What does your skeleton do?

Your skeleton helps you leap, somersault, and touch your toes—without it, you would be as floppy as a beanbag! There are over 200 bones living and growing inside you that make up your skeleton. There are also ligaments and joints that hold your bones together, and cartilage in your bendable parts like your ears and your nose. Learn all about what a skeleton can do—because this isn\'t some make-believe Halloween skeleton, this is the real skeleton inside you.

About the Author

True Kelley has illustrated many favorite books for children in her fun-filled watercolor style, including several in the Let\'s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series. She and the author previously collaborated on What Makes a Magnet? and What the Moon is Like True Kelley lives in Warner, New Hampshire.