My Itchy Body
By (Author) Liza Fromer
Illustrated by Joe Weissmann
Tundra Books
Tundra Books
15th August 2012
Canada
General
Non Fiction
616.5
Hardback
24
Width 218mm, Height 215mm
287g
Young children are full of questions about how their bodies work. With straightforward, easy-to-understand language and a playful attitude, Liza Fromer and Francine Gerstein MD have collaborated to create books packed with solid information about the intricacies of the human body. My Itchy Body is a fact-filled book about everything that itches: the causes, the cures, the myths and the reality. Medically accurate information is presented in fun and lively text, and illustrated with a comic touch.
LIZA FROMER is a parent and widely respected broadcast journalist who earned a degree in Radio and Television Arts from Ryerson University. She has hosted Citytv's "Breakfast Television" and the SLICE network's "The List." She has also worked with the Discovery Channel and CBS Newspath Los Angeles. Currently, she is the host of "The Morning Show" on Global Television. Liza Fromer lives in Toronto. FRANCINE GERSTEIN MD is a parent and practitioner of familyand cosmetic medicine who earned her doctorate at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine. She is a member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, the Ontario Medical Association, and the College of Family Physicians of Canada. Francine Gerstein lives in Toronto. JOE WEISSMANN was born in Austria and grew up by the Mediterranean Sea in Israel. He came to Canada when he was eleven and studied at both Le Musee des Beaux Arts and Concordia University in Montreal. An award-winning illustrator, he has had a distinguished career as an illustrator in advertising as well as in magazine and book publishing.