Digestive System (A True Book: Your Amazing Body)

Digestion starts the minute you put food or a drink in your mouth. And by the time the process ends, your body has taken every bit of nutrition possible from your food. Did you know that the average person produces enough saliva in one year to fill a bathtub? Or that the small intestine is the longest part of the digestive system? Learn all this and more in Digestive System.

ABOUT THE SERIES:

The human body is a complex ? and remarkable ? machine. Digesting our food. Pumping our blood. Walking, running, and dancing. It takes our many body systems working together to keep us alive and living our lives to the fullest. This set of A True Books offers an in-depth look at our amazing bodies ? one system at a time. Interesting information is presented in a fun, friendly way ? and in the simplest terms possible ? giving students a "behind-the-scenes" look at how their bodies work.