Who's Making That Big STINK?!

Eww! Who smells like rotten eggs and smelly feet? Yuck! Whose burps smell like cow poop?

Find out which animals stink (and why) in this reeky, cheeky guessing game for ages 3-7.

Animals make all sorts of smells for all sorts of reasons! Can you guess the stinker from its stink? Simple clues and laugh-out-loud art make this guessing game perfect for rowdy read-alouds. Fun facts from a world-class zoologist reveal the science behind the stink.

Readers are introduced to:

• Striped skunk
• Stink bird
• Musk ox
• Corpse flower
• Bombardier beetle
• Sea hare
• Binturong

A celebratory pinch of the nostrils to 13 particularly aromatic members of the plant and animal kingdoms.
Chen’s animated images depict comically paw-waving or otherwise disturbed-looking wild bystanders asking some variation on the titular question. Lunde begins by highlighting odiferous overachievers—from the fabulously feculent striped skunk to the bombardier beetle (which sprays an irritant from its rear when disturbed) to—representing the plant kingdom—the evocatively named corpse flower. From there he moves on to strong but less offensive tangs such as the binturong’s popcorn smell, the beaver’s vanilla-scented “goo,” and the flowery oil that male ring-tailed lemurs rub on their tails to attract mates. The author admits that the purple clouds emitted by sea hares may or may not carry a smell but do somehow distract predatory spiny lobsters. In the same crowd-pleasing vein, he brings his redolent revue to a close with an appropriately waggish salute to the hippo, who flings poop with its whirling tail and so makes the dung hit the fan. Though otherwise naturalistically placed and posed, Chen’s creatures bear almost human expressions, and many are wreathed in visible swirls of funk.
A gleeful gallery for any reader with a nose for nature.
—Kirkus ReviewsDarrin Lunde is the collections manager in the Division of Mammals at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. He has written several books introducing animals to children, including the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor book Hello, Bumblebee Bat, as well as Whose Poop Is That? and other books in the Whose Is THAT? series.

Erica J. Chen enjoys creating fresh illustrations full of fun details and awkward but loveable animals. She is the illustrator of Who's Making All That NOISE?!, Purr-Im Time, Oh Deer!, and other picture books.
www.ericajchen.com