The smallest living part of your body is the cell, and your whole body—skin, bones, hair, and all the rest—is made of cells. This book tells the remarkable story of human cells—what they look like, how they live how they grow and multiply.

First it describes cells in general and the ways in which they are alike. Then it goes on to the very important ways in which they are not alike. Some cells form a protective covering for your body; others carry oxygen for all the cells; still others help you to hold the book you read and others tell you how it feels.

Through learning about cells, we really learn all about how our bodies work.

From the dust jacket