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Cover of Inside Me: Where Does It Go?, illustrated by Leah Bury
Inside Me · Book 3

Where Does It Go?

A bite of banana goes in, and the book follows it the whole way down the tube that runs through the middle of a child, stop by stop, until what is left comes out the other end.

$16.99Paperback, 44 pages
  • Ages2 to 5
  • Pages44
  • Size8.5 × 8.5 in, paperback
  • IllustrationFull color
  • Written byLeah Bury, PhD, cell biologist and science illustrator

Look inside.

Three spreads from the book, as printed.

Book spread: the stomach, illustrated in purple

The stomach, the third stop.

Book spread: the villi lining the small intestine, with nutrients above them

The villi in the wall of the small intestine, catching nutrients as they go past.

Book spread: the magnifying glass over the large intestine, showing gut bacteria

The bacteria that live in the large intestine.

About the book

What happens in it.

Chewed in the mouth, churned in the stomach into something like a smoothie, then broken down in the small intestine, where the body keeps the small pieces it needs and they become part of the child reading about them. The rest carries on into the gut, where trillions of bacteria live, and comes out the other end as poop.

Those small pieces are the nutrients, and the last stretch of the book gives each one a job. Sugar and starch for running around, fat for a brain that is still growing, protein for muscle and hair and skin, fiber for the bacteria.

Pack 6 · The Digestive Tract

Eight stops from mouth to gut, as printable cards, a matching game and coloring sheets. Free.

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