Power Up

Description: From the team behind the popular and award-winning "A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars" comes a powerful picture book that explores the relationship between the human body and all the energy it takes to make it go. Full color.

Brief description:

Isabel Greenberg goes through 57 paintbrushes in a year and draws for 6 hours a day with 4 to 5 cups of tea to keep her going. She has written 2 graphic novels and illustrated 5 books for children. She lives in London. www.isabelnecessary.com

Review Quotes:

"Fishman begins this work with an unbelievable but true statement about how there is enough energy in a person's pinkie finger to power a large city for an entire day. ...A great introduction to human physiology that affirms just how special our bodies are." - School Library Journal

"The creative team behind A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars turns from astronomical bodies to the human body. . . .An inspirational companion to traditional health books and mindfulness activities." - ALA Booklist

"Math and science enthusiasts, this one's for you! . . .Parents and kids alike will appreciate the book's exhortation to stay curious. A fresh, scientific look at one aspect of the incredible human body." - Kirkus Reviews

"The text presents information with clarity, humor, and, above all, wonder--both at the amazing human body and at everything it allows the child reader to do, think, learn, and discover." - The Horn Book

"Your pinkie, this innovative book explains, 'has enough energy to light up one of the biggest cities in the world' for a day. Fishman and Greenberg (A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars) turn something kids instinctively understand - the energy in our bodies - into a lesson in biology and physics, and the real importance of food and sleep." - New York Times Book Review