Whose Furry Nose?: Australian Animals You'd Like to Meet

by Henrik Drescher

Before turning each page, the reader is invited to guess the partially-shown Australian animal which will be revealed on the next page.

33 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1987

About the author

Henrik Drescher was born in Copenhagen and immigrated to the United States in 1967. He began a career in illustration as a young man and has been traveling throughout the United States, Mexico, Europe and China, creating massive journals of notes and drawings wherever he went.

His books are held in the collections of the Library of Congress, the Museum of Modern Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Rijks Museum in Den Haag, Netherlands. He has received numerous other honors including two awards from the Society of Illustrators.

Reviews

[Helen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book introduces the reader to Australian animals. It is a simple book, for preschoolers or for older kids learning to write paragraphs or essays.

[Ronyell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Once again, Henrik Drescher introduces the animal world to us as we now explore the various animals from Australia! “Whose Furry Nose?” like its predecessor “Whose Scaly Tail?” features the same young boy and his fascination with the animals in Australia which is brought to you by Henrik Drescher! “Whose Furry Nose?” also has cute illustrations like its predecessor “Whose Scaly Tail?” but the story is a bit too simplistic for many children to handle.

This book is once again about a young boy meeting various animals, except this time, the animals he encounters are in Australia!

I really did enjoy Henrik Drescher’s illustrations in this book as they are extremely cute and detailed just like in “Whose Scaly Tail?” and I was relieved in seeing the appearance of the young boy from “Whose Scaly Tail?” since I enjoyed his enthusiasm in exploring different animals in Australia or everywhere he goes and it was nice seeing his father in this book since it made the illustrations even more cute to look at. My favorite images in this book were of the numbats and the yellow belly gliders as they look extremely cute. Also, I loved the information key about each animal introduced in this book that Henrik Drescher provided at the end of the book since I wanted to learn more about each animal in this book and I am sure that children will enjoy reading about what these animals eat.

Like its predecessor, the only problem I had with this book was that it was not informative enough in describing about what part of Australia the animals live in and how they protect themselves from enemies, since I was always intrigued in seeing how animals protect themselves in the wilderness. I also thought that there should have been more creativity to this book, even though this is strictly an informational book.

Overall, “Whose Furry Nose?” may have cute illustrations and three years old might enjoy this book because of its simple content, but for older children and adults like myself, this book might be a bit too boring to sit through.

[Dani · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cute picture book of Australian animals. Drescher introduces each animal by a distinguishing feature and then reveals the animal on the next page. The illustrations are playful, but the nerd in me wanted more facts about each creature than were provided on the last page that summarized all of the animals.

However, if a kid is really interested in Australian wildlife, I would recommend Caroline Arnold's Australian Animals, which has huge full-color photos of animals and is packed with interesting information about the animals and their habitat. It's just the sort of book, I would have loved to read as a kid, studying each illustration carefully and memorizing all the facts. Heh. I guess I was a weird kid.

Also, the Zoobooks series is fantastic for young animal lovers. The books are full of beautiful photographs and animal facts. I'm pretty sure there are 1 or 2 books about Australian animals in that series.

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