Benbrook Public Library

I can see! I can hear! I can taste! I can smell! I can touch! Children love to explore. Each day brings new sights and sounds, new things to smell and taste and touch. Aliki's simple text and colorful art introduce young children to the wonder of the five senses and what they reveal about the world around us.

"The Earth teems with sights and textures, sounds and vibrations, smells and tastes, electric and magnetic fields. But every animal is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of an immense world.This book welcomes us into a previously unfathomable dimension-the world as it is truly perceived by other animals. We encounter beetles that are drawn to fires (and fireworks), songbirds that can see the Earth's magnetic...

Explains what the sense of taste is and explores different flavors.

"Combining simple text with gorgeous photos, the latest addition to Jane Brocket's Clever Concepts series encourages children to use all five of their senses (and the corresponding body parts associated with those senses) to investigate the world around them."--

Provides information about the five senses, contains lyrics to a related song, and includes music notation, a glossary, and suggested books and Internet sites.

"All the ways and places that wild exists in our world and where you can find it"--

Perfect for fans of The Soul of an Octopus and The Genius of Birds, this "revelatory book" (Sy Montgomery, New York Times bestselling author) explores how we process the world around us through the lens of the incredible sensory capabilities of thirteen animals, revealing that we are not limited to merely five senses. There is a scientific revolution stirring in the field of human perception. Research has shown that the extraordinary sensory powers...

"Hear introduces the earliest readers to the sense of hearing and common sounds with a supportive first nonfiction reading experience. Carefully crafted text using high-frequency words and repetitive sentence patterns combines with strong visual references to support emergent readers, making sure they aren't facing too many challenges at once. Hear includes tools for teachers as well as introductory nonfiction features such as labels, a table of contents,...

Find out how you can use your nose to find out if something smells good or bad.