SNEEZE!
By Alexandra Siy and Dennis Kunkel
Charlesbridge, 2007
Category: Elementary/Middle grade Non-fiction
Anyone remember Mosquito Week? About this time last year I was hip-deep in good mosquito books. I blogged about all three in the same week and, Voila, a theme week was born. Don’t worry, there are no immediate plans for Sneeze Week here on my blog. But I do want to praise the latest book from the team that brought the world MOSQUITO BITE; it’s called SNEEZE!
This is the sort of book that inspires me to keep recommending children’s books to the kids AND adults in my life. Dennis Kunkel’s electron micrographs give readers a seriously up-close look at the various icky things that tickle noses and bring on sneezes. Alexandra Siy’s text and captions follow the generation of nine different sneezes—from environmental cue to neuronal reaction to muscular response to splendid explosion. Cool concept, fabulous execution, incredible images and loads of neat sneeze information for curious kids … and adults.