Book Review

What's the size of your fist, beats 60 to 100 times a minute, and has four chambers? The mighty heart! This book, The Heart: Our Circulatory System, gives really great information about the heart.

I really liked The Heart because of the good information with great photographs to go with the text. On the other hand, what I didn't like was how much of the book told about blood; I wanted more information about the heart. The information was presented in a good way, it wasn't confusing and it was organized too. Sometimes new information was introduced before the old was explained. That was sort of annoying. I would want to know more about my heart, it is so cool.

The Heart has really detailed photographs. They help show what the book is telling you about. Some pictures aren't as clear as others because they are photographs of arteries and veins or other pictures that are hard to photograph. They are pretty easy to see, they don't have too much information or too little. The pictures are all the right size and color. They are accurate and very appealing. The photographers did a great job to make the heart come alive.

The heart is an amazing muscle. I would give this book a 5 out of 5 star rating. This is a great book. Since the heart is so interesting, read more about it in this great book. I think 3rd through 6th graders would enjoy this book best because of all the complex information. I would recommend this book to my friends.

~ Michelle Brann, Harpswell Islands School