"This photo-illustrated book for young readers describes how tasting works and the different types of tastes in our food." --

Uses bright illustrations and simple statements to teach kids about the sense of 'taste.' Provides a diagram of the tongue and its taste buds with its locations for sour, salty, bitter, and sweet tastes.

Can you describe how the flavor of halibut differs from that of red snapper? How the taste of a Fuji apple differs from a Spartan? For most of us, this is a difficult task: flavor remains a vague, undeveloped concept that we don't know enough about to describe - or appreciate - fully. In this delightful and compelling exploration of our most neglected sense, veteran science reporter Bob Holmes shows us just how much we're missing. Considering every...

Introduces young readers to the sense of taste. Engaging photos show kids using their mouths in relation to real world experiences like smiling and eating a spicy pizza.

Introduces the 4 basic tastes, sweet, sour, bitter, and salty, along with 15 other types of tastes and textures, such as spicy, cold, and crunchy. Recipes and activities are included.

Teaches young readers about the sense of taste.

Text and illustrations present things that taste sweet, sour, salty, delicious, and terrible. Included is a picture of the tongue and a short explanation of our sense of taste.

Explores the sense of taste and the body parts used to produce it as well as its relationship to smell.