Washoe County Library System

Rhyming text and bunny characters introduce the five senses and how they enrich our lives.

How do you feel when you bite into a pear wear a feather boa stand in a noisy auditorium or look for a friend in a crowd?Living Sensationally explains how people's individual sensory patterns affect the way we react to everything that happens to us throughout the day. Some people will adore the grainy texture of a pear, while others will shudder at the idea of this texture in their mouths. Touching a feather boa will be fun and luxurious to some,...

"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."--

"Like the revolutionary bestsellers Predictably Irrational and Emotional Intelligence, Sensation is an exciting, completely new view of human behavior--a new psychology of physical intelligence (or embodied cognition)--that explains how the body unconsciously affects our everyday decisions and choices, written by one of the world's leading psychologists. From colors and temperatures to heavy objects and tall people, a whole symphony of external stimuli...

Glenn Murphy, author of the bestselling Why is Snot Green? tells you everything you've ever wanted to know about the five senses. Find out which animal has the biggest eyes, what's inside your ear-holes, why sweaty socks smell so stinky, why sprouts and ice cream taste so different, why we can touch and feel things, and lots more!

Explains how the sense of touch helps to identify everyday objects and familiar surroundings.

Simple text and photographs present the sense of smell and how it works.

Discusses a shark's six senses, such as sight, taste, touch, hearing, and smell, but also includes electroperception, which allows them to sense electric fields given off by their prey.

Using a series of experiments, illusions, and demonstrations, host Jason Silva and guest experts unlock the science behind the mysteries of why we say, see, eat, feel, and act as we do. Hailed by critics as tremendous fun that makes science entertaining, it turns your mind's eye inward for a fascinating journey into the 3 1/2 pounds of tissue.

Introduces the parts of the ear and explains how they help us hear sounds.