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Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First US edition.
Language
English
Description
"Our senses are what make life worth living. They allow us to appreciate a sip of an ice-cold drink, the sound of laughter, the touch of a lover. But only recently have incredible advances in sensory biology given us the ability to understand how and why our senses evolved as they have. In Where We Meet the World, biologist Ashley Ward takes readers on a breathtaking tour of how our senses function. Ward looks at not only the five major senses--vision,...
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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...
Author
Language
English
Description
"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...
8) Hot dog
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A summery picture book about mindfulness, featuring an overheated--and overwhelmed-- canine in need of sea, sand, and fresh air"--
10) Sense of smell
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Pub
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
11) Sense of sight
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Pub
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Pear Press
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Most of us have no idea what's really going on inside our heads. Yet brain scientists have uncovered details every business leader, parent, and teacher should know—like the need for physical activity to get your brain working its best.
How do we learn? What exactly do sleep and stress do to our brains? Why is multi-tasking a myth? Why is it so easy to forget—and so important to repeat new knowledge? Is it true that men and women have...
How do we learn? What exactly do sleep and stress do to our brains? Why is multi-tasking a myth? Why is it so easy to forget—and so important to repeat new knowledge? Is it true that men and women have...
14) Sense of taste
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Pub
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
15) Finding wild
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"All the ways and places that wild exists in our world and where you can find it"--
Explores the unexpected ways and places where the wild can be found in the world.
17) Rain
Author
Publisher
Dragonfly Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The animals of the African savanna use their senses to predict and then enjoy the rain.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The brain is the most important organ in the body, but theres so much scientists still dont know about it. Its main connection is to the nervous system, which helps it tell the rest of the body what to do. These complex processes are broken down in an understandable, relatable way for readers in this volume. Aided by detailed graphic organizers, the main content introduces the structures of a nerve cell, how the eyes work, and many other incredible...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Afraid that she is crazy, thirteen-year-old Mia, who sees a special color with every letter, number, and sound, keeps this a secret until she becomes overwhelmed by school, changing relationships, and the loss of something important to her.
20) Hello ocean
Author
Publisher
Talewinds
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Using rhyming text, a child describes the wonder of the ocean experienced through each of her five senses.
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