Children will love this book about animals and plants that do things to avoid predator attacks by using terrible smelling functions such as vomiting, spraying, or natural odors. It offers fun facts and information about everything from animal waste in general to plants that are naturally smelly to animals that use scent as a deterant to their natural predators. It provides ares that readers can find little known facts or additional fun facts about the subject. It also provides multiple choice questions for readers throughout the book and provides the answers and fantastic "odor-rific" vocabulary at the end of the book.
Media: Photographs
Genre: Informational ("The greater moon rat, the world's largest insectivore, also gives off a foul stench...its defense is to give off a rotten garlic smell.") ( )

A favorite of mine in the area of gross science. This is STEM book. Each Chapter begins with a huge comic book like heading followed by a magazine-like spread about something relating to the heading. It should lend itself well to kids who enjoy reading National Geographic Kids and Ranger Rick. It is the first book I have seen with a section (albeit a small one) dedicated to bird nostrils!

Love the cover, love the book. It's one smelly adventure after another and will definitely enjoy an audience with middle school students. Great for a read aloud, it will hold interest and create a lot of oohs and yucks. The glossy pages are solid backgrounds in lime green, orange, white and baby blue with large headlines and the writing is 14 pt. easy to read with double spacing between lines. The photographs are first-rate, page layouts are eye catching without being distracting and the text is scientific yet accessible and relevant to the whole planet! Marilyn Singer's meticulous research is extensive and this book is a real stinker ( )