The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Rundgren, Helen

The World's Best Noses, Ears, and Eyes

24 pp. | Holiday | July, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8234-3161-8 $16.95

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Ingela P. Arrhenius. Framed as a competition wherein various animals (most native to the U.S.) boast of the prowess of their sensory organs, this book supplies information about, for example, a moth's "antennae noses," a bat's echolocation ears, and a giraffe's "elevated eyes." Bright cartoons illustrate the lighthearted text. Perhaps disappointingly, no conclusions are reached--except that "pretty average" humans lack a single standout sense.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian