The Vertebrate Skeleton

"The Vertebrate Skeleton" by Sidney H. Reynolds is a deep dive into the bony frameworks of animals with backbones, introducing readers to the world of exoskeletons, endoskeletons, and the history of how we have come to learn about them. The book kicks off by explaining what a skeleton actually is, defining it as the sturdy stuff that keeps an animal's insides safe, and puts skeletons into two main bins: those on the outside and those on the inside; starting with the skeletons of simpler creatures and working its way up to trickier ones like the Dogfish, Newt, Frog, and Dog. Reynolds makes sure to give a good outline of the many different vertebrate groups, so that beginners and scientific experts alike can follow along.