BY: Ray Santana

_______________Brain______________________ Book Review

Book information: This book explains many parts and functions of the brain and what it contributes to
the human body

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Review Information:

Your name(s) Ray Santana, and chandler Seivers

Class period: 1st

Date: 3/9/11

Overview:

This author of this book is: Walker, Richard. The book “Brain” is nonfiction, and gives very helpful
information on the brain to help people have a better understanding on how the brain helps the body.
The theme of the book is informational. If you want to learn really helpful information about the body
you can go to a local media center and look up “under the microscope” And select what part of the body
you want to read about.* The author in this book gives truly amazing facts about the Brain, and
describes a lot information to the reader. The author will tell you everything you need to know about
the brain and gives captions on what their explaining so the reader can have a better understanding
about that topic on the Brain. This author also includes pictures on every page so while reading the
reader can create a mental image in their brain so they will have more understanding of parts of the
brain.

Purpose:

The author’s purpose of creating this book is to inform the reader on the Brain, to also inform the reader
of the parts of the brain and functions, and to describe how the brain works. The author wanted to
shock the reader on some facts we would never think of are brain doing such as controlling are whole
body basically. The author did a wonderful job explaining the facts and the showing pictures that help
describe the topic. The book also has captions to tell side information of a story.

Background information

Richard, Walker is editorial consultant and author of DK's encyclopedia of the human body. Richard Walker
trained officially as a zoologist, and after a while he gained his PhD in physiology and biochemistry, and taught
both secondary school and university students for a number of years before embarking on a successful career
as a writer and consultant. Among his human biology books for DK. Richard Walker has also written man other
books on the human body. Richard Walker enjoys telling information about the body because he enjoys explain
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the information and believes that the body is very important to learn and know about. Richard Walker has also
written books on Health and science in his life.

Evaluation

Describe the book: The book is very entertaining for me because I got to learn information and very
helpful facts that I would have never expected the brain could do. I enjoyed reading this book because I
like to know what my brain does for my body, and what functions does it control. I would have never
imagined that the brain controls both sides of my boy and my functions also. I only thought the brain
stores information and holds memories from the past, I also only thought the brain helps us gain
knowledge. What also surprised me is the brain is divided into two parts. I enjoy reading books that I
learn helpful information from and will benefit me in some of my academic classes.

Respond to the author's opinions: I agree with all the information the author gives, for the in order to
get a book published the information has to real. I don’t think a smart author like Richard Walker would
waste his time and make up information for other people. I really don’t disagree with any information
because me myself doesn’t know that much information about the brain and what the brain does. But
after reading I gained a little more information and knowledge about the brain. Explore issues the book
raises: The book suggest and wants us to learn and retain all the helpful information the book gives us.
The book doesn’t specifically tell us what particles of what the brain is made of. Such as is the brain
made up of all blood or is the brain made up of meat? The book needs to tell us so the reader will know.

Relate your argument to other books or authors: Other books or internet sources will tell us what the
brain is made up of, so the book is not explaining this information readers will not want to read this
book. Instead other people will want to go on the internet in order to get all the information about the
book. Relate the book to larger issues: The only way this book “brain” affected me was it had some
pictures that look weird and nasty? Know I have learned facts so all my opinions have been changed to
facts due to reading this book. The only way it is the same with my agenda is it has words and pages.
This book can be very useful if you want to learn information about the brain.

Summary

The book “Brain” is a very good source to help readers learn about the brains functions and much more.
One big fact of the brain is the right side of the brain controls your left side of the body. Without a brain
no human could live.