for young readers! Perfect for independent reading at a center or self-selected reading in a Kindergarten or 1st grade class. There are many Read-About Health series that fit well in a study about the body. Here are just a few:

How Does Your Brain Work? by Don L. Curry
How Do Your Lungs Work? by Don. L. Curry
How Does Your Heart Work? by Don L. Curry
Where Does Your Food Go? by Wiley Blevins
You Have Healthy Bones by Susan Derkazarian
You Are What You Eat by Sharon Gordon
Exercise by Sharon Gordon

The Let’s Read and Find Out Science Series – There are two levels of learning with this series. We own ALL of these books and I highly recommend them! Level 1 is best for Pre-K/K while level 2 is great for K-2nd grades.

My Five Senses by Aliki {Level 1}
Sleep is for Everyone by Paul Showers {Level 1}
How Many Teeth? by Paul Showers {Level 1}
Why I Sneeze, Shiver, Hiccup, & Yawn by Melvin Berger {Level 2}
Hear Your Heart by Paul Showers {Level 2}
The Skeleton Inside of You by Philip Balestrino {Level 2}
A Drop of Blood by Paul Showers {Level 2}
What Happens to a Hamburger? by Paul Showers {Level 2}
Germs Make Me Sick by Melvin Berger {Level 2}
Your Skin and Mine by Paul Showers {Level 2}

A True Book Series – Great as independent reading for 2nd grade learners or as a read aloud for K-2. Books great for learning about some of the body systems include these books by Christine Taylor-Butler:

Time for Kids Series – Love, love, love Time for Kids. This series of books is another great series for 1st and 2nd graders to pick up and read on their own. They also work well for read alouds.