Lena Anlauf

Sep 10, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Lena Anlauf |Marshall Yarbrough |Joanna Rzezak |Vitali Konstantinov

by Lena Anlauf ; illustrated by Vitali Konstantinov ; translated by Marshall Yarbrough ‧The creators of Genius Noses (2023) present a populous gallery of land animals with prominent ears—long, large, tufted, hidden, false, and sometimes red. The three examples in the “Sometimes Red-Eared” section—Tasmanian devils, black rats, and humans—point to a common theme: External ears serve multiple purposes beyond amplifying outside sounds.

Jun 8, 2023 | kirkusreviews.com | Lena Anlauf |Joanna Rzezak |Zaila Avant-garde

On the nose for young naturalists. A prodigious portrait gallery of prominent proboscises. Digging deeply into the world’s wild animal populations, Konstantinov picks a plethora of notable noses to depict in face-forward postures, from members of the elephant and pig families on down to elephant seals, anteaters, star-nosed moles and molelike desmans, shrews and their cousins, aptly named Pinocchio frogs of New Guinea, Madagascar leaf-nosed snakes, and snout beetles.