As a teacher/librarian who loves the brain and finds it fascinating. This was a great, informative book about the brain. Each page is filled with awesome facts about how our brain functions. In addition, the book also has a 'brain lab section', which has simple activities that tell how our brain operates. Overall, this book would be of interest to kids who want to know more about how their bodies function. I would highly recommend it to curious kids.

This mid-length book is an interesting one for older school-aged children (late elementary) to learn more about what's literally going on inside their heads. Younger readers (like my 7-year-old) can enjoy pieces of this with guidance from an adult. The color images are engaging enough.

The book is split into three sections for ease of use.

Thank you NetGalley for an advance copy of the ebook in exchange for my honest review. I purchased a copy for my library.

Thank you to Netgalley and to the publisher for giving me an advanced copy of this book to read and review.

'You & Your Strange Brain: A Book of Brains, How they Work, and Sometimes Don't' by Clive Gifford and Anne Wilson is a non-fiction book about our brains for younger readers.

The book is divided in to three sections then divided in to quick chapters that include pictures, descriptions and even fun experiments to do. Along the way, the reader will learn what the brain operates in the body, how a brain develops over the years and how the brain works to protect us and help us be creative.

I liked this science book for younger readers and even did a few of the experiments as I reviewed the book. The information presented is in digestible chunks and includes color illustrations.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Quarto Publishing Group - QEB Publishing, words & pictures, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.

A book full of information. For kids who love a busy page and can fully absorb themselves in a page. Great information and good prompts for family or school discussions.

My son found this fascinating, as did I. Informative, funny, and lots of info in bite sized chunks, this was a great way to introduce more in depth information on our brains to pre-teens and teens.

This was a fun read for a teacher who loves learning about the brain and sharing information with students! The illustrations were lots of fun. Perfect for elementary and middle school classrooms!

A great informative book about the brain. Each page is filled with awesome facts about how our brain functions. In addition, the book also has a 'brain lab section', which has simple activities that tell how our brain operates. The book is filled with great illustrations. In general, I felt that every page has a ton of information and it would be better for younger kids to read by themselves if the material is spaced better. Overall, this book would be of interest to kids who want to know more about how their bodies function.

What a lovely book for young and curious minds!
It's not overly complicated, so the young audience can understand all the concepts however, I liked to read it along with my kid to add something or explaining if he had questions. We both had fun reading it.

What a fun book! It's colorfully illustrated and full of interesting facts that will teach kids while also entertaining them. Happily recommended.

I find I am fascinated by brain science, mostly because there's still so much we don't understand. There's constantly more to learn. This book has loads of little facts, from simple biology to the complexity of thought, to historical events and what they taught us about the brain. Obviously none of it goes into a lot of detail but it's a solid and engaging introduction with plenty of examples. The pages are well designed and each spread has a unique design without ever becoming chaotic or confusing.

Great information in a fun and interesting format that I feel most adolestants will grasp. Younger kids may not get it as well but parents or caregivers could easily make it more understandable and simple for them as well. I loved the illustrations with the content. I feel is a great book for this time of covid and staying indoors more. An oppurtunity to really feed kids brains especially with the little lab activites for kids to test their own brains. I feel anyone could learn more fun knowledge about our brains in this book.

Well, brain is not strange, is just complex and there is yet not a full way of understanding how it really works. However, it´s a long way since the times when the Egyptians pulled the brains out through dead people nostrils before starting the mummification process, as they considered this part of the body disposable and completely uninteresting. This book explores in an easygoing way while maintaining the scientific standards and language. It´s a perfect additional material for mid-grade students, which makes easy an overview of the various functionalities and everyday human challenges of the brain. It shows, for instance, how the brain works, what the sleep cycle is important, and how to maintain the memory and your brain fit - some useful exercises and resources at provided at the end of the book. It makes it a good basis for further academic research and investigation for the little curious minds.

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This is a really well written and illustrated non-fiction book about the brain, and even I as an adult felt like I learned some new things! I like how there is not too much text per page, but that it doesn't compromise the facts presented! Everything is well explained and the examples given to make it more understandable are well selected. I would really recommend this to anyone!

I really enjoyed this book and it was full of facts and the images are wonderful!

They whole layout of the book was perfect - it was great and I can see this one being a hit with children aged 9-13, which is the main target audience!

That said I read it as an adult and thought it was fab so can see it being one to pick up really for all ages if you want a quick understanding on what the brain is all about!

It is 5 stars from me for this one – very highly recommended!!

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This book is full of colorful illustrations and lots of information. It's got some humorous text. I think this is the perfect mix to keep kids interested in reading. It's hard to keep kids interested in non-fiction, but this book will.

Thank you to the publisher and author for providing me with a digital ARC of this title via Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.

I work as an elementary school librarian and am always on the lookout for new books to add to our library. It is an added bonus when I can find a nonfiction title that the kids will actually want to read. You & Your Strange Brain fits that bill. The title is catchy and would appeal to kids. The illustrations are fun and really colorful. I really like the type format used as it appears more like a graphic novel or like the records books that are so popular. Instead of a lot of text to read, kids can find pictures or subjects that are interesting to them and read the little blurbs there. This is an interesting, appealing, fun and best of all educational book that I would happily purchase for my students.

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

You and your strange brain is a bright and interesting book for children aged approximately 9-13 years. This quirky book is jam packed with interesting information for children (even i learned things as an adult!) and brilliant illustrations throughout.

I loved how the book explained things in a child friendly way that was informative yet also fun and easy to follow and understand. I also enjoyed the small experiments dotted through the first half of the book for children to try themselves such as the two noses experiment. I can't wait to try these with the children I work with in September as well as my own little one who will love trying them out.

This book is sure to be a hit with children and adults alike and is educational to boot too!

What do you know about your brain? It is one part of our body that we are still learning about though we already know a lot. Reading this book will show you how the brain works. Did you know the brain controls your actions? This book will give you many facts. It includes fun brain tests to do and the answers. It has a selection of books to read if you want to know more about the brain.. there is a glossary included. There is an index too. I learned a lot about the brain myself! This is a fun book that may inspire you to become a scientist or doctor.

First of all, I would like to thank @Netgalley and Clive Gifford for the gift of this advanced reader copy in exchange for a fair review.

You and Your Strange Brain is a cute little non-fiction book probably best pitched for the age 9-12 age range. The book was filled with chunks of information about the brain and its functions, which smoothly followed on from the segment before. It also included lots of activities you could try out on the spot to test the information you had been given. Another cute little feature is that it beautifully decorated in colourful pictures that fill the whole page and are very engaging.

Taken from the book:
Dizzy Directions
Lift your right foot off the floor and rotate it clockwise at a regular pace. Now draw the repeated number sixes in the air with your right index finger, starting at the top of the number. After a few sixes, look down at your foot... (Gifford, C, 2020)

I read this book with my children who are slightly younger than the age I believe it best suits but they were absolutely thrilled with it. My 5-year-old was inquisitive and formed logical questions to explore certain subjects further. And we all enjoyed trying out the little experiments. Overall, I give this book 5/5 stars. The language, pace, level and content was consistent throughout.

This is a well written, well-illustrated book that talks about the physiology of the brain as well as some of the more important functions it performs such as filling in optical illusions, controlling emotions, and replacing memories. As an adult, I enjoyed it and would have loved to explore the topics in greater depth but understandably, I am not the intended audience. I was also pleased to learn interesting facts that hadn't been part of my curriculum.

I feel You and Your Strange Brain made a moderate subject area for the age group, a very interesting topic in digestible bite-size pieces. It is a great piece of extracurricular learning material for a child interested in biology whilst still being a fun and interesting read for an absolute beginner. I think children would love this read as much as parents wanting to read it with their children.

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