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"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...

"The New York Times bestseller now available with beautiful full-color illustrations for young readers! Explore the amazing ways animals see, hear, and feel the world, with Pulitzer Prize winner Ed Yong. Did you know that there are turtles who can track the Earth's magnetic fields? That some fish use electricity to talk to each other? Or that giant squids evolved their enormous eyeballs to look out for whales? The world is so much BIGGER and more...

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

How does your nose work? Do you remember smells? How can smells help us? This book encourages children to think about how their senses work while taking their first steps into scientific discovery.

"In 2016, scientists proved that humans could see light at the level of a single photon. We are living in historic times when humans may look at the very fabric of the universe in a laboratory setting. Around the world, other recent discoveries about the senses are just as astounding. It turns out we can hear amplitudes smaller than an atom, smell a trillion scents, have a set of taste buds that can discern molecules of fresh water, and can feel through...

Uses bright illustrations and simple statements to teach kids about the sense of 'taste.' Provides a diagram of the tongue and its taste buds with its locations for sour, salty, bitter, and sweet tastes.

Rhyming bilingual text and colorful illustrations explore the sense of taste, and what it tells us about the foods we eat.

Simple text describes how the tongue uses taste buds, the five flavors we can taste, and how our sense of smell helps us taste. Includes color photographs, a glossary, critical thinking questions, and further resources.

"A summery picture book about mindfulness, featuring an overheated--and overwhelmed-- canine in need of sea, sand, and fresh air"-- Provided by publisher.