Whose Nose?

by Sue Tarsky, Michael Garton (Illustrator)

Overview

Babies can spot the differences between animals and people in this pure fun book with a built-in guessing game and underlying educational aspect. Straightforward words and appealing, large illustrations bring smiles and chortles, a perfect opportunity for parents to cuddle up with little ones.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807590478
Publisher:	Whitman, Albert & Company
Publication date:	10/01/2019
Series:	Whose are These?
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	24
Lexile:	NP (what's this?)
File size:	7 MB
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Born in New York City, Sue Tarsky lived and worked as a children's book publisher for many years in London. She now lives and works in Chicago.

Michael Garton graduated with a BA Hons in Illustration in the UK and is an experienced children's illustrator. He lives with his girlfriend and their dog in the UK where he enjoys his work and the beach.

Editorial Reviews

2019-06-30
Partial views of several animals highlighting noses ask readers to guess the name of each based on a singular descriptive word.

Opposite concepts are presented for each pair of noses, as in the opening pages: "big nose / tiny nose." The rather substantial nose of a proboscis monkey is on the left page, and the wee snout of a mouse is on the right. The full animal is never revealed in the black-outlined full-bleed paintings, requiring a guess of the animal's name. So for the proboscis monkey, a portion of its face and body are shown, while for the mouse, just its whiskered nose peeks out from behind a rounded mouse hole. Readers must refer to the endpaper key to confirm the correct answers. The concept continues throughout, pairing shapes, sizes, and other nose-related features. The simplicity of each two-word phrase with its hidden picture provides opportunities for discussion. The familiar animals will be easily identified, while the lesser known, such as the "narrow nose" of a shrew or the "red nose" of a mandrill, will need some contemplation. Similarly, Whose Tail employs the same strategy; tails are drawn from a fairly easy mixture of farm and zoo animals except, perhaps, for the meerkat. Both end with human portrayals, Nose showing a man's mustachioed nose and a child's freckled one (both are white) while Tail depicts children of color, one with no tail and the other wearing a fox costume with a big bushy tail.

A fun and interactively informative introduction to the animal kingdom. (Informational picture book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews