Your Body and You: Looking After Your Body

Description

A look at how to take care of your amazing body Your body is fantastic! You need to look after it well so it will last you through your whole life. Discover how to take care of your body by getting enough rest, eating well and taking enough exercise. But remember you also need to look after your mind and mental health - and this book will show you how. Your Body & You takes a look at our bodies, taking a less strictly scientific and more PSHE-friendly approach and encouraging readers to appreciate just how special their body really is. Core information on nutrition, exercise and sleep is balanced alongside more challenging issues, such as looking after your mental health, body privacy and how to have a positive body image. Titles in the series: Your Body & You: You're Unique! Your Body & You: Looking After Your Body Your Body & You: Growing & Changing Your Body & You: Body Privacy

Anita Ganeri is an award-winning author of children's information books. She has been a writer for 20 years, after working in-house for Usborne Publishing and Walker Books. She specialises in the natural world, religion and mythology but is always looking for new challenges. Among her many titles are the best-selling 'Horrible Geography' series for Scholastic Children's Books which won the Blue Peter Book Award for the Best Book with Facts in 2009 and the Tivy Education Medal from the Royal Scottish Geographical Society for an outstanding contribution to geographical education. Anita lives in northern England with her husband, children, dogs and cat. She enjoys reading, walking the Moors, playing tennis and dreaming of winning Wimbledon.