Body Language #16
Rebecca Weber

Weber, Rebecca. (2005). Body language. Minneapolis: Compass Point.

Awards: Henry Bergh Children’s Book Award

Grade Level: Pre-2

Standards: Social Studies: Various cultures enjoy different styles of language communications.
(History, Social Studies)

Author’s Credibility: Rebecca travels to new places to learn about people and their daily lives. She acknowledges all credits for the photographs used in the book.

Access Features: Contents, index, author’s note, glossary, other books, and a chart of hand signs.

Summary: A simple book that tells how different body language can tell what people are thinking and feeling in other cultures. For example, people lean forward and smile to greet you when they are happy to see you. In Asian cultures, people bow to each other to greet you. But, please be reminded that looks can deceive you sometimes.

Illustrations: Photographs

Tone: Conversational; humorous

Voice: Enjoyment

Science Processes: Inferring, predicting, observing, classifying

Response: This is a good introductory book for the parts of the body. In the book, the children are doing things with their body parts such as waving their hands, bowing their heads, and shaking hands with each other. This is also a good time to talk about inappropriate touching.

Related Books: Body Language, Hossell Price; Body Language, Pam Robson