"Another brilliantly funny and highly educative medical guide from bestselling doctor and stand-up comedian"
Following the enormous success of Kay’s Anatomy, this is another tour-de force of informational writing. Children will be rolling around with laughter at all the gags, including a scribbled commentary from Great Aunt Prunella, who does not approve of the author’s obsession with farting and poo, and the hilarious comic strips and copious illustrations from the talented Mr Paker. But don’t be fooled – they will be learning an enormous amount about how humans came to understand the workings of the human body and how to fix it when it went wrong.
Kay obviously relishes the ridiculous theories that abounded from ancient times through to relatively recent history and the frankly bizarre and terrifying treatments that were developed, as well as having a sincere respect for the pioneers who took the science forward. There is a great Doctorography section at the end to remind readers of all the stories they have read in the course of chapters which look at different parts of the body as well as individual sections on Surgery, Infections and Genetics.
Each chapter ends with a look at the Future and Adam’s Answers where he explains facts and fallacies too good to miss out! The pioneers of medicine generally have a little feature Five Facts and A Lie about them, so the author is actively encouraging critical reading as he does with True or Poo fact boxes about some familiar misconceptions.
He is also at pains to highlight the women who, despite being banned from medicine throughout most of its history nevertheless managed to innovate and discover.
In a hugely enjoyable, page-turning read, this librarian particularly enjoyed he fact that the excellent index also contained jokes. Do see if you can spot them!
The brand-new, hilarious book from bestselling, record-breaking author Adam Kay.
The brand-new, hilarious book from bestselling, record-breaking author Adam Kay. The olden days were pretty fun if you liked wearing chainmail or chopping people's heads off but there was one TINY LITTLE problem back then . . . doctors didn't have the slightest clue about how our bodies worked.
Kay's Marvellous Medicine is aimed at readers aged 8 and over.
Kay's Marvellous Medicine features in the following genres: Popular Science, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science: The human body, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Body and health, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Humour and jokes, Children’s / Teenage reference: Subject-specific reference, Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Science: general issues, Mathematics and Science, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science and technology, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage: Personal and social topics, Children’s / Teenage reference material
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Kay's Marvellous Medicine was written by Adam Kay and published by Puffin an imprint of Penguin Random House Children's UK
Kay's Marvellous Medicine has 404 pages
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