Central Skagit Library District

A child experiences a flower by seeing its colors, smelling its fragrance, and imagining a tiny world within it.

"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...

A journey into the science of the sense of taste outlines principles in neurobiology and modern food production to reveal the broad range of factors that can affect one's appreciation of what is consumed.

"The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project discovers a surprising path to a life of more energy, creativity, and love: by tuning in to the five senses. For more than a decade, Gretchen Rubin had been studying happiness and human nature. Then, one day, a visit to her eye doctor made her realize that she'd been overlooking a key element of happiness: her five senses. She'd spent so much time stuck in her head that she'd allowed...

Describes how each of the five senses works to keep people safe and allow them to enjoy the world.

Readers will discover how detection dogs are able to use their amazing sense of smell to find everything from people, both alive and dead, to explosives and drugs.

"Recent research has shown that children learn and develop new skills more quickly when they engage in playful, whole body activities. Movement allows them to refocus their attention, improves brain function, reduces stress, and improves circulation. Not only that, but the more senses that are used for learning, the more likely information is to be stored and retrieved. The activities in Playful Learning Lab for Kids explore concepts in reading,...

A baby sloth experiences a nighttime tumble and as mama sloth slowly makes her way down the tree, she helps him self-soothe by using his senses.

Hearing is an important sense for those just beginning to explore the world. From the chirping of birds to the sound of cars and trucks, a good sense of hearing can teach people a lot about the beauty and dangers of the world around them. In this exciting book, early readers learn how hearing impacts their world. Full-color photographs also provide a strong picture-text correlation, while a picture glossary helps enhance vocabulary skills.

Do you forget things sometimes? Have you ever forgotten your hat? Do you ever forget to take your lunch to school? What else do you forget?