I’ve been trying to figure out how to go about locating a book from childhood. It was in the vein of Richard Scarry as far as similar illustrative style though it wasn’t focused on learning individual words. (The age range was basic reading level, thinking somewhere between 5-9?) There were descriptive informative blurbs/individual paragraphs and corresponding artwork. The one illustration I remember in detail pertained to what happens when you cut your finger (or maybe just get a cut anywhere). The red vs white blood cells fighting it out, etc. I vaguely recall it being oversized with a sky blue base color and variously illustrated on the covers. The overall theme seemed to be life/the world/perhaps how things work? I was reading this somewhere between 1986-1990. I fear this is likely not enough information though I appreciate the effort to help solve this book hunt.
Stump the Bookseller
New format, same book stumper solving.
99% positive this is “Joe Kaufman’s How We are Born/How We Grow/How Our Bodies Work/And How We Learn”. Has the red and white blood cells with swords like you describe.
Copyright 1975. I still have mine from when I was a kid.
Addendum to previous post. I got the swords part wrong – that was a different picture. But here are the blood cells fighting infection so you can see if this is what you remember:
http://mooman.com/kaufmanbook.jpg
Another footnote (and hopefully my last): your comment about “the world/how things work” makes me think you’re overlapping it with another book of his: “Joe Kaufman’s What Makes It Go?/What Makes it Work?/What Makes it Fly?/What Makes It Float?” that looks inside all sorts of inventions and devices to see how they work. That one has a bright yellow cover.