The My Body Science Series

KANE MILLER BOOKS 

A DIVISION OF EDC PUBLISHING 

The My Body Science Series 

Everyone Poops 

The Gas We Pass 

All About Scabs 

Breasts 

The Holes in Your Nose 

Contemplating Your 

Bellybutton 

EVERYONE POOPS 

BY TARO GOMI 

978-0-916291-45-7 

(HARDCOVER, $13.95) 

978-1-929132-14-0 

(PAPERBACK, $7.95) 

THE GAS WE PASS 

BY SHINTA CHO 

978-0-916291-52-5 


978-1-929132-15-7 

(PAPERBACK, $7.95) 

ALL ABOUT SCABS 

BY GENICHIRO YAGYU 

978-0-916291-82-2 


BREASTS 


978-0-916291-88-4 


THE HOLES IN YOUR NOSE 


978-0-916291-50-1 


978-1-929132-82-9 

(PAPERBACK, $6.95)) 

CONTEMPLATING YOUR 

BELLYBUTTON 

BY JUN NANAO & TOMOKO 

HASEGAWA 

978-0-916291-60-0 


Praise for MY BODY SCIENCE SERIES 

“Informative and blunt…” – Publishers Weekly 

“Provides young readers with solid facts.” – Publishers Weekly 

"Whimsical yet informative.” – Los Angeles Times 

“Delightfully illustrated…” – The New York Times 

Award-Winning Children’s Books from Around the World



Everyone Poops 

Taro Gomi 

Praise for EVERYONE POOPS 

"Toilet-training toddlers will enjoy the book's acknowledgement of their 

current obsession" – The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Book 

PUB DATE: SEPTEMBER 1993 

(HARDCOVER) 

OCTOBER 2001 

(PAPERBACK) 

PRICE: $13.95 (HARDCOVER) 

$7.95 (PAPERBACK) 

AGES: 18 MONTHS - 4 

ISBN: 978-0-916291-45-7 (HARDCOVER) 

978-1-929132-14-0 (PAPERBACK) 

FORMAT: HC, PB 

DIMENSIONS: 8 ½ X 9 ½ 

EXTENT: 28pp 

CARTON QUANTITY: 50 (HC), 120 (PB) 

CATEGORY: Body Science/Picture 

Books/Non Fiction 

FOUNTAS & PINNELL: I 

READING RECOVERY: 15-16 

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Japan 

ILLUSTRATIONS: Color illustrations 

"Everyone Poops by Taro Gomi is part biology textbook, part sociological 

treatise and all celebration of a very natural process. Both my daughters 

begged me to read the book over and over again. They marveled at the 

enormity of the elephant's poop and searched with the skill of a scientist for 

the tiny specks which represent bug poop. The text is simple and 

straightforward but not without humor. 'An elephant makes a big poop,' the 

book begins. 'A mouse makes a tiny poop. A one-hump camel makes a onehump 

poop, And a two-hump camel makes a two-hump poop. Only kidding!' 

The colorful illustrations are eye-catching and deceptively detailed. The poop 

of each animal species is very distinctive in size, shape and color…A book 

which doesn't have any preachy overtones but merely explains where and 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: 

how each living creature poops seems to work for my two-year-old. In fact, it's number one on the 

bathroom reading list at our house." - The Expositor 

Taro Gomi is an award-winning author and 

illustrator of over 300 titles in his native 

Japan, as well as the U.S. 

Themes 

Body Science 

Health 

Potty Training 

"...a great accompaniment to potty training. Young people need to accept their bodily functions, and if 

happy and colorful books like this help the cause, then I am all for it." - Kaboose 

"Elephants and mice, fish and raccoons, grown-ups and children, all in their own style do it. The candor is 

refreshing the illustrations charming and childlike." – The Children's Book Bag 




THE GAS WE PASS 

Shinta Cho 

Praise for THE GAS WE PASS 

“Both informative and blunt, the book provides young readers with solid 

facts as well as plenty to snicker about, including sage advice ('Don't hold 

them in – pass that gas!')." – Publishers Weekly 

“So basically this is really a physiology book for young folks. The kids all 

know about this frowned upon function of their bodies. Now they can learn 

how everyone does it and why." – Rainbo Electronic Reviews 

"With a title like this, expect no surprises within. The latest Japanese 

import by Kane/Miller continues in the same vein as Everyone Poops and 

The Holes in Your Nose, exploring yet another subject generally 

considered taboo. Brevity reigns in both illustration (cartoons and 

diagrams tinted with swaths of clashing color) and text (which doesn't even 

attempt to be subtle). Both informative and blunt, the book provides young 

readers with solid facts as well as plenty to snicker about, including some 

sage advice ('Don't hold them in - pass that gas!') that will send parents 

everywhere running for the air freshener." - Publishers Weekly 


(HARDCOVER) 

OCTOBER 2001 

(PAPERBACK) 



AGES: 4-6 


978-1-929132-15-7 (PAPERBACK) 



EXTENT: 28pp 

CARTON QUANTITY: 100 (PB), 50 (HC) 



FOUNTAS & PINNELL: M 

READING RECOVERY: 20 




Shinta Cho's first picture book was 

published in 1958. While some criticized 

his works, calling his books "nonsense," 

children around the world enjoy his work to 

this day, which includes over 400 titles. He 

passed away in June 2005. 



Health 

"Interesting stuff! It is written simply and to the point. No fancy, confusing explanations of this oftexperienced 

bodily function. Instead, it explains this phenomenon in a way that a young child can 

understand and even find amusing." - Kaboose 




All About Scabs 

Genichiro Yagyu 

Description 

A non-fiction look at how scabs form, and how one is to take care of them. 

Praise for ALL ABOUT SCABS 

“Some suggests that the perfect gift for 5-year-olds is a box of bandages, 

because they are preoccupied with bodies and their protection. This, then, is 

the best book to accompany that gift." – The Tampa Tribune-Times 


PRICE: $13.95 

AGES: 4 - 8 

ISBN: 978-0-916291-82-2 

FORMAT: HC 


EXTENT: 28pp 

CARTON QUANTITY: 40 









OTHER BOOKS BY GENICHIRO YAGYU: 

The Holes in Your Nose, Breasts 



Health 

"As with other books in this series of Japanese imports, the topic has plenty of kid appeal, and the very 

grossness of the presentation just adds to the allure." - Booklist 

"The information strikes a perfect balance between education and entertainment, leaving readers with a 

sufficient dose of each." - Curled Up Kids 




BREASTS 


Description 

Explains the nature and development of breasts in females and how they 

are used to breast-feed milk to babies. 


PRICE: $13.99 

AGES: 5 - 8 

ISBN: 978-0-916291-88-4 

FORMAT: HC 


EXTENT: 28pp 









All About Scabs, The Holes in Your Nose 

Praise for BREASTS 

"With is relaxed, humorous approach it would appeal to parents who want 

to introduce their children to normal human anatomy and physiology. It is 

brief, funny, warm, and loving." - Journal of Human Lactation 



Health 

Awards 

*ABA Pick of the Lists 

"I was pleasantly surprised when I read the text...discusses the benefits of 

breast milk and the experience of breast feeding through the eyes of both 

mother and baby...a wonderful tool for moms and dads to use to explain the process and the 

experience of breast feeding to baby's siblings. I wish I had it when I was nursing my youngest child. 

It was difficult for me to find words that my children could understand when discussing it. This author 

has managed to give moms and dads the simple explanation they need." - Kaboose 




The Holes in Your Nose 


Praise for THE HOLES IN YOUR NOSE 




AGES: 3 - 5 


978-1-929132-82-9 (PAPERBACK) 



EXTENT: 28pp 

CARTON QUANTITY: 100 (PB), 50 (HC) 







"Here, presented in the very matter-of-fact, detailed and mischievous way that 

children themselves tend to explore such issues, is everything a child could want 

to know about the nose and what comes out of it. The text, delightfully illustrated 

with bold, funny sketches, moves quickly through holes in people's and animal's 

noses, hairs in noses, stuffy noses, dripping noses and bleeding noses. Parents 

may blanch or stifle chuckles when the text winds up for the single most 

interesting aspect of noses from a child's-eye view. Complete with arrows, the 

illustrations detail how this transformation occurs, while the text continues: 


All about Scabs, Breasts 



Health 

'Boogers are made from dirt, so they're dirty. Even if you line them up neatly like this, they're still dirty.' 

The Holes in Your Nose...perfectly reflects the sensibilities of a culture in which there is nothing wrong 

with telling people that they've gained weight and that there are pimples on their faces. After that, 

frankness about the mundane workings of the body is par for the course." - The New York Times Book 

Review 

"Very informative, great 'gross factor' that toddlers love." - Kaboose 



A DIVISION OF EDC PUBLISHING PUB DATE: SEPTEMBER 1995 

PRICE: $11.95 

AGES: 3 - 5 

ISBN: 978-0-916291-60-0 

FORMAT: HC 


EXTENT: 28pp 




FOUNTAS & PINNELL: H 

READING RECOVERY: 13-14 



Contemplating Your Bellybutton 

Jun Nanao and Tomoko Hasegawa 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: 

Jun Nanao 

Description 

A delightful introduction to the world of bellybuttons answers such 

common childhood questions as "Why do some stick out?" and "Why do 

I have to keep it clean anyway?" 

ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR: 

Tomoko Hasegawa 


Praise for CONTEMPLATING YOUR BELLYBUTTON 


Health 

"This Japanese import features strange but fun illustrations which cover 

bellybutton basics, exploring how bellybuttons are formed and explaining 

the rudiments of birth for the very young. Tettchan looks at his bellybutton, which sticks out, and receives 

an education on its placement. Pair this with others in a basic anatomy/sex education set for beginners." - 

The Children's Bookwatch 

"Whimsical yet informative, this is a meditation on something that - admit it - has puzzled and absorbed all 

of us at one time or another." - The Los Angeles Times Book Review

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