Washoe County Library System

"We are out of touch. Many people fear that we are trapped inside our screens, becoming less in tune with our bodies and losing our connection to the physical world. But the sense of touch has been undervalued since long before the days of digital isolation. Because of deeply rooted beliefs that favor the cerebral over the corporeal, touch is maligned as dirty or sentimental, in contrast with supposedly more elevated modes of perceiving the world....

"Explains the sense of touch how the skin works as a sense organ"--Provided by publisher.

Teaches children with special needs on social rules regarding appropriate and inappropriate forms of touching.

An examination of how the interface between our sense of touch and our emotional responses affects our social interactions as well as our general health and development.

Uses simple text and photographs to explain how the sense of touch works.

This title invites readers to imagine living without sight through remarkable illustrations done with raised lines and descriptions of colors based on imagery. Braille letters accompany the illustrations and a full Braille alphabet offers sighted readers help reading along with their fingers.

Explores the sense of touch made possible by the body's largest organ, the skin.

Looks at all the ways that babies reach out and explore their world.

Through illustrations and simple, rhyming text, a book invites its reader to explore fluffy, furry, or squishy objects and creatures, both real and imaginary, that are found within its pages.

Discusses the properties of matter and describes how to tell the difference between hard and soft objects.