Asks the reader to identify various animals from descriptions of their noses and provides information about the physical characteristics and behavior of each animal.

Examines a variety of animal noses, noting how they look different and function in different ways. Animals shown include an elephant, a woodpecker, a platypus, a camel, an anteater, an elephant seal, and a hippopotamus.

Introduces baby animals and their different noses and feet in a guessing-game format.

A Newbery Honor Book. Sasha Zaichik has known the laws of the Soviet Young Pioneers since the age of six: The Young Pioneer is devoted to Comrade Stalin, the Communist Party, and Communism. A Young Pioneer is a reliable comrade and always acts according to conscience. A Young Pioneer has a right to criticize shortcomings. But now that it is finally time to join the Young Pioneers, the day Sasha has awaited for so long, everything seems to go awry. He breaks a classmate's glasses with a snowball. He accidentally damages a bust of Stalin in the school hallway. And worst of all, his father, the best Communist he knows, was arrested just last night. This moving story of a ten-year-old boy's world shattering is masterful in its simplicity, powerful in its message, and heartbreaking in its plausibility. One of Horn Book's Best Fiction Books of 2011

This book is full of nonsense rhymes by Edward Lear, who has delighted children for over 150 years; he is remembered for his nonsense drawings and verses. The author Alice Mills - who lectures in children's literature--retells these stories and rhymes.

Detailed, realistic illustrations of animals invite children to guess the animal and learn various facts about it.