By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review
Published: July 22, 2011
Reading Level: 6-10
Paperback: 38 pages
Series overview: The HBD stories feature Merrin and Pearl, sisters who find they have an ability to magically enter different systems in the body to solve health mysteries. Through the girls’ action packed adventures as Human Body Detectives, readers learn how the various body systems work and which foods best fuel each system.
Case 1. The Lucky Escape: An Imaginative Journey Through the Digestive System
Case 2. Battle with the Bugs. An Imaginative Journey Through the Immune System
Case 3. A Heart Pumping Adventure: An Imaginative Journey Through the Circulatory System
About the author: Dr. Heather Manley, who in 2001 received her medical degree from the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Oregon, is a practicing physician whose primary interest is preventative healthcare for families. She is the author of Human Body Detectives, her children’s educational series of story-telling books, ebooks, and iphone/ipad apps. She also promotes wellness and naturopathic healthcare on her website drheathernd.com. She lives on the Big Island of Hawaii with her husband and two daughters, and is currently at work on the next Human Body Detectives adventure.