This is a story for those who want to understand themselves — with love, not recriminations.
A boy named Timian goes on a journey through magical cities inside his own body. He meets heroes — a stomach-professor, a sleep hormone, a little girl called Fibre and a drop of water — who help him learn how the body works, why emotions, food, sleep and self-care are necessary.
No diets, scaremongering or boring explanations — just warmth, play and knowledge that stays in the heart.
For children from 7 years old and parents who care about being there for them.
Foreword from the author
When my children were young, I — like many mums — often told them: “that’s not healthy”, “you can’t have that”, “eat your vegetables — it’s good for you”.
But at some point I noticed that there was no real understanding behind the words. There are rules, but no desire to follow them.
And then I realised: for a child to want to take care of himself, it is necessary not to forbid, but to show how everything inside him lives, works and tries. To tell not “how to do it”, but why it is important. Through a story, a game, images that will be remembered.
That’s how this book came about.
It’s not about diets or correctness. It is about the body as a wonderful world with magical cities where everything is connected: food, emotions, sleep, movement and even thoughts.
I wrote it to make it interesting for children to learn about themselves. And to make it easier for parents to talk about these important topics.
With warmth,
Alisa Miroshnichenko
BodyKnowledge is a journey inside ourselves —
into a world where organs speak
and food becomes
