What is your body trying to tell you? A rumbling tummy, goosebumps, a racing heart: they’re all clues. Body Detective! invites kids to put on their detective hats and decode the signals their body sends, through playful riddles with pull-tabs that reveal the answers.
This book teaches interoception, the sense that helps us notice what’s happening inside our bodies: hunger, thirst, cold, tiredness, calm and big feelings. Many kids, especially autistic and sensory-sensitive kids, find these signals hard to read. Body Detective! makes it concrete and hands-on, and it reassures kids that there are no good or bad signals. They all help us take care of our bodies.
Lift-the-flap games at the back reinforce what kids learned, and endnotes give parents, teachers and therapists more information about interoception and how to support kids who feel overwhelmed.
Winner of Good Housekeeping’s 2024 Best Kids’ Book Awards. School Library Journal calls it “a must-have for most libraries.”
Sturdy board book, 22 pages, 8.8 × 8.8 inches
Pull-tabs and lift-the-flaps for hands-on learning
Teaches interoception and body awareness
Endnotes for grown-ups on supporting sensory needs
Written by Janet Krauthamer, illustrated by Christiane Engel
What is your body trying to tell you? A rumbling tummy, goosebumps, a racing heart: they’re all clues. Body Detective! invites kids to put on their detective hats and decode the signals their body sends, through playful riddles with pull-tabs that reveal the answers.
This book teaches interoception, the sense that helps us notice what’s happening inside our bodies: hunger, thirst, cold, tiredness, calm and big feelings. Many kids, especially autistic and sensory-sensitive kids, find these signals hard to read. Body Detective! makes it concrete and hands-on, and it reassures kids that there are no good or bad signals. They all help us take care of our bodies.
Lift-the-flap games at the back reinforce what kids learned, and endnotes give parents, teachers and therapists more information about interoception and how to support kids who feel overwhelmed.
Winner of Good Housekeeping’s 2024 Best Kids’ Book Awards. School Library Journal calls it “a must-have for most libraries.”
Sturdy board book, 22 pages, 8.8 × 8.8 inches
Pull-tabs and lift-the-flaps for hands-on learning
Teaches interoception and body awareness
Endnotes for grown-ups on supporting sensory needs
Written by Janet Krauthamer, illustrated by Christiane Engel
