The Horn Book Guide

SCIENCE

Cusick, Dawn

Get the Scoop on Animal Puke!: From Zombie Ants to Vampire Bats, 251 Cool Facts About Vomit, Regurgitation, & More!

80 pp. | Charlesbridge/Imagine | September, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-1-62354-045-6 $14.95

(3) 4-6 Addressing the ick factor first, Cusick helps readers take this initially offputting subject seriously. Her colloquial treatment, which covers subtopics such as defensive vomiting, regurgitative feeding, pellet expulsion, stomach ejection, and cud and courtship emesis (i.e., vomiting), is accessible and accurate. The numerous illustrations--mostly color photos--evince ingenious photography. Interviews with a veterinarian and a physician conclude the volume. Reading list. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian