Publisher: Cavendish Square

Copyright Date: 2019

Edition Date: 2019 Release Date: 01/15/19

Pages: 32 pages

ISBN: 1-502-64214-X

ISBN 13: 978-1-502-64214-1

Dewey: 573.8

LCCN: 2018026118

Dimensions: 23 cm.

Subject Heading:
Taste. Juvenile literature.
Senses and sensation. Juvenile literature.
Animals. Juvenile literature.
Taste.
Senses and sensation.
Animals.

Language: English

Bibliography Index/Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Word Count: 1,837

Reading Level: 3.9

Interest Level: 2-5

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 3.9 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 199362 / grade: Lower Grades

Guided Reading Level: J

The sense of taste helps animals determine what is delicious, and what is deadly. Animals have evolved a wide variety of taste preferences and abilities. For instance, an octopus has ten thousand taste buds on each one of its arms' suckers; a bison has a great knack for using taste to avoid toxic plants while grazing, and gorillas and chimps like sweet-tasting food. With interesting, easy-to-understand text and vivid pictures, this book explores the many ways animals use taste to perceive their world. The text is easily accessible, with informative sidebars and fact boxes to hold young readers' interest. Maps and diagrams stimulate curiosity, while a glossary helps build vocabulary. Readers will be fascinated comparing animals' sense of taste to their own.