Dogs vs. Humans
A Showdown of the Senses
- Publisher
- Owlkids Books Inc.
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2025
- Category
- Dogs, Biology, Zoology
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781771475785
- Publish Date
- Mar 2025
- List Price
- $22.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781771477215
- Publish Date
- Mar 2025
- List Price
- $19.99
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 6 to 9
- Grade: 2 to 4
Description
Whose five senses are superior: dogs or humans?
In a showdown of the senses, who would come out as top dog: canines or humans? This junior nonfiction book for ages 6 to 9 creates a fierce but fun competition, comparing the ways dogs and humans perceive the world through each of the five senses: sight, smell, taste, touch, and hearing.
As dogs and humans are playfully pitted against each other, with one round for each sense, young readers will discover the scientific and evolutionary explanations behind our differences. It’s a close race! Humans win for sight, with better depth perception, distance, and color vision. But dogs are stronger sniffers—with their noses, some can even locate people buried in an avalanche or detect an illness before a doctor has diagnosed it. And the winner is … Well, in the end, it’s a tie!
With lively, cartoon-style illustrations, this book is an engaging and informative introduction to dog behavior that can help kids better understand and appreciate their canine companions.
About the authors
Stephanie Gibeault is an award-winning freelance writer who lives just outside Toronto, Canada. As both a biologist and a professional dog trainer, she’s been swarmed by monkeys, grumbled at by gorillas, and covered in fur and drool. Now Stephanie writes books for children that feature tooty humor or science. She’s usually found reading her latest work out loud and laughing at her own silly jokes. She hopes her neighbors can’t hear! Visit her at stephaniegibeault.com and on Twitter @GibeaultWrites.
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BAMBI EDLUND is an illustrator, writer, and peanut butter sandwich enthusiast living on the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia. She spends much of her time drawing, sculpting, and chatting with the various critters that live nearby. She is determined to someday teach a raccoon to juggle ... but so far they just roll their eyes at her and steal her oranges.
Editorial Reviews
"A tasty morsel for dog owners and dog lovers."
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