The Brain and Nervous System (Understanding the Human Body)

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Summary: Disturbing image ruins it
Review: This book may be well-written enough, but one thing keeps me from ever recommending it to children. There is a picture in this book with a racoon in the foreground and a masked surgeon in the background looking at the raccoon while holding up a knife. The raccoon is in clear focus and looks very sad. The caption for the picture reads "To test this raccoon for rabies, a researcher prepares to remove some of the animals brain tissue." I just don't see any reason why this picture should be in this book. It's fine to talk about it since it relates to the brain, but why should we have an illustration of a raccoon who is about to get his brain cut open? Children may be very upset by this image.