"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to the sense of taste. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by the publisher.
Snorp, who enjoys his job, friends, and life in the big city, but has problems with his extra long tongue that always gets in the way, approaches his cousin Barker for a solution to his situation.
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.
Examines taste as one of the five senses, looks at the different parts of the tongue, and explains how the tongue, nerves, and brain work together to allow people to taste food.