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Adventures for Your Senses (for Kids)
Sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing--these books are designed to take you on a sensory adventure.
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Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale
1975 by Aardema, VernaGet this itemThis is a classic West African tale about why the mosquito's buzz is so annoying.
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Music: A Fold-Out Graphic History
2020 by O'Neill, NicholasGet this itemNot only is this book about something that delights our auditory senses, but it also has a really cool fold-out map of the history of music.
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A Nest Is Noisy
2015 by Aston, Dianna HuttsGet this itemTired of HGTV? Take a home tour of all kinds of nest-dwellers.
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Tigers & Tea with Toppy
2018 by Kerley, BarbaraGet this itemThe subtitle of this delightful nonfiction picture book is "A True Adventure in New York City with Wildlife Artist, Charles R. Knight, Who Loved Saber-Toothed Cats, Parties at the Plaza, and People and Animals of All Stripes." Learn about some of his discoveries and use them as a springboard to finding the animal(s) you "sense" could be your favorite.
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Super Senses
2019 by Mattern, JoanneGet this itemA fun look at animals and their dominant and heightened senses, many of which make them super-powered creatures!
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How Artists See Play
2020 by Carroll, ColleenGet this itemExperience play the way artists interpret it. Does it look the way it feels?
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Be a Super Awesome Photographer
2019 by Carroll, HenryGet this itemWith awesome pics and tips, this book will give you great ideas for taking better photographs with any kind of camera. Challenge 13, "Play Detective," is especially cool. Give it a try!
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United Tastes of America
2019 by Langholtz, GabrielleGet this itemTake your taste buds on a U.S. adventure with this cookbook.
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Sitting Still Like a Frog: Mindfulness Exercises for Kids (and Their Parents)
2013 by Snel, ElineGet this itemThis family-friendly introduction to mindfulness features great grounding and centering exercises as well as tips and techniques and a CD of guided meditations.
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Bird Nests
2019 by Tornio, StacyGet this itemGreat information, but most of all, the pictures in this book are amazing!
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Summer Days and Nights
2012 by Yee, Wong HerbertGet this itemThis book feels like summer--warm days and long evenings, catching butterflies, sipping cool lemonade, insect sounds. It makes you want to get outside and soak it all in.
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Eek, You Reek! Poems about Animals That Stink, Stank, Stunk
2019 by Yolen, JaneGet this itemSome adventures are more treacherous than others, and this poetic olfactory adventure is no joke.
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