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Terrific Tongues!
Author
Illustrator
Jia Liu
Publication Date
April 03, 2018
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction / K − 1st
Language
English
Format
Picture Book
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Description
This fascinating and whimsical nonfiction picture book uses humorous comparisons and playful artwork to teach children the unusual ways that a variety of animals--from woodpeckers to snakes to bats--use their tongues to find food, eat, and clean themselves. In this nonfiction picture book, kids will learn about the woodpecker, which uses its tongue to burrow for insects under tree bark; the okapi, which can wash its face and ears with its tongue; and the octopus, which uses its tongue to drill holes in shells. Through debut illustrator Jia Liu's bright, playful collage artwork, readers can imagine what it would be like to have a tongue like a sword, like a straw, or like a party blower, among many other silly and illuminating comparisons. The back matter expands on each animal tongue's unique abilities and includes information about other fun tongues, too.
Publication date
April 03, 2018
Genre
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781620917848
Lexile Measure
600
Publisher
Astra Young Readers
BISAC categories
JNF051150 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Zoology
JNF003000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | General
JNF051030 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Anatomy & Physiology
JNF003000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | General
JNF051030 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Anatomy & Physiology
School Library Journal
PreS-Gr 3--An expressive monkey acts as a guide to the animal kingdom's most interesting tongues. Liu chooses the monkey's own mouth to illustrate, literally, the many things a tongue is similar to--straw, sword, nose, and mop. In each instance, Gianferrari's simple analogy appears in large font with a humorous illustration. "If you had a tongue like a sword, you might be a..." In the first example, the monkey's tongue is actually a sword as he dukes it out with a fencer. On the following page, we discover the answer, "Woodpecker!" and see a rendering of a woodpecker in its natural habitat, its long pointed tongue stabbing underneath the bark of a tree. A short paragraph explaining the workings of the animal's tongue is embedded within the illustration. Readers will enjoy finding the monkey in each habitat, too. Eleven creatures are featured in similar fashion. Back matter offers greater detail and also explains the workings of the human tongue. The appealing cover and bright, cheery illustrations will capture the attention of even casual browsers. VERDICT A fine addition to early nonfiction collections.--Lisa Taylor, Florida State College, Jacksonville
Copyright 2018 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission. Maria Gianferrari
Maria Gianferrari lives in northern Virginia with her scientist husband, artist daughter, and rescue pets, Becca the dog and Lucia the rat. She has written several books for Roaring Brook Press, including Bobcat Prowling, Hawk Rising, and Hello Goodbye Dog.
Maris Wicks is a writer and illustrator of science comics, as well as a self-proclaimed gigantic nerd. She has written, drawn, and colored comics for First Second Books, New England Aquarium and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, as well as Spongebob Comics, Marvel Comics, and DC Comics.