Introducing The Body Buddies: A 5-Book Children's Series by Julie Telgenhoff

 

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Most of us grow up learning the basics of the human body. We learn that the heart pumps blood, the lungs help us breathe and the stomach digests our food. But how many of us were ever really taught about the lymphatic system? What about fascia, the connective tissue woven throughout the body? 

These systems play important roles in how our bodies function, yet many people reach adulthood knowing almost nothing about them. 

 That realization became the inspiration for The Body Buddies book series. I wanted to find a way to introduce these ideas to young children before words like lymphatic system, fascia and cellular waste ever had a chance to sound complicated. 

The solution was to turn the body into something almost every child understands: a house. 

Inside the Body House, the cells become the rooms. Celly and Shelly live there and, just like us, they need food and water to do their jobs. They also make waste that has to be cleaned up. Bud represents the blood. His job is to bring oxygen, water and nutrients to the cells, so in the Body House it made perfect sense for Bud to be connected with the kitchen. 

Lynn, Patrick and the Lymphettes represent the lymphatic cleanup system, collecting extra fluid and waste and helping keep the Body House clean. Their world becomes the cleanup and bathroom side of the house. 

Then there is Ms. Fascinista, who represents fascia. Her stretchy connective web runs throughout the Body House, surrounding, supporting and connecting everything together. She helps children see that the different rooms and Body Buddies are not isolated from one another. 

They are all part of one connected body. 

That is really the message behind the entire series. The human body is not simply a collection of separate parts. Everything works together. And by using a house, lovable characters and a little bathroom humor, The Body Buddies gives young children a simple way to begin understanding the incredible body they live in. 

 My hope is that The Body Buddies series sparks curiosity and helps kids grow up feeling connected to and amazed by the incredible bodies they live in. 

You can download the first book in the five-part Body Buddies series, My Cells Poop & Pee ...Just Like ME!, for FREE here: https://payhip.com/b/YNtAm

If you enjoy the first book, each additional book in the five-part Body Buddies series is available for just $2.99 here: https://payhip.com/TheBodyBuddies

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