“Arnold (The Simple People, 1992, etc.) cashes in by grossing out the picture-book set in this story in rhyme, which kids with rough-and-ready sensibilities will relish and fastidious adults will shun, for the same reasons. The Skeleton Inside You by Philip BalestrinoĪwards and Professional Reviews: From Booklist You’re Toast and Other Metaphors We Adore by Nancy Loewen Could also be used in a poetry lesson to show that not all poems are serious. Story Time Ideas: This book could be used as a humorous anecdote in an anatomy lesson or in a lesson about losing teeth and how they grow back. What makes this book special? It’s hard to make body humor tasteful, and this book comes close enough to do so to make it okay to read to a class.īibliotherpeutic Uses (if applicable): hypochondria (joking…) Summary: A boy looses some hair, then a tooth, then something falls out of his nose… Is he falling apart? Will he ever regrow what he’s lost? Of course!Įvaluation: This is a hilarious book about how the human body works and how some parts are “replaceable.” Genre and Theme: Lyrical verse fiction talking about the basics of anatomy and overcoming hypochondria.Īnnotation: If all of my parts fall off, will their be anything left?
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