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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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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...
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English
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"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...
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Series
Kendra Michaels volume 5
Language
English
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"A serial killer in San Diego near Kendra Michaels' home and office leaves behind objects are actually souvenirs of other unsolved serial murder cases in various U.S. cities and features characteristics of the other murders unknown to the general public. Kendra, agent-for-hire Adam Lynch and private investigator Jessie Mercado team up to defeat the psychopath."--
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Publisher
Millbrook Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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"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."--
11) Smelling
Author
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Learn about how the nose can smell different scents and that some smells can be dangerous.
12) Tasting
Author
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Learn about how the mouth and nose sense different flavors.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
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English
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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.
14) Seeing
Author
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Learn about how people use their eyes to see, how to keep their eyes safe, how some people need help to see, and how some people cannot see at all.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Imagines a day in the boyhood of Japanese American artist, Isamu Noguchi, while wandering through an outdoor market, through the forest, and then by the ocean, seeing things Isamu sees through the eyes of a young artist.
17) Double blind
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Series
Kendra Michaels volume 6
Language
English
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Kendra Michaels, formerly blind and now a hired gun for law enforcement agencies that rely on her sharp powers of observation, is reluctant to help the FBI with the most recent case they've brought to her. But then she hears the details: The body was found just blocks away from Kendra's condo. The young woman was carrying an envelope with Kendra's name on it, and inside was an SD card with what appears to be an innocuous video of a wedding reception....
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