The Horn Book Guide

TECHNOLOGY

Berger, Melvin , Berger, Gilda

Why Don't Haircuts Hurt?: Questions and Answers about the Human Body

48 pp. | Scholastic | August, 1999 | Library ISBN 0-590-13079-X $$12.95 | Paper ISBN 0-439-08569-1 $$5.95

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Karen Barnes. Included are such questions as "What gives hair its color?" and "What makes you dizzy after you spin around?" The format dictates that the explanations be brief and therefore not always as clear as they could be. Detailed illustrations accompany the text, which will provide readers with some basic information about human anatomy. Ind.

Reviewer: Elizabeth Howard