Pee-yew!: The Stinkiest, Smelliest Animals, Insects, and Plants on Earth!: Ages 9+

by Mike Artell

Hold your nose as you learn about stinkbugs, skunk cabbage, turkey vultures, cockroaches, corpse plants, skunks and many more animals, insects and plants that just plain stink. You'll be amazed to learn why even the worst smells are important to life on earth. Chock full of smelly facts about stinkly creatures and plants! Learn about your own sense of smell. A national Sense of Smell Day? Read all about it. Find out how the turkey vulture chases away predators - it's disgusting! Can you guess how many smell receptors a rabbit has? How far can a skunk squirt its spray? You'll be surprised. Imagine Darkling beetles do a walking headstand as they release a foul smell. Find out why bats pollinate the fruit of the durian tree. Full-color throughout, Pee-Yew! is illustrated with art, cartoons, and photographs. GDY426

96 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2006

About the author

Mike Artell is a multi-award-winning author, illustrator, musician and professional speaker.

Mike has hosted his own television show and has created cartoons for many national publications and greeting card companies. Mike’s first children’s books were published in 1990 and since then, he has written and/or illustrated more than 40 books. Many of Mike’s books have won awards. Most recently, his book PETITE ROUGE – A CAJUN RED RIDING HOOD was named 2009 Read Aloud Book of the Year by the National Association of Elementary School Principals.

Over the years, Mike has shared his techniques for thinking, writing and drawing more creatively with hundreds of thousands of students and teachers at schools in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Mike also stays busy as a platform speaker addressing many education, healthcare and association groups.

Mike lives in Covington, Louisiana with his wife Susan, a retired science teacher and middle school librarian. They have two grown daughters and 5 grandchildren.