My Noisy Body

Helping launch the Body Works series, this informative guide explores the facts behind “burps, hiccups, stomach growls, and farts.” Weissman’s cartoons depict wafting fumes and awkward glances as Fromer and Gerstein discuss what causes these sounds. Readers will learn that “when you burp, you’re releasing nitrogen and oxygen back into the air;” and that stomach growls are caused by swallowed air interacting with food and digestive fluids. Also, termites fart more than any other animal (who knew?). Out simultaneously: My Stretchy Body, My Messy Body, and My Achy Body. Ages 6–9. (Sept.)