Follow Your Nose: Discover Your Sense of Smell (Five Senses) - Softcover

Cobb, Vicki

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761319786 ISBN 13: 9780761319788

Publisher: Millbrook Pr, 2003

Synopsis

Examines the sense of smell, how the nose detects different odors, and how we react to different smells, and includes simple experiments to test the sense of smell.

About this title

From Booklist

Reviewed with Vicki Cobb's Your Tongue Can Tell.

Gr. 3-5. Hip collage and lively text combine in these Five Senses volumes, written in the second person. The text weaves basic concepts into anecdotes and suggestions for easy experiments, which are illustrated with kitchy, irreverent collages contributed by Cynthia Lewis. In nostalgic images and edgy humor, the art sometimes sacrifices clarity for style: text explaining how the body processes scent, for example, is accompanied by an unlabeled image resembling an old medical illustration, which adds to the design but doesn't really give young readers an understanding of the physiology. Most likely, though, these books, with their easily replicable experiments and lighthearted blend of fact and humor will engage children and prompt them to move on to more substantive volumes. Gillian Engberg
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Review

(** review)..entertaining and colorful...I recommend the volume for all children, especially those who shy away from science. -- Science Books & Films November/December 2000

..... few other books can match ... the sheer sense of fun that accompanies a solid piece of learning. -- Library Talk, September/October, 2000

About this edition

• Publisher: Millbrook Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0761319786
• ISBN 13: 9780761319788
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Lewis Cynthia Copeland