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novelZane's Trace.He is a member of Poetry Alive!,a national touringcompany that presents theatrical poetry shows for all ages.He beganworking on The Blood-Hungry Spleen while teaching a sixth-gradelife-science course.The class created a life-size body chart with a poemfor each part,and since then,he says,\"the human body has provedto be an infinite universe of poetic inspiration.\"Allan Wolf lives inAsheville,North Carolina,with his wife and three children.  \nWhen Greg Clarke first read this collection,he was drawn tothe whimsy of the poetry.About his illustrations,he says,“It was funto personify body parts and a challenge to figure out how to depicttheir more delicate functions.\"Greg Clarke works as an editorialillustrator for magazines and has illustrated two other children's books.He lives in Newbury Park,California,with his wife and two children.  \nThe  \nBlood-HungrySpleen  \nand Other Poems About Our Parts  \nAllan Wolfillustrated by Greg Clarke  \nCANDLEWICK 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Wonder*3737Kidney Trouble·38  \nMoving the Food Along·40Consider the Anus·41  \nBody Chemistry  \nYour HormonesAre Exciting·42  \nThe ProductionDepartment  \nBoy Parts·44Girl Parts·45  \nThe Cells That MakeusYou and Me·46  \n# BRAIN\n\nLUNGS  \nELBoWHEARTLI VER  \nKIDNEySKNEEBL○ODBoNES4  \n# OurAmazing Body Language\n\nOur amazing body language!It's the way the body talks.Not so much the words it uses,but the way it ticks and tocks.For its parts all work togetherlike a tight self-winding clock.Hooray for our amazing body language!  \nSometimes our body talk is loud:a sneeze,a burp,a cry.  \nSometimes our body talk is soft:a beating heart,a sigh.  \nSometimes the talk is soundless asa silent blinking eye.Hooray for our amazing body language!  \nOur body parts are singing outin choral harmony.  \nThe liver,kidneys,bones,and blood,the lungs,brain,elbows,knees,and every other part of us:a body symphony.  \nLet's hear it!Our amazing body language!Let's cheer it!Our amazing body language!Hip-hip-hooray for our amazing body language!  \nSkin  \nIt's on your face.Beneath your hair.It's here.It's there.It's everywhere.It's on your elbows and your knees.It covers those.It covers these.It hangs on tight beneath your shirt.It's in the dark beneath your skirt.It heals itself when it gets hurt.Your skin.Your skin.Your skin.You've basically two layers of skin.The outer layer is very thin.The epidermis is its name,  \nyour largest organ,so they claim.The surface of this layer is dead.And though you cannot see it shed,it does,while brand-new cells are fedfrom just beneath your skin.  \nThat's where the second layer lies,the dermis,and it's just your size.It senses pressure,pain,and touch.It sweats when you play ball and such.It holds the hair tight to your head.Pierre,Rosita,Franz,or Fred,each body on the planet's spreadwith skin,with skin,with skin.  \nIt covers these.It covers those.It's on 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