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What Body Part is That?

There is a lot of nonsense written about the human body, and this book is no exception.

In its 68 fully illustrated, 100 per cent fact-free chapters, 'What Body Part is That?' will explain everything you ever needed to know about your body without the boring technical jargon and scientific accuracy that normally clog up the pages of books of this type.

Never again will you be stuck for an answer when somebody comes up to you, points to a part of your body and demands to know: 'What Body Part is That?'

The crazy duo Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton have turned us all inside out in the Andy and Terry guide to the human body: 'What Body Part is That?'

Packed with incredible information on the brain, the bum, the spleen and so much more – this is one anatomical journey you don’t want to miss.

This fully illustrated stupid guide to the human body features the biggest, the smallest, the funniest, the stupidest and The Most Disgustingest parts of your body.

It’s divided into anatomically comprehensive sections such as:
* The bits you can see
* The bits you can’t see

Packed with handy advice such as how to use your head as a bowling ball (the eye sockets and mouth make excellent holes for your fingers), you’ll learn more than you ever wanted to know about just what the body does, what it can do, and what you hope it never does.

Reviews

BrisbaneNews.com.au, April 27 - May 3, 2011 - interview

Click here to read an interview with Andy Griffiths: Interview for BrisbaneNews.com.au (.pdf)

Sun Herald Weekend April 2, 2011 - review

Is it wrong to keep a new book hidden from your grade-three Andy Griffiths' fanatic until you've enjoyed it all yourself? Maybe, but this totally silly guide to human bits and pieces from eyes ("two soft balls of jelly that help you to see stuff") to bums ("it is generally agreed that bums have the worst job on the human body") is hard to put down. Tom, 8, writes: "This book is great! It's Andy Griffiths' best book ever! There are so many surprises, like in the gall bladder part." (Fun Boy Part Fact No. 60: The first gall bladder to reach the summit of Mt Everest achieved this feat on 29 May 1953...)

A near perfect score from the young critic, with just one demerit point "for not having enough stuff in the Private Parts chapter".

Cathy Osmond

Verdict: Awesome

Literary Life - review

I'm not even exaggerating when I say on the very first page I burst out laughing. And didn't stop laughing the entire way through.

This not-so-informative guide talks readers through the entire human body - as the blurb suggests, things you can see (nose) and things you can't (liver).

You really can't go wrong with Griffiths and Denton.

I have no idea how they got together (knowing their books, I'm sure it was a hilarious and action-packed meeting!) but thank god they did!

It's really the little things that make this book good. Well, okay, that's a lie. It's the big things too. It's everything.

Between the jokes and the donkey head and 'Bladderwoman' and The Human Skeleton DIY Kit (complete with 206 parts), which was just genius. Basically, the book was awesome.

I also laughed really hard with the pictures of the small intestine and the large intestine.

Actually, I laughed at most of the pictures.

And the writing too. I loved how Griffiths summed everything up about each thing is one-two paragraphs and then said, "That is all there is to know about - Whatever". Just genius. What a classic.

I also loved the little 'A&T's Fun Body Fact' which appeared on every page relating to whatever body part was being discussed.

Essentially, this is a fab book which is hilarious and semi-educational at the same time.

You can also watch the nifty little book trailer, which showcases just some of the pure genius illustrations and information.

I'm not sure if the publishers did it on purpose, but it's out today - April Fool's Day.

Just gold!!!

GO GET IT.

http://bookworm-megs.blogspot.com/2011/04/review-what-body-part-is-that-by-andy.html

Gifted Magazine - review

What Body Part is That? Andy Griffiths (author) Terry Denton (illustrator) Pan Macmillan Australia: April 2011 ISBN: 9780330403986 8+

Genre: graphic novel

In the same spirit as What Bumosaur Is That?, Griffiths and Denton have produced another Seriously-Silly-Definitely-No-Facts Included look at the human body. Well, there is an occasional fact but it's so deeply immersed in pure nonsense that it's unlikely to alert even the most reluctant student. Very tongue-in-cheek, What Body Part Is That? sends up the DK Eyewitness factual text format, using it to present a wide variety of completely "unscientific" data, such as, "Thighs are nice, big, juicy upper-leg muscles that are very good for eating if, say, you've been lost at sea for many days and you're starving." (p78)

It's fantastic to see Denton's illustrative capacity given the opportunity to produce larger, more detailed "nonsense diagrams" which will, amongst other things, encourage visual readers to experiment with their own drawing style. Thinking outside the square is definitely the theme of this book – and no joke is too bad, no idea to silly to include. Given their long creative partnership, it's difficult to identify where Denton's work ends and Griffith's begins – and vice versa. Perhaps, as in many a classroom, it’s a case of two bright boys/men getting together and having a great deal of fun creating something that's going to tweak the nose of the conventional and give a good belly laugh to any number of children of all ages.

Australian Bookseller and Publisher - review

Don't come near this book if you actually want to know anything about the human body. The second book in the 'Wonderful World of Stupidity' series, which kicked off with What Bumosaur is That?, is just as funny as the first one. Starting with the head, and working his way down the body, Andy Griffiths gives us little nuggets of information, such as 'teeth are small hard white things that help you to chew your food and to bite people' and 'if you wake up and your heart is not beating, then you are probably dead'. Terry Denton's comic illustrations are, as always, the perfect accompaniment to Andy Griffiths' bizarre, hilarious and downright silly text. Each page also features a Ton body part fact', some of which involve killer koalas from outer space, and others, nose-picking.

This book will obviously appeal to Andy Griffiths fans and really to any kids aged seven and up, but probably not to those who actually want to learn about the human body.

Amelia Vahtrick is the children's book buyer at Better Read Than Dead in Newtown.

Extract

1. Head

Your head sits on top of your neck.

It has seven holes: two eye holes, two ear holes, two nose holes and one cake hole.

You put pictures into your eye holes, sounds into your ear holes, air into your nose holes and cakes into your cake hole. (You can also put a wide variety of healthy fresh fruits and vegetables into your cake hole, but I mostly use mine for cake.)

That is all there is to know about your head.

2. Hair

Hair is a hairy hair-like growth called ‘hair’. It grows mostly out of a heady head-like growth called your ‘head’, which grows out of a necky neck-like growth called your ‘neck’, which grows out of a bodily bodylike growth called your ‘body’.

The bodily body-like growth called your ‘body’ also has lots of hair, but nowhere near as much as the heady head-like growth called your ‘head’.

That is all there is to know about hair.

3. Face

Faces are a handy place on the front of the head to keep stuff like eyes, eyebrows, noses, mouths, cheeks, foreheads, chins, beards and moustaches right where you need them.

Faces are not a good place to keep dirty socks and underpants, sporting equipment, apple cores, lolly wrappers and other bits of rubbish. (The proper place to keep this stuff is on your bedroom floor.)

That is all there is to know about faces.

4. Eyes

Your eyes are two soft balls of jelly that help you to see stuff, but only when the stuff you need to see is right in front of you.

If you want to see stuff that is very far away, you will need a telescope.

If you want to see stuff that is really small, you will need a microscope.

If you want to see something that’s in a locked room and you don’t have a key, you will need to take one of your eyeballs out of its socket and roll it under the door. (Don’t forget to rinse your eyeball before you put it back in.)

That is all there is to know about eyes.