Why Don't Your Eyelashes Grow?: Curious Questions Kids Ask About the Human Body
Ever wondered what that small dewdrop thing is in the back of your throat? Or why you hiccup? Why Don’t Your Eyelashes Grow? addresses every weird question about your body that you could think of—or didn’t even think to ask. Prompted by the brain stumpers her own children and patients have asked her over the years, Dr. Beth Ann Ditkoff compiled a list of curious medical questions. In this book, she reveals the mysteries of the human body (gross, funny, or ugly!) to children and adults.With eye-opening questions, like “Why do toenails grow slower than fingernails?” and “Why do you have earwax?” to weird oddities, like “Why do some people have dimples?” and “Why do you get a headache when you eat ice cream too quickly?” Ditkoff also explains hilarious and bizarre anatomy “situations” that every curious kid wonders, from “If you put a pea up your nose, will it go into your brain?” to “If you eat Pop Rocks candy and drink soda at the same time, will your stomach explode?” With expert explanations throughout, Why Don’t Your Eyelashes Grow? is an entertaining potpourri of fun factoids packed with real information.
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Review
“Dr. Ditkoff’s informative and accessible book will save parents the embarrassment of making up mediocre answers to the often sophisticated questions children ask about the miracles of the human body. Pass along the knowledge with this well thought-out book.”
—Mehmet Oz, M.D., coauthor of You: The Owner’s Manual
About the Author
Beth Ann Ditkoff, M.D., is a former surgeon at New York- Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center in New York and coauthor ofThe Thyroid Guide.
Andrea Ditkoff is twelve years old and in the seventh grade and Julia Ditkoff is ten years old and in the fifth grade. They provided all the questions for this book.
Customer Reviews
No Illustrations
I got this book for a couple of little girls, age 6, because it got such rave reviews. While it does have great information, I was disappointed to find that it has no illustrations, just straight text. It would be so much more fun for kids if it did have at least little sketches to illustrate the information, especially since some of the answers are a bit technical for younger ones.
great gift
My grandchildren love this book. The little ones know that all of their questions will be answered and the big ones just love to read it.
Reviewed by Sabrina Williams for Breeni Books
With the aid of daughters Andrea and Julia, Beth Ann Ditkoff, M. D. has created an informal guide to the human body. Why Don't Your Eyelashes Grow? is filled with fun trivia and those sensitive questions children like to ask while grownups flounder around for answers. Even if we know the answers, as parents we sometimes have trouble forming that knowledge into a coherent response. Thanks to Ditkoff, it's all compiled within the pages of this handy book for easy reference.
The book is divided into four main sections, with an additional section for Bonus Body Trivia. "Your Body 101" leads the reader through basic facts, like why humans have earwax and what an Adam's Apple is. In "The Weird, The Ugly and the Downright Gross" Ditkoff tackles yuckier topics like nose hair, warts, and dandruff. "Body Afflictions and Everyday Strange Things That Can Happen" covers the many strange responses the human body has to external stimuli.
"Urban Myth and What If?" is greatly comprised of adages you likely heard from your mother at some point. Readers can find out if it really is bad to crack your knuckles or if you'll actually see better if you eat carrots. This can be an invaluable section for children because it will reveal if your parents are really putting you on about swallowing your gum or drinking 8 glasses of water per day. The truth is revealed!
The bonus trivia section seems dispensable. It contains only a sampling of questions compared to the first four sections. These are questions that could have been easily categorized within the earlier sections.
Almost every topic has a single dedicated page. Each one is referenced individually in the table of contents for retrieval. The writing is quite scientific at times and might have to be reworded for younger children, but the questions are certainly familiar. Even adult readers have probably wondered about a few of them now and then. Ditkoff relates in the introduction how many of her own patients, as well as friends and family, frequently ask her questions similar to those in her book.
Most of us go through life without fully understanding the mechanics of our bodies. Why Don't Your Eyelashes Grow? is a great way to familiarize ourselves with the complicated organic machines we rely on every day. Then when those curious inquisitors we know as our children stump us with new queries, we just might be able to dig up a meritable explanation.
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