AUTHOR: Dr. Ryan
Dr. Ryan grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, as one of seven children in a home that valued health, learning, and service. From a young age, he felt a strong desire to help others, which led him to pursue a career as a family medicine physician. Now a father of four energetic boys with whom he has read bedtime stories for years, Dr. Ryan combines his love for teaching and medicine to inspire the next generation. Through his books, he hopes to spark curiosity and encourage children and their families to care for their bodies and appreciate how truly amazing they are.
PUBLISHED BOOKS
Why Your Body Is Special Series:
Your Digestive Journey!
Take an exciting trip through your body in Why Your Body Is Special: Your Digestive Journey!
From your very first bite to the final step of digestion, this fun and rhyming story guides young readers on an amazing adventure through the digestive tract. Along the way, kids will discover how their body turns food into energy, meet each part of the digestive team, and learn simple, healthy habits that keep their tummy feeling great.
Packed with kid-friendly facts, engaging activities, and easy-to-understand explanations, this book helps elementary-aged children build curiosity, confidence, and appreciation for how their bodies work. Because when kids understand their bodies, they learn just how special they really are!
Why Your Body Is
Special Series:
Your Mighty Muscles
& Bones!
Part of the Why Your Body Is Special series, Your Mighty Muscles & Bones! helps children discover the incredible teamwork inside their bodies. Children will come to know how muscles help them move, how bones give shape and protection, and how these body parts work as a team. With rhyming text, fun facts, and playful activities, this book makes learning about the body exciting and easy to understand.
Why Your Body Is Special Series: The Skin You’re In!
A perfect read for families, classrooms, and pediatric offices, The Skin You’re In! is the fourth book in the Why Your Body Is Special series. It’s a fun, rhyming introduction to our body’s largest organ, the skin. Through playful language and kid-friendly facts, young readers learn how skin protects the body, helps us feel the world around us, and comes in beautifully unique colors. With simple science, healthy-habit reminders, and an uplifting message of self-confidence, this book helps children appreciate their bodies while learning how to care for them.
Why Your Body Is Special Series:
Your Boss, the Brain!
Your Boss, the Brain!—the third book in the Why Your Body Is Special series—invites children on an exciting, rhyming adventure inside their own heads! With bright, bouncy verses and fascinating fun facts on every page, Dr. Ryan makes science both simple and spectacular.
Through kid-friendly explanations of the cerebrum, cerebellum, brainstem, and more, kids discover how their amazing brains help them think, move, feel, and grow. Each page encourages curiosity and confidence, showing young readers that their brains are powerful, one-of-a-kind “bosses” that work hard every day!
Parents, teachers, and young scientists alike will love how this book blends imagination with real anatomy, turning big medical ideas into kid-friendly education. Complete with fun facts, healthy brain activities, and a special Brain Hero certificate, this book inspires children to care for their minds and believe in their brilliance. Your Boss, the Brain! proves that learning about the human body can be just as fun as using it!
Why Your Body Is Special Series:
Your Lungs at Work!
Why Your Body Is Special: Lungs at Work! is a delightful and engaging journey through one of the most important parts of the human body—your lungs! Dr. Ryan combines catchy rhymes, colorful illustrations, and fun facts that make learning about breathing exciting and easy for young readers.
Each page takes children on an adventure inside their chest, explaining how lungs help them run, sing, play, and even sleep. With playful language and a lovable lung character leading the way, this book turns complex science into simple and smile-worthy fun. It not only teaches children how their lungs work but also encourages healthy habits and body appreciation. It’s a must-have for classrooms, libraries, and bedtime shelves alike.
Why Your Body Is Special Series:
Your Amazing Heart!
Why Your Body Is Special: Your Amazing Heart! is a fun and educational journey into the hardworking world of the human heart. Written in playful rhyme and paired with vibrant, child-friendly illustrations, this book introduces young readers to how the heart works, why it’s important, and how to keep it healthy. With fun facts, engaging visuals, and hands-on activities, children will learn that their bodies are incredible, and their hearts are true heroes! Perfect for families, classrooms, and curious kids everywhere, this book encourages lifelong habits of health and wonder.