{"id":5849287367,"title":"The Circulatory Story","handle":"the-circulatory-story","description":"\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: \u003ca title=\"Mary Corcoran\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/mary-corcoran\"\u003eMary K. Corcoran\u003c\/a\u003e \/ Illustrated by: \u003ca title=\"Jef Czekaj\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/jef-czekaj\"\u003eJef Czekaj\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHop a ride with a red blood cell!\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER DESCRIPTION BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimple, humorous text and comic illustrations explain the basics of the circulatory system - the systemic, pulmonary, and coronary circuits. 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Camping trips with her large family were a great opportunity for a young girl fascinated by the natural world and interested in the sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMary studied Biology at the City University of New York-Lehman College and did her student teaching at the Bronx High School of Science. 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Camping trips with her large family were a great opportunity for a young girl fascinated by the natural world and interested in the sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMary studied Biology at the City University of New York-Lehman College and did her student teaching at the Bronx High School of Science. 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A Zeric-award-winning collection of the first 3 years of this strip has been collected in a book of the same name (Top Shelf). 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In the big, labeled cartoon illustrations a small, green Shmoo-like creature rides a red blood cell down a river of plasma (\"YEE HAW!\"), \"passes gas\" to a body cell in exchange for a bag of CO2, sits back to watch as white blood cells and platelets race to a skinned knee, then threateningly wards off a cheeseburger and other fatty, arterial plaque-causing foods. Corcoran's breezy commentary lays out the whole 60,000-mile system in easy-to-understand terms, giving readers a chance to add words like \u003ci\u003eerythrocyte\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eleukocyte\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003esino-atrial node\u003c\/i\u003e to their personal lexicons and closing with well-chosen books and Web sites to spur further investigation. 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The Circulatory Story

By: Mary K. Corcoran / Illustrated by: Jef Czekaj

Hop a ride with a red blood cell!

Simple, humorous text and comic illustrations explain the basics of the circulatory system - the systemic, pulmonary, and coronary circuits. Readers follow a red blood cell on its journey through the body, and in the process learn how the body combats disease, performs gas exchanges, and fights plaque.

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Mary Corcoran, author

Mary Corcoran grew up in Mount Vernon, New York. Camping trips with her large family were a great opportunity for a young girl fascinated by the natural world and interested in the sciences.

Mary studied Biology at the City University of New York-Lehman College and did her student teaching at the Bronx High School of Science. After working as a Student Conservation Association volunteer at Acadia National Park in Maine and at Badlands National Park in South Dakota, Mary moved to Colorado Springs and dedicated her life to teaching science.

Read more about Mary.


Jef Czekaj, illustrator

Jef Czekaj is a cartoonist, musician, and poster artist who lives and works in Somerville, Massachusetts.

His adventure comic strip, Grandpa and Julie: Shark Hunters, is read by over a million children monthly in Spanish and English in Nickelodeon Magazine. A Zeric-award-winning collection of the first 3 years of this strip has been collected in a book of the same name (Top Shelf). His self-published comic Hypertruck has been called "the funniest indie-obsessed subcultural screed ever photocopied" by the Seattle Stranger.

Read more about Jef.

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Showing why "it's great to circulate," the author and illustrator of The Quest to Digest (2006) take young readers on an equally engaging ride through the heart, lungs, arteries, veins, capillaries, and back again. In the big, labeled cartoon illustrations a small, green Shmoo-like creature rides a red blood cell down a river of plasma ("YEE HAW!"), "passes gas" to a body cell in exchange for a bag of CO2, sits back to watch as white blood cells and platelets race to a skinned knee, then threateningly wards off a cheeseburger and other fatty, arterial plaque-causing foods. Corcoran's breezy commentary lays out the whole 60,000-mile system in easy-to-understand terms, giving readers a chance to add words like erythrocyte, leukocyte, and sino-atrial node to their personal lexicons and closing with well-chosen books and Web sites to spur further investigation. An irresistible invitation to go with the flow.

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ISBN: 978-1-58089-209-4

E-book
ISBN: 978-1-60734-180-2 PDF

Ages: 8-12
Page count: 44
1/2 x 11