A group of kids play and move all through the book. Along the way, it explains how bones, muscles, the heart, lungs and brain all work together when we move. It ends by encouraging kids to keep their busy bodies moving every day.

The girl starts with the outside, her skin, then moves inside to her bones, muscles, heart, lungs, brain and tummy. Each page explains in a sentence or two what that part does, like how her heart pumps blood and her lungs breathe in air. The cheerful pictures show each part in a way that's clear, no

A boy walks us through his five senses: seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching. For each one he shows what he notices with that part of his body, like seeing the moon, hearing a dog bark or touching a kitten. Near the end, he shows how he often uses more than one sense at a time.

If you want a book that gets your kids giggling and naming body parts, this is it. I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont, illustrated by David Catrow, is sung to the tune of "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More," and it's impossible to read without singing.

Pat Hutchins wrote some of the most loved picture books for little kids, and Ten Red Apples is a perfect end to Apples week. It's a counting book, a farm book and a read-aloud that practically asks you to use silly voices.

Two sisters watch the apple tree in their yard change with the seasons. In winter it's bare. In spring, leaves and blossoms come out, and a pair of robins builds a nest in its branches. The sisters watch the tree and the robins change together through summer. By fall, the apples are ready to pick, a

Some books are about apples. This one is about the person who grows them. Apple Farmer Annie by Monica Wellington follows a busy farmer through her work, from the orchard all the way to the market.

If your toddler has ever asked, "Where do apples come from?", this is the book for you. How Do Apples Grow? is part of Jill McDonald's Hello, World! series, sturdy board books that explain real science in words little kids understand.

There's no sitting still for this one. In From Head to Toe, Eric Carle's animals show off how they move their bodies, and then ask your child, "Can you do it?"

If there's one book we'd want every kid to hear on repeat, it might be this one. I Like Myself!, written by Karen Beaumont and illustrated by David Catrow, is a joyful, rhyming shout of self-confidence.

In short, bouncy rhymes, the book celebrates bodies of every shape, size and color. There's curly hair, straight hair and no hair. There are freckles, birthmarks, scars and stretch marks, big bellies and small ones, and bodies that use wheelchairs, glasses or hearing aids. The illustrations are pack

If you've seen a Todd Parr book, you already know the look: thick black outlines, bright colors, and characters that seem to be grinning right at you. The Family Book is one of our favorites of his, and it was an easy pick for the first week of the year.