There’s always more to learn about the brain and nervous system! Check out these cool books and websites to continue exploring the amazing world inside your head…
Human Brains
- The Adventures of Your Brain by Dan Green (2017)
- The Brain by Seymour Simon (2006)
- My First Book About the Brain by Patricia Wynne and Donald Silver (2013) – coloring book!
- The Great Brain Book by H.P. Newquist (2005)
- The Human Brain Book by Rita Carter (2014)
- The Human Brain in 30 Seconds by Clive Glifford (2018)
- It’s All in Your Head: A Guide to Your Brilliant Brain by Sylvia Funston & Jay Ingram (2005)
- The Owner’s Manual for Driving Your Adolescent Brain by JoAnn and Terrence Deak (2013)
- What Goes On in My Head? by Robert Winston (2016)
Animal Brains
- Beastly Brains by Nancy Castaldo (2017)
- Unseen Rainbows, Silent Sounds: The World of Animal Senses by Susan Goodman (2008)
- You Can’t Use Your Brain If You’re a Jellyfish by Fred Ehrlich (2014)
Diseases, Injuries, & Health
- All About Sleep from A to Zzzz by Elaine Scott (2008)
- Fourth Down and Inches: Concussions and Football’s Make-or-Break Moment by Carla Killough McClafferty (2013)
- Gareth’s Guide to Becoming a Brain Surgeon by Joan Stoltman (2017)
- Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science by John Fleischman (2004)
- Why We Cry: The Science of Tears by Matt Lilley (2019) – others in this series include Why We Laugh, Why We Worry, Why We Rage, and Why We Love
- You Wouldn’t Want to Live Without Pain! by Fiona Macdonald (2016)
Games & Illusions
- Brain Games: The Mind-Blowing Science of Your Amazing Brain by Jennifer Swanson (2015)
- Fooled Ya!: How Your Brain Gets Tricked by Optical Illusions, Magicians, Hoaxes & More by Jordan Brown (2017)
Graphic Novels & Fiction
- The Baffling Case of the Battered Brain by Pendred Noyce (2014)
- The Brain: The Ultimate Thinking Machine (Science Comics) by Tory Woollcott (2018)
- Neurocomic by Matteo Farinella and Hanna Ros (2013)
- Survive! Inside the Human Body: The Nervous System by Gomdori Co & Hyun-Dong Han (2013)
Websites
Get Involved!
- Frontiers for Young Minds – 1st scientific journal edited by kids
- Mozak – help scientists trace real neurons online
- Stall Catchers – help scientists study Alzheimer’s disease online