Body Parts by Buffy Silverman

Body Parts by Buffy Silverman

Can you stretch your thumb back to your arm? Is your pinkie straight or slightly bent? What determines the way your joints bend--or don't bend? Read this book to find out about how your genes affect your physical features.

Buffy Silverman is the author of many books about nature and science for children. She also enjoys writing poetry for children. Buffy is lucky to live in a rural area of Michigan where inspiration is just outside the window. The sun shimmers on Stony Lake. A great blue heron flies low over the swamp. Black squirrels scamper across oak branches, stuffing leaves in their mouths and bringing them to a hollow. The animals that share her yard inspire stories and poems. With every book and article she writes, she learns more about the world.