Books with title Outside-In: A Lift-The-Flap Body Book

Originally published by Barron's more than two decades ago, Claire Smallman's child-friendly narrative tells kids about their bodies and how they work. For many seasons following its first publication, Outside-In was popular with parents and kids. Now, it's back again in a new format, keeping the same text, but adding all-new and contemporary full-color illustrations on every page. Written in child-friendly language, Outside-In explains the human body's skin, the function of breathing and the lungs, the structures of bones and teeth, eating and digestion, blood and circulation, and the body's muscles. Boys and girls can lift flaps on many illustrations to see the body's organs, bones, and muscles. Here's a longtime favorite volume back again to educate a new generation of children.

Outside In is a unique book, written from the point of view of Lisa Meryl, a precocious and perceptive 5th grader. As Lisa learns more about her teachers and their lives, she realizes that they are more than just the persona she meets in the classroom. Outside In tackles a wide range of disabilities and differences, including physical handicaps, sexual orientation, xenophobia, racial and age discrimination, and religious prejudice. It reminds readers that much of our education happens beyond the bounds of academic lessons. A book for students, teachers, parents, and friends of all ages, Outside In reminds each of us that tolerance begins by seeing people as human, by looking beyond what they present on the outside and finding out who they are on the inside.