Nose Knows: Wild Ways Animals Smell the World

Description

Take a fresh look at the world from an animal's perspective. In this fun flap-filled book, you'll learn how smell plays a key role in the lives of animals and shapes their behaviour and relationships. Each flap reveals the hidden side to each environment only perceptible through smell. Watch a polar bear track its prey beneath the ice, join a column of marching ants, and learn how to say hello to a family of forest piglets. Anything is possible when you follow your nose!

Emmanuelle Figueras was born in French Guiana. While studying law in Paris, she discovered a passion for writing, popular science and the animal world. She went on to study gorillas in Rwanda, took a course in primatology and became a journalist and author. She writes about animals and science for numerous French magazines and is the author of over 50 books for both adults and children. She lives near Montpelier in France. Claire de Gastold was born in Paris in 1978. Her work has been published in magazines and she has illustrated several children's books. She lives near Paris in France.

"Many lift-flaps offer titbits of astonishing facts in a truly marvellous book with outstanding illustrations by Claire de Gastold." * Irish Examiner * "Brilliant, just brilliant Claire de Gastold's illustrations are beautiful, clear and informative." * Just Imagine * "Wonderfully entertaining and informative ... An ingenious, interactive way of learning that is not to be sniffed at." * Lancashire Evening Post * "A fascinating insight into the noses of wild animals and the extent to which their sense of smell operates. There are plenty of strange-but-true facts that will appeal to young readers." * Armadillo Magazine * "In this fascinating book the reader is invited to 'take a fresh sniff at the world from an animal's perspective' and explore the different roles that a sense of smell plays in shaping animal behaviour and relationships ... Supported by full-colour illustrations, the reader's interest is further sustained through the use of flaps which when lifted often reveal surprising facts." -- Carolyn Swain * English 4-11 Picture Book Editorial Board * "The 'lift the flaps' were great fun, but also very informative ... The illustrations are also wonderful and, in fact, make this book something of a showpiece. The drawings are fun, yet accurate and life-like, adding to the educational value of the book." -- Charlotte Townsend * The English Association *