The New York Times bestseller now available with beautiful full-color illustrations for young
readers! Explore the amazing ways animals see hear and feel the world with Pulitzer Prize
winner Ed Yong. Did you know that there are turtles who can track the Earth's magnetic
fields? That some fish use electricity to talk to each other? Or that giant squids evolved
their enormous eyeballs to look out for whales? The world is so much BIGGER and more "immense"
than we humans experience it. We can only see so many colors we can only feel so many
sensations and there are some senses we can't access at all. Exploring the amazing ways
animals perceive the world is an excellent way to help understand the world itself. And this
young readers adaptation of the mega-bestseller An Immense World is perfect for curious kids
and their families. Sure to capture young readers' interest it is filled amazing animal facts
and stunning full-color illustrations. Along the way are tons of amazing animals facts: Did
you know that leopard pee smells like popcorn? That there is a special kind of shrimp whose
punches are faster than a bullet? That it's important to take your dog for dedicated "smell
walks?" Want to know the real reason zebras have stripes? (hint: it's not for camouflage)? Pick
up this enthralling and enormously entertaining book to find out! A Junior Library Guild Gold
Standard Selection
