Packed with amazing facts and eye-grabbing images, Your Breathtaking Lungs and Rocking Respiratory System takes a different approach to teaching the reader about the lungs and how and why we breathe.

Every spread opens with an amazing science fact about the human body - for example - An average person breathes around 8,000-9,000 litres of air in a day! - then goes on to explain how scientifically this is possible. By exploring these attention-grabbing sections, readers will build up their understanding of how the body's lungs and respiratory system work.

Detailed diagrams and amazing images illustrate the lively, factual text. Your Breathtaking Lungs and Rocking Respiratory System looks at the structure of the lungs and the process of breathing. What happens when we breathe in? What actually is a sneeze? Why is breathing in harder than breathing out? Why does talking depend on breathing? Answers to all these questions and many more can be found in this fascinating title.

The Your Brilliant Body series includes:
'See for Yourself' features - practical activities that help readers understand key ideas
Amazing fact panels to intrigue the reader
Advice on keeping in good shape, and warnings about common health problems.

This book is part of a book series called Your Brilliant Body .

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2016 by Hachette Children's Group .

Paul Mason is an experienced freelance writer and editor of a variety of children's information books.

This book has the following chapters:

• 1: Your Breathtaking Lungs
• 1: Nostrils and Mouth
• 1: Down the Hatch
• 1: One at a Time, Please
• 1: Around the Lungs
• 1: Breathing - IN
• 1: Oxygen Delivery, Waste Collection
• 1: Breathing - Out
• 1: What's in a Sneeze?
• 1: Lungs for Talking
• 1: Breath Control
• 1: Lung Trouble
• 1: Maintenance and Servicing