Your Amazing Digestion from Mouth Through Intestine

“Digestion’s an amazing feat!/ It transforms all the food you eat.” Writing almost entirely in verse, Settel takes readers on a fascinating, fact-filled tour of the digestive system. Organized into five parts, the book considers nutrition, tasting, swallowing, “gurgling, gassy stomach soup,” and waste. Narrative sidebars featuring “cool facts” appear throughout, while small sections explore concepts by responding to imagined questions posed by children. Settel remarkably manages to maintain the text’s rhyme structure without sacrificing scientific detail or vocabulary (later emphasized with a detailed glossary). She also doesn’t shy away from tackling the grosser aspects of digestion (diarrhea, vomiting, and farting all find their place). Björkman’s pen, ink, and watercolor scenes break up the text and counterbalance the book’s advanced content with exaggerated humor. A one-stop rhyming shop for all things digestion. Ages 8–up. (July)