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Big Brain Book: How It Works and All Its Quirks

by Leanne Boucher Gill

An illustrated introduction to the brain

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Awards & Recognition

  • Award recognition

    2022 Kids' Book Choice Awards winner: Best Info Meets Graphics

    Winner of Best Info Meets Graphics at the 2022 Kids' Book Choice Awards.

AlbakiReads Editorial

An illustrated introduction to the brain

Questions about everyday experiences—such as why people cannot tickle themselves or why a light is shone in the eyes after a head injury—provide entry points to psychology and neuroscience. The book connects those questions with explanations of brain structure, neural mechanisms, and human behavior, using illustrations, factoids, and activities. Its examples relate scientific ideas to familiar situations, giving the subject a practical, question-led shape.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children curious about the brain, psychology, and human behavior
  • Young readers who enjoy science explanations supported by illustrations and activities

Themes

Brain structure and functionPsychology and neuroscienceHuman behaviorScience in everyday life

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Book overview

2022 KIDS' BOOK CHOICE AWARDS WINNER FOR BEST INFO MEETS GRAPHICS!

Readers are welcomed to the Lobe Labs and Dr. Brain activities in this brightly illustrated, highly engaging book that uses science to answer interesting questions that kids have about the brain and human behavior.

This is a fun primer on psychology and neuroscience that makes complex psychological phenomenon and neural mechanisms relatable to kids through illustrations, interesting factoids, and more.

Chapters include: What is the brain made up of and how does it work? Why can't I tickle myself? Why do they shine a light in my eyes when I hit my head in the game?

Answers draw from both psychology and neuroscience, giving ample examples of how the science is relevant to the question and to the reader's life experiences.

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