"Julia is very short for her age, but by the end of the summer run of The Wizard of Oz, she'll realize how big she is inside, where it counts. She hasn't ever thought of herself as a performer, but when the wonderful director of Oz casts her as a Munchkin, she begins to see herself in a new way. As Julia becomes friendly with the poised and wise Olive--one of the adults with dwarfism who've joined the production's motley crew of Munchkins--and with...

"Welcome to the Human Body Theater, where your master of ceremonies is going to lead you through a theatrical revue of each and every biological system of the human body! Starting out as a skeleton, the MC puts on a new layer of her costume (her body) with each "act." By turns goofy and intensely informative, the Human Body Theater is always accessible and always entertaining"--

Small for his age but artistically talented, twelve-year-old Jeremy Thatcher unknowingly buys a dragon's egg.

This book uses cartoon-style art and geometry to explain the relationship between an animal's size and its abilities.

The human body is an amazing thing. It also has some really strange traits! From boogers to brains, find out some really weird stuff about human bodies!

"Packed with comics, diagrams, and "secret diaries," this book is a wondrous, encyclopedic glance at a dizzying host of different things--from hearts to farts to coconuts--and makes a hilarious and informative guide for curious young readers. Join the hilarious exploration of "a day in the life" of nearly 100 things on Earth. Find out what exactly your tongue does all day long, how a Japanese knotweed destroys everything in its path, and why no two...

"Piper Pájaro is strong and longs to be a superhero while Sloane MacBrute puts her smarts to use for her villainous grandfather, but when a mission to steal an experimental technological device brings the two 13-year-old girls face to face with each other, the device sparks and the two girls switch bodies."--Provided by publisher.

The appendix seems useless. Most people s baby toes are so small, they seem unimportant. There are so many odd parts of the human body, each page of this volume is able to reveal fascinating adaptations of the body readers didn t even know they wanted to know! Including up-to-date scientific findings explained in understandable and age-appropriate language, the main content satisfies readers curiosity as well as parts of the science curriculum. Full-color...

"Few people stop to consider they're not alone in their body. It's thought that the human body contains 10 times more bacteria than cells, in fact! Luckily, many of these microorganisms are harmless to us--and some are even very helpful. This fascinating look at nature's smallest life-forms is a high-interest introduction to the world of bacteria, viruses, and other microbes."--

"What if someone told you that your liver pumped blood through your body? You'd think that person was crazy! Discover how thought about the human body has changed over the centuries."--