The introduction to this fascinating celebration of animal senses opens with a scenario: a school gym filled with an elephant, mouse, robin, owl, rattlesnake, spider, and mosquito, and the question of how they perceive each other. Readers might have guesses as to how the animals smell, taste, hear, see, and feel; but those are not the only senses at work. Each of these creatures utilizes sensory tools beyond those of humans, such as tiny vibrations on the spider’s web, or the Earth’s magnetic field directing the robin to a south-facing window. Brisk, tidy chapters with generous color illustrations highlight familiar and novel senses. In a chapter about color perception, for example, readers learn that pollinators see ultraviolet (UV) light, making their perception of flowers radically different from humans’. In contrast, rodents might only have black-and-white vision, but they only need to see the outline of predators. Sidebars detail various concepts, such as how some humans, like artist Claude Monet, develop UV vision. Field notes capture Yong’s travel and interactions with different animals around the world, such as the time he put his hand in an aquarium with a mantis shrimp to experience its powerful punch. Implicit throughout the text is the message that there are many ways to sense and experience the world, including by members of our own species.

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 • A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year