"In simple language, explains how the tongue works to help us taste. Describes how nerves in the tongue send messages to the brain to tell us what we taste"--.
Simple text and color photographs depict children exploring sweet, sour, salty, and spicy foods with their sense of taste. Includes a picture glossary.
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.
"Textures and pull tabs enhance the action, and laughs flow lickety-split as a cast of cavorting creatures proves that tongues can do much more then taste?"--P. [4] of cover.